My daughter has dropped 2 weeks into second year

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I feel so awful for her.

She was studying Paramedic Science. I didn't enjoy her first year but muddled through and passed with good marks. She saw a whole load of difficult and stressful situations (obviously) during her ambulance placement. She's proud of doing that but has decided she doesn't want to be a Paramedic anymore. She also hates her uni and hasn't settled well.

So she's left. All happened within the last week. Spoken to tutor, spoken to student finance, withdrawal form submitted.

She's now home and really low (naturally). She has no idea what she wants to do. She says she feels like there's a black hole in front of her. She thinks she's like to go back to a different uni eventually, maybe to study English/Humanities but has realised that her A-level grades aren't that great and won't get her onto a good course (she says).
She's 19 and has A,C, E A Levels and now has a good HEAR report for her first year studies.

Not sure what I want to get out if this post really. Maybe some positive stories of children being happy elsewhere after dropping out? How did they find their way?

Being a paramedic is really hard and they have to deal with horrible devastating things when people are at their lowest so hats off for trying. A year out sounds a good idea. It might help to ask for counselling for her as even experienced paramedics have debriefing and counselling after difficult jobs.

Thanks for all the responses and reassurance.

She's taking her time and is applying for jobs. She's not going to rush. I think it's more me feeling panicky if I'm truely honest with myself.

Re counselling. I think she's fine. There were parts of the Paramedic experience she enjoyed. I don't think she's traumatised. She has been in some very difficult situations, mainly concerning people have violent psychotic episodes and the police not attending etc. she's been in loves of a lot of scary mental health stuff. However I think it's more that she's come to the conclusion that the day to day work of a paramedic isn't really for her.

She was really low last week. Cried a lot, but I think it's more of a kind of 'grief' that something she thought she was really passionate about, turns out she's not.

I'm sure it will all be ok in the end. I just wish I had a crystal ball. I never thought parenting late teens would be so hard! Lol.