Help with uni choices?

Robin_Boone

Hi, Im not sure if this is the right place but I would appreciate advice.. I am 20 and completed 3 years of college after finishing high school collecting Level 1,2,3 in Carprenty & Joinery. Since then I have had a few jobs but nothing that stuck. So Im basically struggling on what to do next and considering uni. If any, what courses could I do and could I even get into uni with what ive got? Ive searched online but cant find much info. Thanks for any help.

Voyager2002

Start by using your local careers service and getting some idea of what you would like to study, and why.

You would probably need to being with some kind of Access course before going on to a degree course.

NervousHomeowner

Mostly it depends what you want to do in the future. You've studied carpentry and joinery at college so did you enjoy that and do you want to do something similar at uni? If so, an arts course like product design, furniture design, automotive design, architecture might be your thing. If you don't want to do that, what other things are you interested in/good at?

With regards to whether or not you would be able to go to uni, everything is done on UCAS points. Not sure if this was explained to you at college but various unis require a certain number of UCAS points to get onto courses and your qualifications will equate to a certain number of UCAS points depending on what you got (distinction, merit, A, B, C etc.). You can look up how many points your qualifications equate to here: http://www.ucas.com/how-it-all-works/explore-your-options/entry-requirements/tariff-tables
Then when you find a uni course you want to do, it will list how many UCAS points you need to be considered for that course.

If you will be over 21 when you start uni, you may be classed as a 'mature student' and therefore might find you get a certain amount of leeway in what they require to accept you onto the course. You may find that they won't accept you onto a degree course initially but will offer you a place on an access course/foundation course with a view to then getting onto a degree course once you complete that. Always worth asking!

Really, you need to find out what you want to do and then start calling up unis to ask about their admissions process.

Florasaurus

It all depends on what you're interested in... If you've got decent GCSE grades you could do a foundation year for the course you want to do, basically it's like the relevant A Levels packed into one year

I would say find a degree you want to do first and then figure out a way to do it. Don't base your degree choice round what you've got cos if you don't like that degree then that's a hell of a lot of money wasted even if you drop out after just a year

TerryMI5

I am on a course which I am interested in.
Some people tend to take the option of a degree where it may result in a really good job afterwards but for me, I'd prefer to do what I enjoy and make my way up.

flea72

Start small/local. See what courses your local uni offers and then when you find something that sparks an interest, work backwards to see what you need to do, to get on that course

Then once you have narrowed down the field, start looking at unis further afield to see how the course you want to do varies between establishments

You obviously enjoy visual/hands on work, so maybe look at art based stuff, such as set design. Or healthcare ie radiography

You wont be able to get into uni with your current qualifications as they are too vocational, so as already said a foundation level or access course would be necessary