 Hello guys, hope you're all OK. In this video I want to talk about should you go to university? Is it the right decision for you? Well the only person to decide that is obviously yourself. You've got to make that decision yourself. I can't make that decision for you. Your parents can't make that decision for you. Your tutors can't. You've got to think if it's the right thing for you. So we're going to be talking about that. I should talk about my experience as well, why I should be able to talk about this. Because I'm a fourth year right now. I did a masters in marketing. That's what I'm doing now. My undergrad I did broadcast media. So being through the process. I know some of the concerns people go through when deciding whether to go to university or second guessing. Am I smart enough? Should I do this? Is this the right thing? What about the money? All of those things. OK so that's an introduction to where I've done four years. So you obviously clicked on this video to find out if university is right for you basically. And that depends on you. So what you need to ask yourself, the main thing is. Forget everything else. This is the main thing. What have you studied already? Did you do a BTEC specialising something to get a few A-levels in? Did you do a vast array of different subjects at school or college and got loads of A-levels in those? What area of those that you studied did you like the most? Is there a specific subject? Because if there's no subjects that you studied that you actually like then university is certainly not right for you. Because you need to find a subject that you like. So look at all the subjects you've done. Look at where you've actually done good at. OK, so there might be a specific subject that you really like and you've actually done good at it as well. But that leads on to another point. The concern is people ask, am I smart enough? Do you remember that you don't actually need to be that smart to go to university? It's a complete misrepresentation. You don't need to be a genius. I'm an idiot at times and I'm on my fourth year. So don't think you need to be some kind of genius to go to university. You don't at all. You just need an area. You just need a subject that you're interested in, that you're passionate about and that you're OK at. And if you also haven't got the minimum requirements to go to university, it sometimes doesn't matter. If you are showing a willingness to learn about that subject, you know when you do your application form, you do your cover letter and all the rest of it. If you're sure that, you know, I'm passionate about this subject, I want to learn about it, you know, show willingness to actually learn and you're going to try hard. And you know that you haven't got quite the good enough results. But I've almost got the good enough results. But to make up for that, I'm going to, you know, work even harder. You know, some universities will let you off with that. Sometimes you don't need to get the minimum requirements. So you've still got an opportunity there. So if you come out of your A-Levels and you're like, I haven't got, you know, that great results. It's more than, it's less than I expected. You know, I haven't got A's or whatever. Think that you still might have an opportunity to actually go into uni. So don't worry about that. Don't think you have to be massively smart. If you are extremely smart and you've got straight A's, good for you. Take advantage of that and make sure you apply for some of the top universities in the country. You know, be ambitious. You know, apply for universities in London and wherever else. Be ambitious if you've got the grades, right? But don't think if you haven't that you're not going to be able to get in because you most likely will be able to, trust me. So like the main thing is, do you have a willingness to learn? You know, you've got to learn about an area. You've got to learn about a subject. And the difference between sort of doing your A-Levels and also doing your universities is that it's independent, okay? It's up to you to put the time, the effort, the research into it. You know, you don't get your tutors or teachers saying, you know, do this research, do this now. Otherwise, detention or whatever. It's nothing like that at uni. You've got to be independent. You've got to do it yourself. You've got to actually have a willingness because you have no authority. Unless you're living at home and your parents are having a go at you, you have no authority to tell you to do the work, right? You've got to do it yourself through your own choice. It also depends what area you want to go into. What subject area? Because certain subject areas are more suitable for universities. So for example, science, anything to do with science, that is suitable for university. Maybe you want to go into teaching. Certainly any subject, you know, you can teach. And if you want to go into that, you should definitely do education. You need to. So if you're looking at teaching, make sure you do go to uni. So it depends which area you're going to go into. Another thing to consider, you know, is you're willing to live away from home to go to the best university that suits your course. So, you know, every university has its good points and bad points. Some of them are better in certain other subject areas. They have more resources. They've invested more in particular courses or areas. And you've got to, you know, decipher this and you've got to investigate and go to several universities. So when you're actually deciding, you might be confused. Think, oh, I don't know there's a girl. I don't know. Well, just go have a look, you know, just go to the university, see what they do. Go to the lectures, speak to the tutors. You know, most university lecturers and tutors, they're really approachable. You know, they've got a good social skills, obviously, because, you know, they've been doing it for years, speaking to students. Just speak to them about it and speak to what you want to do. And they'll tell you the information. So just go to the universities themselves. Go to the open days. Even if you don't think it's right for you, I think you should go. Just to make sure that it's not right for you, right? So go to the open days, etc. Another issue is you might have to stay at home. Because it depends, especially in the UK, I don't know where you are. But if your parents earn a certain amount of money, you get less student finance. With that, you know, if you have less money, you might not be able to live away from home. You might have to live at home to save that money and live off that amount. But if you have parents that don't earn... And that depends if they're not willing to help you out, but whatever. If you have parents that earn a lot, you know, they earn quite little basically, then you'll get a lot of student finance, which means you can, you know, live away from home and go to the best universities and what have you. Do remember, you're going to be doing a lot of reading, a lot of researching. You know, I would suggest reading books before you even start the course that you're thinking of doing. And just just researching as much as possible. Reading is really, really important. Remember, it's also going to be challenging and stressful, especially at deadlines. Your first year isn't too bad, actually. It's just sort of getting into it and getting used to the environment and all that sort of stuff. So your first year is easy, but when you get to your second and third, it is hell. Well, I probably don't sell it right now, but it does get really stressful, but you learn a lot about yourself from that. You know, how you can deal with it, how you can persevere, how you can, you know, go through all the late nights and strive through and get through it. So you learn more about yourself. So it's not just the qualification you're getting. It's sort of the sort of life skills you're getting in terms of how you learn to deal with stress. Because education is really stressful. I think that's not established enough. It is so stressful. And you also just got to make sure you are 100% sure on the subject that you want to go into and you're passionate about it. And you know some prior research about it, right? Because you don't want to go into an area that you don't know a lot about. That doesn't necessarily mean you have to have some formal qualifications on the area you want to go into. But it does mean that you've got to do some background research on it. So you've got to make sure it's what you want to do, basically. Are you passionate about it? Is it the subject area you want to go into? So anyways, there's some just sort of random thoughts on going to university. Just have a look around some up and days and things like that and see if it's right for you. Anyways guys, I'll see you in my next video. Don't forget to give the video a thumbs up. Share it with maybe your mates who are also considering going to university. I'll tell you one thing. A good thing to do is to go to university together with a mate and get accommodation together because you can get better deals in terms of rent and things like that if you go with a mate. I might do some tips and stuff as well. So make sure to subscribe. I'll see you guys in my next video.