Study, study or work, Work ?

This question has been running wild in my mind for this few days, I even cried and fight over it with my mum. Oh my how can this simple question be so disastrous, it is infecting my mind and mood! I hope to get into a local Uni but with the total number of population that are getting into a local Uni and my average result chances of getting in is most unlikely. Oh man... How, HOw? I am thinking whether did i want to study for the sake of getting more knowledge or am i following the trend because most of my friends are all going to get a degree... hmmm i have no answer to this question! So for now i am going to work for a while and start to plan what i really want.