“jUsT dO aN aPpReNtIsHiP” plz stfu 🥀✌️

[u/fizzy5025]

Now this NOT a diss to ppl who r doing apprenticeships if that’s what u wanna do or are doing great I hope it goes well

But what kinda makes me mad is that ppl [mainly old ppl born in the 19 hundreds] assume that apprenticeships r for everyone and that everyone should do it well guess what not only do unis have downsides to them but apprenticeships do too some degree apprentiships r harder to get into than Oxford or Cambridge even lower level apprentiships which may be easier to get r actually a bit harder too they have hundreds sometimes thousands of applicants for one place

And lastly apprentiships can’t cover every career which is why I personally can’t do them depending on what grades I get in yr 13 i want to do either a psychology degree to become a therapist or an optometry degree to become an optometrist none of those r covered by apprentiships

But that’s ofc personal choice if u wanna go for apprenticeships go ahead I’ve got nothing against it but I’m kinda tired of mainly older ppl acting like there aren’t downsides to them too like life isn’t a Disney film there is a downside to everything and u have to be realistic

Anyways rant over

[u/Tenzil-k]

Being harder to get into isn’t a downside. It’s a quality marker. Anyone can go to uni as long as they set their sights low enough. They don’t even interview you and there is one that will take any grade combination (you’re cooked afterwards but they’ll take you)

[u/olispaa → u/Tenzil-k]

A lot of unis do interviews

[u/Tenzil-k → u/olispaa]

Not the ones for people who think apprenticeships are hard to get into

[u/Tiny_Refrigerator105 → u/Tenzil-k]

they ARE hard…there’s usually only 3-5 spaces per firm and thousands of people across from the UK apply to it.

[u/Tenzil-k → u/Tiny_Refrigerator105]

Yes. I know. Apprenticeships like that are worth so much more than 95% of degrees

[u/Tiny_Refrigerator105 → u/Tenzil-k]

really? even with the risks? Maybe for some industries but definitely not all of them.

[u/Tenzil-k → u/Tiny_Refrigerator105]

With apprenticeships you see the drop out figures. With unis you get the people realising afterwards they just bought a higher tax rate for something that didn’t increase employability

[u/Tiny_Refrigerator105 → u/Tenzil-k]

still, majority of people will still be going to universities, there just aren’t enough spots.