Terrified now to take my foundation year.

Hi guys, I made another post talking about getting an offer from Bristol for Law and Criminology with a foundation year and I felt good about the prospect. But I had people come into the post making me feel awful and stressing me out about it. I haven't been able to sleep because of this and now I'm thinking of rejecting the offer. Someone mentioned doing an access course instead but I'm 20 and I've already wasted enough time chasing grades that I never got. Do you guys think I should just drop the foundation course and start from scratch?

@BedfordMom Thank you so much! I thought I was losing my mind, because I just couldn't help but think to myself that retakes/access courses are no guarantee and losing a spot like this could be a really big mistake, my Ucas Coordinator said the same thing. He also mentioned that it's smaller classes as well which I thought would be very helpful to get personal advice. May I ask just generally what did the lecturers say? I find it fascinating to hear a fresh perspective, I've only heard the views of teachers from my school and a few people at work who studied there.

@BedfordMom Aww that's lovely! I wish your son all the best, and shall keep you two in my prayers! This has been sooo helpful and encouraging, and has given me a more realistic perspective on what the course has to offer moving forward. It's also really good to hear about other students who spoke so positively about the course, usually, especially on here people are so quick to mock or berate someone who's taken this path and that can be so disheartening. I was so upset yesterday and even cried a little bit over it as I thought I was making the biggest mistake of my life thanks to some people on here! Also it's nice to hear of other students who are happy and healthy in such a course, sometimes the thought of going to university can be quite daunting so this is really really reassuring thank you so much.

Yeah I've reached the point where if I'm going to retake I'll probably just do it a few years from now, when my physical and mental health has improved as I'm in no fit state to attend an access course or retake with my school again, it'd just be too draining and overwhelming. I also really like how supportive more universities are now for mental health, my aunt mentioned when she was really struggling with her mental health at uni she was alone, Bristol seems to have a supportive system which really helped me firm it as my main choice. Yeah I feel the same! It's a horrible feeling but I felt so old compared to them, and I also was recently feeling a bit down in the dumps because everyone in my year will be graduating this year! But I am trying to dwell more on the positive and hopefully things shall improve as I move forward.

Thank you so much, I'm glad someone else agrees Bristol is a terrific uni, I thought that as well but apparently on here it's not! Yeah I'm hoping to explore my options once I reach uni, and perhaps take a masters overseas or here at another Russell Group which is an exciting thought! Thank you, you've been an angel in your replies and it's really helped boost my confidence in terms of attending this uni.