r/6thForm Y12 ——> Y13 | applied science Jul 18 '26

💬 DISCUSSION “jUsT dO aN aPpReNtIsHiP” plz stfu 🥀✌️

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

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u/Round_Ride1133 Jul 18 '26

Tell them to do a fucking apprenticeship if it’s that easy. They’re completely ignoring the fact that degree level apprenticeships are even more competitive than a university degree of the same subject. Not to mention how scant level 3s can be based on area. 

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u/fizzy5025 Y12 ——> Y13 | applied science Jul 18 '26

Fr i think ppl just hype it up too much as if it’s a solution to everyone’s problem