[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

I personally think that people should study whatever they want, but I do agree that people should take a few years to think about what they want to do, so that they might discover what genuinely interests them. Too many people jump right in straight from school into any old degree... And even the ones who do well and get well paid jobs after university sometimes (too often) discover too late that they lack passion for what they are doing.

I wish I had stuck with computer science instead of ditching it for psychology. I adore tech, I love programming... I can't STAND most human beings .

If I had been a bit older and wiser I'm convinced I would have a more useful degree and a job that I like (or at least don't actively despise) now. I would still have gone to uni but I'd have been smarter about it, and more committed.

I can see all the points as to what you say above Toy Soldier.They will work well for some and not so for others I guess.

Speaking for myself however,I went straight Uni with no break after education and now it is all done,I would not have wanted to do it any other way.

I have a choice of 2 careers ahead of me now and I love both.

I am actually now,(because I have prepared for it before anyone jumps in to attack students for going to uni then doing nothing with it),later this year stopping work for a time and taking a few months to myself to firstly relax,then also to decide which career I really want to follow.

I would hate to have done it the other way round myself and just be thinking about Uni say later this year.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

I can see all the points as to what you say above Toy Soldier.They will work well for some and not so for others I guess.

Speaking for myself however,I went straight Uni with no break after education and now it is all done,I would not have wanted to do it any other way.

I have a choice of 2 careers ahead of me now and I love both.

I am actually now,(because I have prepared for it before anyone jumps in to attack students for going to uni then doing nothing with it),later this year stopping work for a time and taking a few months to myself to firstly relax,then also to decide which career I really want to follow.

I would hate to have done it the other way round myself and just be thinking about Uni say later this year.

Some people do obviously have a good idea what they want to do even at school, I know a girl who switched high schools (to my school from another) specifically because hers didn't offer Advanced Higher Biology and she wanted to get into medicine. So it is different for different people. But, many do feel "pushed" into applying by their schools, especially if they have good grades, and just apply for various courses without really knowing what captures their imagination. Drop out rates and first year course switching shouldn't really be as prevalent as it is, I think.

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Some people do obviously have a good idea what they want to do even at school, I know a girl who switched high schools (to my school from another) specifically because hers didn't offer Advanced Higher Biology and she wanted to get into medicine. So it is different for different people. But, many do feel "pushed" into applying by their schools, especially if they have good grades, and just apply for various courses without really knowing what captures their imagination. Drop out rates and first year course switching shouldn't really be as prevalent as it is, I think.

Yes, they are all strong and very valid points again. I agree.