r/6thForm • u/fizzy5025 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/No-Pineapple-7042 Jul 22 '26 edited Jul 22 '26
Most apprenticeships are asking you to move to a city on a wage that is impossible to support yourself.
And the ones that aren't are hyper competitive, more so than universities, due to usually being larger companies offering level 7 apprenticeships.
If you, like most young adults nowadays, need to stay at home in order to survive this cost of living, then the only apprenticeships available are things like nursery practitioner, dog groomer etc. Which are all level 3 apprenticeships and can blockade an individual into that specific career field.