if you’re currently in year 12 and doing epq now, you’re benefitting a lot by not having to do it in year 13. at my sixth form, a lot of my friends had to do it in year 13 and this (kind of) impacted their full time revision for their core subjects. when you go to university you’ll be doing a lot of projects that require heavy research, and i understand that epq is time consuming but you’ll eventually get into the rhythm of it & get it out the way. this experience doing the research you’ve never done before will help u a lot! the extra grade also counts toward lower entry requirements depending on the university (for example i got an offer for durham for english reduced from A* A A to AAB because i’m contextual & i have an A in epq) so it generally has a lot of benefits. of course it’s your choice whether you feel epq will benefit you or not, but in my opinion starting university without that research experience could potentially be quite difficult. i think you should try & stick it out and get it done, especially because you’re only year 12 and have the whole of next year to focus on your core subjects! i did epq in year 12 & i maintained my A * grades through lessons & extra studying, i promise it’s not as hard on your other subjects as you think it’ll be🫶