My ds is 18. He started 6th form doing A levels and hated it fropped out after 5 months. He wants to do film as career. He has been making films on his own and working with cameras for about 8 years. He re started at another college on a extended diploma 3.5 A level equivalent so a bridge to university. He is now in yr 2 of this and doing well and also looking at university. The course he is on is taught by uni lecturers and from what I can gather my ds is equivalent in skills etc to 2nd yr degree student(teachers words not a boast).My ds says he has all the skills but none of the respect of a degree and so he is applying to university now. I am worried he is going to get a huge debt for basically doing nothing for 2 years and am at a loss as to what to do. He says he wants to go for the experience and I am ok with that but do you think he could get bored and drop out? His current teachers also run a film school in Brighton with direct links to industry and have a one year course but this would mean he would miss out on the student life. I suggested a gap year but he isn't sure! Help! His teachers have said the drop out rate for students as advanced as him is high They get several ex students every year who don't last until xmas as they aren't challenged.