I agree with Makkie here, not all people can take the pills for one reason or another. There can be side-effects, and you can have small bleedings and like headaches in the beginning. The other thing, that I have problems with, is that you can get "less lubricating" during sex... now, if you are still a virgin, and say that you take the pills etc, and then it hurts the first time, maybe you think that it's just the pill. Or the other way, that it should hurt. That is not good for different reasons (not good if you keep taking a "bad" pill, and not good if something other is causing the pain) As I said, I have the problems with getting less lubricant during sex. I still vaguely remember what it was like without the pills, and yes, it was much better (in my case). I don't want to scare you though, if you feel that pills would work for you. My problem is mostly because I have to take pills that remove some of my period-pains (because they hurt like HELL without pills) and that takes out some of the effect on getting lubricating, so to speak.
Now, on to more general stuff: Do you remember to do other regular stuff? I have an alarm set to take the pills at the same time everyday, and I hardly forget to take them. I think I have missed a pill for over 12hrs (after that you have to have extra protection) about... maybe 7-10 times over
seven years so, yeah

If you are not that good at remembering stuff, there are this implant, also suggested by Makkie, but if you have a low pain tolerance or are afraid of needles, that is NOT your first choice

Other than that, atleast in Sweden we have "the-day-after-pills", just pills you take the day after unprotected sex to eliminate the risk of getting pregnant. Kinda like birth control pills, but you only take them when you need to. If you feel that you won't be able to decide until Sep, this might be a choice.
I'm not an expert, but I think I've heard that pills are 99.7% secure, and condoms something like 97-98% secure. You can never be 100% protected because things can always "go wrong" (not saying that getting pregnant is wrong, just that you might not want to be at all times

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Hope this helps you in some way, can't give you much more info other than b/c pills, because that's the only thing I've tried really

(although I have friends who have tried the implant, and thus know how they insert it, kind of)