Should I still accept the offer?

My step sister chose Cambridge over Manchester because she felt pressure off her family to pick the more 'prestigious' university. However, she somewhat regrets it now because the sheer workload cost her a better grade (she got a 2:2 when she was definitely clever enough to achieve a 1st at another university) and she had hardly any time for a social life. Now everyones situation/outlook is different but your cousin should forget about the fact the Cambridge is one of the top universities and focus on other aspects such as course content, location (which city does she prefer/would feel more comfortable in?) etc. Edinburgh is still a great university. She should also check out the Unistats website to compare the courses

And this is one of the aspects she's most concerned about.... just because she has an offer at a prestigious uni, that is not to say that she will excel there! Although I can't really advise her... since i'm younger than her but does your step sister feel that she would have been happier else where then?

I can't really say she would've been happier elsewhere but she's definitely said she would've preferred to have gone to Manchester simply to have more of a life at University rather than it solely revolving around education. I think she's also disappointed with her degree grade even though it is from Cambridge. She has a good job now though. but I'm not sure how employers view degrees from different universities with different grades.

Oh fair enough. So a 2.2 from cambridge..... is not so bad then ?

Oh fair enough. So a 2.2 from cambridge..... is not so bad then ?

I'm speaking on behalf of my cousin since she doesn't have an account for TSR, however, she's been pretty stressed lately (although she should primarily focus on her A2's) on whether she should go to Edinburgh or Cambridge for languages.

She honestly thought it was a fluke. She's not the best in her school, however her linguistic skills are incredible and her fluency is pretty impressive so she must be up against pretty genius people if she's not even considered as a top performing student. Although the school did give her some sort of support, they openly implied that she was unlikely to get an offer, not sure why so they were pretty surprised when they found out that she had an offer for the MML course (french and spanish). She is really overwhelmed but often feels that the prestige and the workload will only put her self-esteem down and although the course at edinburgh will not be as vigourous, she still believes that she would work hard anyway, wherever she goes. She goes to a decent independent school, that is fairly academic so her gcses (6A*s 5A's 1B) were definitely 'average' but 'below average' according to cambridge standards.
She honestly feels that she doesn't deserve to go to cambridge yet would feel guilty for turning down the offer. Any advice? And sorry for the long essay.