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Your parents want what is best for you. Don't take this the wrong way but it would seem you have focus/work ethic issues if you could not get the grades required to get a single university offer from the ones you applied for.
A lot of the time, unless extremely specific, a degree just says you are teachable and of an acceptable level of intelligence, and also have the perseverance to dedicate 3 or more years of your life to one goal. It's a way of sifting the wheat from the chaff.
A potential employer doesn't think "oh wow, he/she took a module in bla bla, that will be so useful for us". Most of the stuff they teach in Uni is way behind what the real world is doing (unless you are in a post graduate course). So having an extremely relevant degree to what it is you want to do work wise is not that important. Do you think all English and Maths degree graduates become writers and mathematicians?
Now the bit you really won't want to hear:
If you leave home how will you pay your bills? Your fledgling business is an unknown quantity regarding earnings so that just leaves you with a paid job. You will probably find any jobs available to you at your age and experience are low paid and it is expensive to live on your own. I would stay home, continue your education locally and work on building your business while you have the safety net your parents are kind enough to extend to you.
A lot of the time, unless extremely specific, a degree just says you are teachable and of an acceptable level of intelligence, and also have the perseverance to dedicate 3 or more years of your life to one goal. It's a way of sifting the wheat from the chaff.
A potential employer doesn't think "oh wow, he/she took a module in bla bla, that will be so useful for us". Most of the stuff they teach in Uni is way behind what the real world is doing (unless you are in a post graduate course). So having an extremely relevant degree to what it is you want to do work wise is not that important. Do you think all English and Maths degree graduates become writers and mathematicians?
Now the bit you really won't want to hear:
If you leave home how will you pay your bills? Your fledgling business is an unknown quantity regarding earnings so that just leaves you with a paid job. You will probably find any jobs available to you at your age and experience are low paid and it is expensive to live on your own. I would stay home, continue your education locally and work on building your business while you have the safety net your parents are kind enough to extend to you.