There are no sponsorships, there will be no jobs, a recession is booked for 2009 and 2010. Stay well away from aviation for a couple of years.
Go to Uni if you must but never make the mistake of doing something dull, which you have no interest in, but think will act as a good backup. You'll hate it, perform poorly and basic degrees as backup plans are pants.
Do something interesting and not overly taxing, join the OTC or TA or UAS or something, get some backpacking done and get an evening job to help avoid debt.
You'll be more of a man at the end of that than the beginning and that will be important in your early aviation training career.
There is NO rush at the moment. This is, after all, 1991.
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