Are you starting University?

[Catchetat]

started already

[Jarkie]

started already

Nice; based on your signature, you're doing something medical?

[Catchetat]

Nice; based on your signature, you're doing something medical?

ya medicine

[Catchy]

I start next year in 2013, doing Midwifery. Can't wait!!!

[beth]

I'm hoping to go to university as a mature student (age 21 going on 22) in 2014 after an Access course, which is a fair while away, I would've went at 18 but my education/life's been a bit of a mess since leaving school. Thinking of either the Biological Sciences or Law. I'm gonna try for a good uni as well, not Oxbridge, but a Russell Group/1994 group uni. If you're paying £9k p/a for tuition fees you may as well go the best place you can (at least that's the way I see it)

in my honest opinion a "good uni" is relative. a russell group university for my course is completely inappropriate and possibly the worst choice. i hate the snobbery in university places.

[Plod]

Does going as a mature student change anything/what's classed as an adult since I'll be doing my A levels come september and I'll be finnishing them at 20.

From what I know, they (apparently) give leeway to mature students aged 21+
At least that's what a bunch of mature students on TSR and irl who have applied for uni told me, if you get invited for an interview it's a good sign too, since they're more likely to give a lower offer.

in my honest opinion a "good uni" is relative. a russell group university for my course is completely inappropriate and possibly the worst choice. i hate the snobbery in university places.

Sorry that my post came across as snobby (didn't intend it!), but it's quite a known fact that (for some courses, particularly academic ones) that your uni choice in some cases can affect your employment prospects depending on what field you want to go for. For example, a top law firm will nearly always take someone who went to say.. Manchester University over someone who went to MMU. My brother works in finance and wishes he went to a better uni than where he did go to (Coventry Uni).

But you're right, it depends on your course and career choice at the end of the day. Obviously if you want to do a niche degree or study something such as Nursing, Physiotherapy, Engineering, etc. what uni you go for is irrelevant. In your case where you want(ed?) to go was the best for you and that's what important. I just cringe at sixth formers who are so desperate to get into uni that they pick a subject that they half care about and want to go for any uni that'll take them even though it's going to leave them in debt throughout adulthood.

[Remus]

I'm at uni currently training as a vet. I'm hoping to go into veterinary and hopefully search and rescue at some point.

[Jarkie]

I'm at uni currently training as a vet. I'm hoping to go into veterinary and hopefully search and rescue at some point.

Oh nice one! I've heard thats a tough jobs to get into! best of luck

[Remus]

Oh nice one! I've heard thats a tough jobs to get into! best of luck

Cheers! I will admit its been difficult to even just get into a course to start with but definitely worth it

[Grig]

at the end of the day though, obviously there will be snobbery and you would want to get into the best Uni possible. I personally would not want a below-par Uni, and that's life.

and yeh, final year sons