<human>: Hi, it's my 20th birthday in just over a week, which has me thinking about the future. You see, I never got a degree. Instead, I did NCTJ (National Council of Trainee Journalists) Level 4 diploma and went straight into a job as the tech editor on a small website. I get paid next to nothing (national average is £26k a year, I'm on around £14k). I've been here about 14 months.

I didn't do great in my A-levels. I was predicted straight A's but ended up with C's and B's - not great. I'd applied to a host of red brick universities for Classic Civilisation and English Literature, but withdrew my application when my results started coming in out of embarrassment. Not my finest moment.

I've always wanted to be a journalist, and I'm making a good go of it (I'm getting my first freelance jobs from videogame publications, which is pretty cool), but I kind of feel like I've missed out. In the last year or so, I've grown more interested in Physics than my C at AS level implies. I've actually been buying text books and studying when I don't have to, and I was wondering whether it's worth getting a science degree.

As you may have guessed, I'm from the UK, which means university costs £9k a year (Around $14,250) and because I'm from a middle class family, I don't get grants. I would have to live like a poor man for the next year to fund it and I couldn't even apply to a top-end university because of my poor grades.

What should I do? Is university worth it when my girlfriend is in her final year? Is it worth it when I'd be piss poor? Is it worth it even though I couldn't go to a red brick?

Thanks for reading!

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<bot>: I'm 20, didn't go to uni, got mediocre grades (should have got epic grades). Is it worth going to uni now?