Computing Graduate Apprenticeship vs Regular Degree Scotland
Hello, I'm 17 currently in S6 and I am looking for any advice on which choice to make for uni. I'm in a good spot with straight A's for highers and predicted the same for advanced highers so I have some options. It's either between doing a maths & computing joint degree at a uni such as Edinburgh/Glasgow/St Andrews or doing a software engineering graduate apprenticeship at Glasgow. I think both have their pros as I think the joint degree allows for more freedom and choice, to then later on specialise in a niche that I enjoy, while the GA would get me work experience and a salary. My main concern is that with the GA I will be limiting my options compared to the joint degree as I would be sort of stuck in just software engineering. But feel free to correct me and please offer up your advice on which i should take and why, thanks!
Reply 1
Hi im thinking of the same approach and am in the similar situation where i wanna choose between maths and cs at bath or a degree apprenticeship. Now ive been applying to a lot of DA's but since i went the a level route my lack of wex has been harder for me to get one. So when looking at the course for bath it also includes a placement year which i believe is much better than a DA since the degree is very good and the placement offered is with companies like microsoft and google. Paid too! Hope this helps.
Reply 2
Im a 2nd year student at Edinburgh and im applying to graduate apprenticeships and degree apprenticeships. My reasoning is I dont enjoy uni life and tbh I do want to do software engineering for the long term. Id say pick A GA if you want this in the long term and uni for a more broad range of career options!
Reply 3
and to add to my point graduate schemes and internships are extremely hard to get (not impossible).
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