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I'm in yr 12 doing maths, physics and architecture as my alevels. I know I want to go to uni and get a degree but everything seems so off-putting. I liked the idea of doing engineering or physics but people told me I'll be really bad if I haven't done further maths. I liked the idea of law but people said it's way to competitive. The only thing making me feel so unmotivated is feeling ill never be good enough to do a degree or get the top grades even though I work hard. I just want a job that I can enjoy, that's not to stressful and pays a decent wage so I can enjoy other things in life.

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McGinger

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by Spaghettilegs

I'm in yr 12 doing maths, physics and architecture as my alevels. I know I want to go to uni and get a degree but everything seems so off-putting. I liked the idea of doing engineering or physics but people told me I'll be really bad if I haven't done further maths. I liked the idea of law but people said it's way to competitive. The only thing making me feel so unmotivated is feeling ill never be good enough to do a degree or get the top grades even though I work hard. I just want a job that I can enjoy, that's not to stressful and pays a decent wage so I can enjoy other things in life.

Useful careers website with 100s of career / job descriptions - Job profiles | Prospects.ac.uk

And btw, there isnt an A level in 'Architecture' - List of Advanced Level subjects - Wikipedia

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04MR17

Volunteer Team, Clearing and Applications Advisor

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by Spaghettilegs

I'm in yr 12 doing maths, physics and architecture as my alevels. I know I want to go to uni and get a degree but everything seems so off-putting. I liked the idea of doing engineering or physics but people told me I'll be really bad if I haven't done further maths. I liked the idea of law but people said it's way to competitive. The only thing making me feel so unmotivated is feeling ill never be good enough to do a degree or get the top grades even though I work hard. I just want a job that I can enjoy, that's not to stressful and pays a decent wage so I can enjoy other things in life.

In Y12 you have time to think about all this still. University applications for your cycle won't be live until late September - you have 9 whole months to consider your options. I would spend some time looking into jobs and careers first of all. Even if you don't have 1 job role in mind, it'd be good to have a general direction you want to go in. Do you want to work with children? With animals? With machines? In a creative role? In the legal world? In the financial sector? Start there. Work backwards from that.

Also, you don't need to follow the crowd, don't apply for the local uni just because everybody else is. If you decide that you don't want to do university, you don't have to. You could apply to unis anyway and decide nearer the end of Y13 whether you want to go at all. Or you could decide at the end of Y13 that you do want to do uni and go for it anyway with your results in your hand (this is called direct-to-clearing applications). There is no wrong way to do this. :wink:

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augustusthethird

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by Spaghettilegs

I'm in yr 12 doing maths, physics and architecture as my alevels. I know I want to go to uni and get a degree but everything seems so off-putting. I liked the idea of doing engineering or physics but people told me I'll be really bad if I haven't done further maths. I liked the idea of law but people said it's way to competitive. The only thing making me feel so unmotivated is feeling ill never be good enough to do a degree or get the top grades even though I work hard. I just want a job that I can enjoy, that's not to stressful and pays a decent wage so I can enjoy other things in life.

If you feel that bad, as a current YR13 student who sent away their application, I only decided a few months ago from when I applied that I wanted to do law as a subject and I was in your same position. I did not know what subjects I wanted do, zero idea. However, if you are thinking about going to university or not, that is a completely different subject as you need to first consider whether going to uni is for you or not and whether it will help you in a career of your choice. You do not need to necessarily know what specific career you want but just around the subject area might help, some people decide in university about what job they want. However, going to uni might be a 'waste of time' for some people due to the limited nature of their degree. It all depends on what you want. EDIT: if everything seems overwhelming for you, try and focus on the benefits as every subject is hard and requires dedication, don't let anecdotes put you off!

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