I'm currently in Grade 12, and honestly, I have no idea what to do after graduation. I'm a little confused about my goals. I want to study abroad after Grade 12, but what if things don't work out? Somehow, I'm scared of all the uncertainties. Studying in the UK is quite expensive, and I'm struggling to decide what I actually want to study.

I chose Computer Science in the Management stream, along with Social instead of Mathematics, and honestly, I'm not ready for all this pressure. Somehow, I've always wanted to go to the USA as well, but everything feels so confusing right now.

Do you have any suggestions? What should I do? 😭

And to make things even more confusing, my parents have told me not to go abroad. They're not really supportive of the idea, and I don't know how to deal with that either. I feel like I'm stuck between what I want and what my parents want for me. What am I supposed to do?

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I'm currently in Grade 12, and honestly, I have no idea what to do after graduation. I'm a little confused about my goals. I want to study abroad after Grade 12, but what if things don't work out? Somehow, I'm scared of all the uncertainties. Studying in the UK is quite expensive, and I'm struggling to decide what I actually want to study.

I chose Computer Science in the Management stream, along with Social instead of Mathematics, and honestly, I'm not ready for all this pressure. Somehow, I've always wanted to go to the USA as well, but everything feels so confusing right now.

Do you have any suggestions? What should I do? 😭

And to make things even more confusing, my parents have told me not to go abroad. They're not really supportive of the idea, and I don't know how to deal with that either. I feel like I'm stuck between what I want and what my parents want for me. What am I supposed to do?

Anonymous Practitioner · Accepted Answer

U are supposed to think about why ur parents don't want you to move to USA I would ask you to work on the core problem may be they feel that u won't be able to do everything on ur own , they may fear that you are too far if they want to see you they won't be able to , may be they fear losing you because of distance and different time zones . All u need to do right now is to talk to them properly in order to convince them u first need to know why are not being convinced themselves what is stopping them from supporting you . As I said work on the root cause .
For the rest of it I know like u may feel confusing right now but let me tell you u way feeling way more normal than anything else 
It is very normal to feel confused at this point of time but okay u first need to figure out ur areas of interest what do u want to pursue, areas where u would Like to work in future , the portions which u enjoy , kind of lifestyle you want ! .
Trust me u can solve this all .
All the very best ❤️