DS (18) is in final year or level 3 BTEC. He has applied to university and received 5 conditional offers. He has got as far as selecting a firm offer and a backup. It seems unlikely that he will make the actual grades but we think the university might have him anyway (not a popular or oversubscribed course.)
He is now having a huge rethink and over the past few weeks has hinted that he doesn't want to continue in education at the moment. We have had a frank discussion and he feels that he would like to work for a year and then go to university (if he still wants to). I have no problem with this as I want him to really want to go .....it's too expensive to go, and fail as he doesn't want to be there.
So, should he
- wait for the results to see if firm choice want him, but then defer (if allowed)
- contact the uni now and ask to defer
- withdraw application and resubmit when he is reall sure that he wants to go.
Any advice would be welcome.