BBC News
By Bethan Lewis
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image captionFlat-mates Lowri and Sion are on the same Welsh course at Aberystwyth University
School students are currently grappling with whether to go to university in the UK - but after Covid-19 affected every area of our lives, should they bother?
The pandemic seems to have had an impact, with the number of Welsh students deferring their entry to university rising from 855 in 2019 to 1,070 last year, figures from student admissions service Ucas show.
But the figures also show the number who did not defer rose slightly, from 18,975 in 2019 to 19,000 last year.
And one of those who took the plunge is Lowri Bebb - but she admits she was very concerned as she faced going to Aberystwyth University.