Does the University you go to matter if it isn't Russell group?

The "city", Guildford, is actually a town (despite having a university AND a cathedral). It is pretty small but very nice. And very easy to travel up to London if you wanted to.

Why does it "scare" you?

Sorry, yh you're right I meant town. Maybe scared isn't the right word, I'm more worried about the Guildford as I've heard it's pretty "dull"

Well... I guess you need to decide what's more important to you Brighton is an amazing place to be, but at the end of the day your degree is going to be important for the rest of your life.

Student life is also a little different to regular life, it is very social so you will party and have fun wherever you are, even if there's less "structured" entertainment like clubs and bars or whatever. It's really what you make of it. I know that going into a degree three years sounds like forever, but it goes past so quickly and by your third year you'll be working hard and won't have as much free time to go out any way.

Remember your social life doesn't end after you graduate - you've got the rest of your twenties to live in crazy places and have fun. If you've got a job you'll have more money to enjoy it too.

Hear me out, because I know the whole Russell group/not Russell group debate is a touchy issue.

As a lot of people seem to agree, employers will probably not know the exact ranking of your university, regardless or whether it's Russell group or not (apart from Oxbridge obviously). But they do know which universities are Russel Group regardless of their ranking.

So if I'm going to go to choose two universities that aren't Russel group, does it even matter which university is ranked 15th and which is ranked 20th if employers probably won't even know the difference?

I definitely think the degree is more important to me, but I also realise that if i dislike the place I'm at, I won't want to stay there which would be the WORST case scenario.

But thanks for your advice though.

Sorry, yh you're right I meant town. Maybe scared isn't the right word, I'm more worried about the Guildford as I've heard it's pretty "dull"

I definitely think the degree is more important to me, but I also realise that if i dislike the place I'm at, I won't want to stay there which would be the WORST case scenario.

But thanks for your advice though.

Well... I guess you need to decide what's more important to you Brighton is an amazing place to be, but at the end of the day your degree is going to be important for the rest of your life.

Student life is also a little different to regular life, it is very social so you will party and have fun wherever you are, even if there's less "structured" entertainment like clubs and bars or whatever. It's really what you make of it. I know that going into a degree three years sounds like forever, but it goes past so quickly and by your third year you'll be working hard and won't have as much free time to go out any way.

Remember your social life doesn't end after you graduate - you've got the rest of your twenties to live in crazy places and have fun. If you've got a job you'll have more money to enjoy it too.