Changing course

Hi everyone.

I’m currently taking a gap year and I’ve applied for Law. I received all my offers already. However, I changed my mind and I want to do psychology. I already know what uni I want to go to. I don’t want to take another gap year and apply again. Is there any way I can change my course now?

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Original post by Anastasiaa1111

Hi everyone.
I’m currently taking a gap year and I’ve applied for Law. I received all my offers already. However, I changed my mind and I want to do psychology. I already know what uni I want to go to. I don’t want to take another gap year and apply again. Is there any way I can change my course now?

I THINK you should be able to withdraw your whole application and still have time to reapply if you're quick! If you submitted your application less than I think 2 weeks and haven't received offers you should be able to just swap it out but you won't be able to change your personal statement. If I were you I’d withdraw and reapply asap before the ucas deadline!

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Admit-One

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Original post by Anastasiaa1111

Hi everyone.

I’m currently taking a gap year and I’ve applied for Law. I received all my offers already. However, I changed my mind and I want to do psychology. I already know what uni I want to go to. I don’t want to take another gap year and apply again. Is there any way I can change my course now?

Do you want to do Law at one of your existing choices or another uni?

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Anastasiaa1111

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Original post by Colourcollider

I THINK you should be able to withdraw your whole application and still have time to reapply if you're quick! If you submitted your application less than I think 2 weeks and haven't received offers you should be able to just swap it out but you won't be able to change your personal statement. If I were you I’d withdraw and reapply asap before the ucas deadline!

Would I need to do my personal statement again? And I’m not sure if I can get another reference from my old sixth form as well

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Anastasiaa1111

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Original post by Admit-One

Do you want to do Law at one of your existing choices or another uni?

I want to do psychology instead of law

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Colourcollider

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Original post by Anastasiaa1111

Would I need to do my personal statement again? And I’m not sure if I can get another reference from my old sixth form as well

You can use the same reference I think and with the personal statement you'd need to make a couple of changes (mainly because it’s for a different subject) but it shouldn’t be too hard! If I were you I would do it, if you don’t want to take another gap year or spend 3 year plus a bunch of money studying a subject when you know you’d rather be doing something else. If not, you could always go through clearing or try switching courses when you’re already at uni but it’s a bit risky!

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Admit-One

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Original post by Anastasiaa1111

I want to do psychology instead of law

Sorry, mistyped the subject. Do you want to do Psychology at one of the unis you have a Law offer from?

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Original post by Admit-One

Sorry, mistyped the subject. Do you want to do Psychology at one of the unis you have a Law offer from?

Yes I want to do psychology at Newcastle . I’ve applied there for law as well and I got accepted

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Admit-One

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Original post by Anastasiaa1111

Yes I want to do psychology at Newcastle . I’ve applied there for law as well and I got accepted

In that case the easiest way to swap is to contact admissions at Newcastle and ask whether you can switch courses. The earlier you do this, generally the better.

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