kind of regretting my course choice idk

I'm gonna do biomed at a non ibms accredited uni and I've already started the matriculation process, but I've realised I wouldn't really like to be a research scientist and I'd rather work in an NHS lab and I keep thinking about an offer I turned down from an accredited uni just because then I'd have to move there and leave my family. I don't know how to feelllll

Ultimately choosing a university is inevitably balancing competing priorities.
But it is important to choose somewhere that will give you the opportunities you want...
Id be very clear what you want, if you definitely want to go to the other university then I would contact the other university, explain your situation and see if they would be able to accept you. Then you can try and unravel your current enrolment and get going at the other place.
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@PQ @Admit-One (are my thoughts are sensible?)

I'm gonna do biomed at a non ibms accredited uni and I've already started the matriculation process, but I've realised I wouldn't really like to be a research scientist and I'd rather work in an NHS lab and I keep thinking about an offer I turned down from an accredited uni just because then I'd have to move there and leave my family. I don't know how to feelllll

I'm gonna do biomed at a non ibms accredited uni and I've already started the matriculation process, but I've realised I wouldn't really like to be a research scientist and I'd rather work in an NHS lab and I keep thinking about an offer I turned down from an accredited uni just because then I'd have to move there and leave my family. I don't know how to feelllll

Hi there,
I would agree with what has been said in that you will be at uni for three/four years so it is important that you go somewhere where you will be happy and also somewhere that will give you the best job opportunities after uni in the field that you want to go into.
I would have a good think about it and do some more research into the university that you have accepted your place for and also the other university/ universities that you have turned down but are now considering and see which you would really prefer to go to. Don't settle for the one you have chosen if you don't think it is definitely right for you just because you have accepted it already as you do have options if you really preferred the other universities.
If you did decide you wanted to go the a University that you don't have a place for at the moment, you could have a look through clearing and see if you can get a place this way. They might have some spaces and you can usually have a look and see if it is a course that is available in clearing, or you might have to wait until clearing opens up again on results day. There are apps and alerts you can have on for clearing so you can have the best possible chance of getting a place on your course, however not every uni or course will be available through clearing.
You could also have a gap year and then apply again next year for the University that you want to go to. This is a good idea if you have your heart set on going to a different university and you can't get in for this year as it means you can have a year out to work or travel or anything and then you know you will be going to a University that you really want to go to.
If you have your heart set on a particular job, you need to go the university that will support this the best as this is really important. If the University that you have accepted isn't the best to help you with this, you should have a think about whether it is the best thing for you to do as there is no point spending three/four years doing a course which wouldn't help you as much with your future career.
I hope some of this helps,
Lucy -SHU student ambassador.

hi, thank you! I mostly picked this uni bc it's close to me so I'll only have to travel for around 30mins by bus to get there + I'm scottish so the government will pay my tuitions fees for 4 years. the only reason I turned down my offer for the accredited uni is bc then I'd have to move, pay rent, probably get a job, and be away from my family and pets and live with strangers (which is completely way out of my comfort zone for now). someone said 10k would be an approximate number for getting accredited and i feel like that's what I would have paid in accommodation so money's not really an issue I think. I'm just worries because honestly I'm ready to do the path of becoming accredited after the unaccreddited degree but everyone says it's a bad idea but I don't think it's that bad (or maybe I'm being delusional idk 😭)