Property News · November 20, 2010

What if you have chosen the wrong degree?


Switching subjects at university is not easy and means running up more debt. But the crucial thing is for students to act quicklyOf the thousands of students who began at university this autumn, one in five will fail to finish their chosen course. The panic will be peaking for this unhappy multitude about now as, a couple of months into their studies, they realise it is not just homesickness or novice nerves – they’ve simply committed the next three years to the wrong subject.”This is an especially common problem for students who get their university place through clearing because they often end up on a course they didn’t choose,” says Margaret Holborough, a careers adviser with Graduate Prospects. “50% of people just need reassurance because the jump between A-levels and a degree course panics them. But for the rest they tend to find that they can’t meet the required standard, or that the contents of the course was different to what they were expecting, or that they simply don’t enjoy it.” Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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