[Jamie89]

Personally I think the experience of going to uni can be just as important as the educational side (if it's something that you think appeals to you - it's not for everyone) so I'd say to go for it. If it turned out to be something you don't want to do and you'd rather go down the apprenticeship/other route then you can still do that, lot's of people drop out of uni early on because they realise it's not for them and there's nothing wrong with that.