Do I go to Cambridge to study and uproot my family?

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I have the opportunity to study at Cambridge, I'm 30, have a partner and a 2 year old daughter. Currently live in a 1 bedroom flat in an area that isnt great for opportunity... my partner can only get minimum paid jobs here.

I have a conditional place (pretty much confirmed as I have recieved the grades i needed) for Cambridge. I am a mature student, with (what they would class as) a deprived background. I have worked so hard this year to get the grades.

I am so torn, do I uproot my daughter who is settled in nursery, we live 5 minutes away from my mum and sister or do I take the place and move 120 miles away?

I really want to go, the course is fantastic and it opens so many doors for me, but my family dont want me to take my daughter away and are making their feelings known. My partner is desperate to move out of this area and is so supportive with my studying. We will, however, have no family or friends around us.

I know if I dont go and study this course I will regret it for the rest of my life, but I'm "breaking my mums heart"

Help!!

Congratulations to you. Totally go!! Don't let your mum guilt trip you. Very selfish of her.

This is totally straightforward to me: you should go. Cambridge has the best education faculty in the country, pretty much. Your mum is being selfish.

Definitely go! I really wanted to but didn't get in so will live it vicariously through you! Actually me aunt did the same course at Cambridge as a mature student and it looked great.