I applied to Warwick and Imperial for maths, and was rejected from Imperial and offered a place at Warwick. I'm aware Warwick is COWI and apparently a target uni for investment banking, but I was fairly set on studying at Imperial and I'm not really looking forward to studying at Warwick. Also, Imperial are partners with EPFL which is the Uni I'd want to do a year abroad with. I also want to work abroad in the future and outide of the UK the prestige of Imperial is much better than that of Warwick.
What does one advise I do, take a gap year? Or go to Warwick and see if I can transfer to Imperial? Or obviously go to Warwick and end up really enjoying it and staying there.
I should point out that I don't like the idea of taking a gap year, I feel I'll always be a year behind where I could be, but I am young for my year so the age difference won't be too much and I could get some work experience , learn to drive ect...