Dropping out of university

[Ratsindahouse]

My son has just dropped out of first year at university and is going to be re-applying for a different course at different universities for 2022. Do you mention this at all in the new ucas application and personal statement? Is it ok to not mention it at all or do you have to reference this in his new application? Is it something they check up on? Thanks in advance x

No he does not need to mention it nor will unis know. He may want to account for the gap year in his ps though. Some unis/courses are wary of gap years as it disrupts study habits.

Has he cancelled SF though?

My daughter wants to drop out too! She has just completed induction week and week 1.

She's very disappointed so far. It sounds very disorganised and she's been on the receiving end of strange behaviour from some lecturers. I've had her on the phone in tears three nights this week.

How does it work in terms of tuition fees? I never went to uni so I have no idea how it works.

Yes he had cancelled SF. Thank you fir advice so far, it’s all very hard for him right now as he is so disappointed that it didn’t work out as he hoped. Flowers I hope it works out for your daughter, we are looking at the positives here that at least he realised pretty soon that he made the wrong choice and hasn’t wasted too much money and time.

Have you tried to see if any clearing places left? Some places may still be available.

From what he have been told so far, there will be nothing to pay other than 1 week of accommodation, he has been let out of his contract for halls and we are hoping all of the tuition fee money will go back to SF as it was such early days. If she wants to leave she needs to contact her course and fill out forms.

Thanks miss marple, we did consider that but his grades are good enough to hopefully get him an unconditional place in somewhere a bit closer to home for next year. He needs to put done more thought into what he really enjoys, rather than picking a course because he was always good at but is ultimately not right for him. I fear there weren’t many clearing places available anyway this year so don’t want him to make another mistake.

My DD did exactly this two years ago - picked the wrong course (based on what she thought she ought to be doing based on what she did well at school), hated it and also hated the flat she was allocated. Stuck it out for seven weeks and then couldn't take it any longer. It felt like a disaster at the time, but she applied again for the following year was immediately offered places at all the universities she applied to - including Bristol who hadn't even made her an offer first time round. In the end she decided to go to uni in France (where we live). Her false start mattered not a jo and now she couldn't be happier. We all wish we had not agonised about it so much at the time. Your son has done absolutely the right thing and well done for not wasting anymore time. He will have learned so much from the experience and will now be in a much better position to pick a course and a university that best suits him. Good luck to him and don't stress - it's the tiniest bump in the road.