hi adam,
you're at exactly the same point i was when i was deciding between university and pursuing career straight from high school
well, at that point i talked to a commercial pilot and he said that even though there was shortage of pilots 4 years ago, i should get my degree and i could pursue my career after i get a degree, i took this advice and now i'm in last semester with what i think great career opportunities, i'm also studying ME (never to many of those
) and i did my PPL 1 year ago, localy of course
well, my point is, i'm happy i went to university because now there isn't as big shortage of pilots as it was and i will always have something to fall back on if my career doesn't go as planned
so, go to university and than you can still be pilot or whatever you will choose to be after university
well, that's just my 2 cents