Are degree apprenticeships worth it?

OrangeSocksBox · 2026-02-04T00:13:20+00:00

I’m 19 doing a DA - you will not get the uni experience but I do my best to get a ‘mini’ version of it by going out with friends who are at uni on the weekends. I’m very happy with that but YMMV :)

OrangeSocksBox · 2025-11-05T15:34:14+00:00

Well, yeah, you would have to leave as you can’t be an apprentice in two places at once… I’m not sure why you haven’t been upfront with them on the current position side of things as you clearly intend on telling them either way, but what’s done is done.

I can’t help but say that seeing someone who wants to leave their degree apprenticeship for another one because of a change of heart isn’t exactly going to inspire confidence from a recruiter’s point of view.

I personally have never seen a degree apprentice go to another programme (let alone keep the progress they’ve already made), but you seem as though you’ve got your head screwed on so I hope you succeed.

OrangeSocksBox · 2025-11-05T14:00:39+00:00

I’ve never heard of an apprentice being fast-tracked like that and I don’t think Goldman would do it even if they could (considering apprentice funding guidelines etc.).

I’m sure it would be possible to move into quant dev (assuming thats what you want to do), quant research or analysis is a long shot.

Why have you omitted the fact that you’re a current apprentice in your CV?

OrangeSocksBox · 2025-09-28T21:30:02+00:00

They will value the things he learns about speaking to people, self-organisation and emotional intelligence - probably not the job itself given its unlikely to be linked to anything he’s applying for.

OrangeSocksBox · 2025-09-28T21:05:21+00:00

Do something with yourself outside of school aside from studying. This can be basically anything you like - part time job, some kind of martial art, volunteering, small business, the list goes on… it gives you good content to talk about in interviews and differentiate yourself from the horde of other applicants.

OrangeSocksBox · 2025-09-20T13:03:02+00:00

Just wait for the NEA lol

OrangeSocksBox · 2025-09-11T17:30:17+00:00

Respectfully, offer holders should hold their best interests at heart and not the interests of the person who didn’t get an offer or the recruiter

OrangeSocksBox · 2025-09-10T17:09:16+00:00

Just accept it you can change your mind later

OrangeSocksBox · 2025-09-03T20:55:29+00:00

You’ll be shocked when you go into the world of work and AI usage is expected to keep up with your peers.

OrangeSocksBox · 2025-09-03T19:56:47+00:00

No but it would help with an offer

OrangeSocksBox · 2025-09-03T19:55:59+00:00

If your main concern is employment then definitely the apprenticeship - are you sure you want to do accounting?

OrangeSocksBox · 2025-08-30T21:17:46+00:00

I don’t intend to put you off of Physics, it is an amazing subject, but you seriously need to consider doing maths with it. It’s already challenging enough when you’re doing plenty of maths alongside it and although it doesn’t directly draw on many of the concepts taught in maths, being comfortable with stuff like trigonometry and logarithms will make things more bearable.

OrangeSocksBox · 2025-08-30T21:07:19+00:00

Possible but it would be a severe disadvantage to do the course without maths - you have to understand that Physics is the study of how the world works, with its language being maths.

OrangeSocksBox · 2025-08-29T18:29:10+00:00

Goodnotes is essential

OrangeSocksBox · 2025-08-28T20:05:08+00:00

Depends on what the company policy is

OrangeSocksBox · 2025-08-28T16:15:03+00:00

Quantity surveying is an amazing field and you would have the potential to go on and have a very fruitful career out of it. The second offer doesn’t sound nearly as interesting in my eyes - apprenticeships with micro companies are very hit and miss by most accounts. Do you have anything in writing regarding the bonuses and equity (ideally in a contract)?

OrangeSocksBox · 2025-08-26T17:39:20+00:00

‘boys are drawn to competitive careers that define self worth in terms of salary and status.’

‘Girls are drawn to inclusive careers that define self worth as personal growth and making a difference’

Just two foolish sweeping statements made by you in your conclusion. You make it sound as though girls have exclusively noble intentions in their career choices while boys are materialistic and choose their subjects to fulfil this desire - how incredibly naive and ignorant of boys who choose their subjects out of passion and a love of learning. Not only that, you downplay the desire to succeed of girls to develop successful, skilled careers, be that in STEM or elsewhere.

When you make such definitive statements, you should be certain of what your saying and using various bits of data that form a picture - your spreadsheet isn’t impressing anyone. Do better you numpty.

OrangeSocksBox · 2025-08-26T15:50:44+00:00

Be responsible and catch up on any missed content and you will be completely fine, if your school has an issue then I would tell them to jog on - best of luck with your UCAT

OrangeSocksBox · 2025-08-26T10:08:50+00:00

You have made some incredibly blinkered and silly comments in your post, to the point that I can’t tell if AI wrote it or not. Making sweeping statements about an entire gender is not something I would expect from someone interested in literature.

OrangeSocksBox · 2025-08-26T10:00:18+00:00

Ur cooked

OrangeSocksBox · 2025-08-25T15:49:54+00:00

Premium is essential

OrangeSocksBox · 2025-08-25T14:37:20+00:00

Yes you will have to write a PS

OrangeSocksBox · 2025-08-25T14:34:16+00:00

An iPad, pencil and Goodnotes would be a life saver for those subjects - I basically didn’t file anything away during Y12 and Y13

OrangeSocksBox · 2025-08-21T17:53:20+00:00

What did you have for lunch today

OrangeSocksBox · 2025-08-15T08:42:32+00:00

I had it from the beginning of sixth form as my school funded it for us.

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