I've applied for Bournemouth, Nottingham Trent and UWE for animtaion and Kent and Surrey for digital media.
Basically, after doing some research, the most highly regarded course for 3D (which is what i want to do) is bournemouth and in my opinion their students produced the most impressive work. After visiting UWE, i discovered i like their course structure cause it gives you the chance to experiement with 2d, 3d and stop motion, which although i am pretty set on 3D, some of the students said they all went into the course with a particular type in mind, but changed once they realised they liked/were better at another (which is worrying). I had also heard good things from nottingham trent and the others. Kent and surrey are digital media so instead of just animation they do other things such as film and television and vr and camera operating etc
BUT, my worries are:
1 - is it smart to take such a narrow path and study just animation (and even narrower with just 3D animation at bournemouth, eventhough they are the most highly regarded)
2 - what if i change my mind and discover i want to do 2D or stop motion (i feel like its unlikely but its happened to others) but im stuck in a 3D course
3 - my parents are worried that doing a narrow course will put me at a disadvantage for finding jobs after uni, whereas places like kent and surrey offer a wider range of skills that can be applied to more jobs
BUT if im completely set on animation, i might as well go to the best uni for it and get the most experience because to be successful in this field you need to have an amazing showreel with good connections (which i think bournemouth can offer)
idk if i helped at all, those are just the reasons for why i applied to those unis but as you can see i really need to decided what i am going to do