u/Longjumping_Star6498

My parents initially encouraged me to apply to uni but now that I’ve literally firmed a uni and am meant to be going in September they’re backtracking so much

Like their friends kids who are doing apprenticeships they keep constantly comparing me to, indirectly implying that I’d be better off doing that rather than spending so much time in uni (I’m doing Medicine so 5-6 years which they keep mentioning but they have known this the whole time)

I know it’s my life and not my parents and I know others are probably in a similar position, which is why I’m posting this because no ones alone, but I worked so hard for my Medicine offer and now I feel like I shouldn’t even be taking it out of guilt? I can’t even feel excited about uni because they’re just constantly suggesting that ‘if I fail my a levels I should do an apprenticeship’ and it’s not what I want to do but they’re starting to get in my head

I’ve got a place to study Medicine this September and have recently started to overthink and panic about it all, but can’t tell if it’s just normal worry because uni is getting closer.

I chose a uni that forces you to intercalate because I preferred the actual uni and city to my other offers but can’t help but feel like I’ve made a mistake as it offers no portfolio points and I’ll graduate a year later etc. obviously theres nothing I can do about it now as I can’t change unis but I’m scared it’ll put me at a disadvantage in the future. It’s also quite far away from home which initially I was excited about but now I’m convinced I should’ve chosen a uni closer to home to save money

Is it normal to feel like this or should I be taking my doubts more seriously? I’ve thought about other routes like apprenticeships or things like finance but feel like I’d be doing these options to please other people (parents) and not because I want to do them

I had 2 offers for medicine and I’ve firmed one, just so I didn’t lose the offers that I worked hard for. I did have a dentistry interview this year as well but I couldn’t attend it due to severe personal circumstances at the time.

All I see now is people recommending to do dentistry over medicine, and I knew even when I first started applying that I didn’t have as much as an interest in dentistry and thought if I was to do it it would only be for the money and better work life balance compared to medicine. I’ve wanted to do medicine for a long time, have spoken to doctors and done lots of work experience, but now I have the offers I feel sick whenever I see the news or the doctorsuk reddit about pay/conditions/bottlenecks and am finding it hard to feel optimistic about uni or my future in general

I’m unsure what to do but I know no one can make this decision for me - I did well in the ucat this year (98th percentile) and feel like I’ve wasted it as if I reapply for dentistry I might end up with a much worse ucat and then no offers at all next year because dentistry is much more competitive. I also feel that I’d only be reapplying for dentistry just for the money/work life balance because people are telling me that’s something to value more

Any advice is really appreciated

Basically I have 2 offers one from Edinburgh and one from Bristol. Edinburgh forces you to intercalate but Bristol doesn’t and this is like the only factor that’s putting me off Edinburgh because it’s a 6 year course

I wouldn’t mind if intercalation had benefits but apparently it has none for specialty applications anymore? Does anyone have advice on it? Should I just choose Bristol for the shorter course?

Seen a few people doing this so thought I would as deadline is in like 2 days and I can’t decide. For context I’m an English student (non-Scottish) and they’re both equal distances away from home by train.

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literally can’t decide I liked both at the offer holder days, I need any advice/opinions/experiences I can get I’m going to have to toss a coin at this rate

I have to firm a choice before the 6th May and I’m really struggling to choose as I enjoyed both offer holder days. I know Edinburgh is 6 years and Bristol is 5, roughly similar costs of living (both expensive basically), but I love both of the cities (marginally prefer Edinburgh as a city).

Students at both seemed to enjoy the course, although Bristol does have earlier clinical experience.

Does anyone have experience with either uni? Maybe about the courses or things they’ve heard? I think I’m going to have to toss a coin at this rate.