Changing my firm?

Hi guys,
I'm having second thoughts about my firm choice. Its been over 2 weeks since I firmed. Its a London Uni and even with student finance I'm realising I would really struggle to afford to live there, and I think I want to change to a different uni in a different city.
Whats the process about going about this? Would it be possible to drop my firm choice and reapply to a different uni I want to firm?

Hi guys,

I'm having second thoughts about my firm choice. Its been over 2 weeks since I firmed. Its a London Uni and even with student finance I'm realising I would really struggle to afford to live there, and I think I want to change to a different uni in a different city.

Whats the process about going about this? Would it be possible to drop my firm choice and reapply to a different uni I want to firm?

Are you wanting to apply to a completely new university, not one of your original five choices?
If so, you will need to use UCAS Extra.

Yes, I forgot to specify that in my original post. The new uni I’m looking at says it has my course in clearing for 2025. So I assume I should not have to worry about there being available spaces? Uni of Brighton for reference

Yes, I forgot to specify that in my original post. The new uni I’m looking at says it has my course in clearing for 2025. So I assume I should not have to worry about there being available spaces? Uni of Brighton for reference

Yes, I forgot to specify that in my original post. The new uni I’m looking at says it has my course in clearing for 2025. So I assume I should not have to worry about there being available spaces? Uni of Brighton for reference

Brighton isn't that cheap - you are competing with students at Sussex and holiday makers ...

I know it’s not the *cheapest* place I could go but for me it’s a lot more affordable than what I was looking at paying to live in central London (around 4-5k a year less), and it was where I wanted to go originally but my teachers encouraged me to apply to all Russell groups instead

You should be able to see whether they are still open to applications now, (you can filter to unis with places on UCAS). If so, you might want to give them a quick call just to double check.
If they are still considering, and if you are holding no offers that you are interested in accepting, then you will need to ask UCAS to change your offer replies to Declines, (Important, don't tell them you want to withdraw your application, that means something completely different and you won't be able to use Extra or Clearing). Once declined, you will be able to use Extra. See link above for details, there is no need to wait for Clearing.

Thank you for this! Another question - should I call my current firm uni and tell them I plan to decline the offer? Or will I not need to if I just decline the offers through UCAS?