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Originally Posted by nvdmm
thanks mate  i wanted to go to university only because i thought u get paid more and become sergeant after the two year probation! so do u think its better for me to just join the force straight after college? im not really into studying u know, just wanna get to the job as soon as possible!
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As already mentioned you need to get some 'life experience'; I would highly recommend that you go away and do something, that might be university and you could be a special whilst you are a student. Or you could go and work somewhere for a couple of years, what you do won't be that important as long as it customer focused (ie. shop work, customer services etc)
The chances of you being accepted at 18.5yrs are very very slim. I don't know many collegaues who were under 20 when they joined (not in the last 5yrs or so).
If money is one of your motivating factors find something else, the money is not worth all the time and abuse. And being a Sgt and joining firearms teams will be even harder than trying to get in as a PC.
As someone else mentioned, the job isn't a vocation or a career anymore for most people that join. And whilst I commend you for having some motivation and a long term objective, it will be exactly that... long term.