AIBU to want to be completely sure of my future prospects before going to university?

[CocoaButterGirl]

Hi MN,

Knowing what you know now about what life is like, the real world, skills that are in demand and useful, degrees and career paths that more or less lead to secure comfortable employment....

What would you recommend your DC study?

I am 21, left school after GCSE's and have been working/travelling ever since. I'm now thinking about going to university. My fiance and friends are all for it and I would like to have a interesting career.

Currently, I work as an office assistant in a beauty/health company, the freebies are great and it was a lot of fun for the first few years, but I have always gotten the sense that the others look down on me for not being university-educated and 'only' being support staff and it is not a nice feeling.

I'm interested in most things; history, anthropology, pharmacology, literature, philosophy, genetics

There are so many choices I don't know how to pick just one.

I want to choose something sensible and something that will lead to a good job, especially since it will cost me £27000 and three+ years of lost income.

Yeah it's the same for the midwifery conversion courses, the number of places is dependant on how many people they think they're going to need.

I'm waiting to hear from the uni to see if I've got a nursing interview eek.

I think radiography would suit you. Can you arrange to shadow a radiographer at a hospital nearby for a couple of days? I've been a radiographer for 15 years and I still love it. It fulfills most of your criteria and it's also a job you can travel with, I have friends who have worked as radiographers in the Middle East, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand as well as all over Europe obviously. It's a great way to see the world while gaining great career experience. Plenty of work too, I've never had a problem getting a job thankfully.

I agree that radiography may be for you. Look up therapy and diagnostic radiography: if you like maths and science and interacting with people from different disciplines it may be just up your street.