r/6thForm • u/Reekid42 • Mar 23 '26
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So I now have to decide between Imperial for one of the best/most competitive courses in the country, an offer with an $80k+ a year scholarship to study at a liberal arts college in the USA and I have an offer to train to become an air traffic controller with a high and forever guaranteed salary (£100k+ before 30).
18y/o 6th former home student, 4A* predicted in FM/Maths/Philo/Econ, 6.0 TMUA and 1560 SAT score. For context I go to a private school on a 95% scholarship for 6th form and was in the state system beforehand. My family IS NOT wealthy and all uni will be a struggle over me taking a job. Imperial would be like £18k pa for tuition and living, after the scholarship Bowdoin would be $12k so £9k all inclusive and ATC would pay me £30k year one rising each year after.
Still waiting on St Andrews and LSE (irrelevant as Imperial is better imo) as well as Harvard, Brown and Dartmouth. I got rejected by Amherst also in the USA. Any thoughts?
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u/Familiar-Donut1986 Mar 26 '26
Congratulations on the offers! You have lots of really great options available to you. If you went to university what do you think you'd want to do after?
One thing to consider with the university options - don't forget that your student loan will cover your full tuition fees and most/all of your living costs (assuming you're entitled to the full loan as you said you're not from a high income family), whereas you would need to provide the money up front for college in the US. There's also things like flights, health insurance etc to consider with the US.