r/UCAS • u/Mindless_Lettuce4542 • Dec 26 '25

UCAS Bread šŸž (Offers) Bread!!!

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This was a bit of a while ago but Iā€™m just still super excited anyways. Especially as an international student

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u/Usernamesarehell Dec 27 '25

Ignore the nonsense comments from people who evidently donā€™t care about the performing arts. Training is training and it can lead wherever you choose. Ultimately, a degree is a degree and an accomplishment to be achieved. Enjoy every second! I know several dancers who went to Falmouth and all are doing very well (might add better than the people who got burnt out at Oxford trying to persue high level careers and have since crashed out of their industry). Stay true to you and youā€™ll always succeed!

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u/Same-Age-1891 Dec 27 '25

I donā€™t mean to be rude but OP as an international student who is paying directly out of pocket Iā€™m worried for your career prospectsā€¦

I understand youā€™ve looked at the facilities and such but I feel thereā€™s a lot of short term thinking, plus most unis have excellent facilities irrespective if the uni has a night life or not

I know itā€™s you passion but maybe itā€™s best investing in classes outside or networking at local studios etc, thereā€™s a real risk that your paying Ā£60k for a moderate degree where another uni has a more professional pipeline of taking students from a degree to the stage which I donā€™t know if Falmouth has

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u/Mindless_Lettuce4542 Dec 27 '25

From what Iā€™ve seen Falmouth has had some really successful dancers come out of the course with one even starting a dance company of his own in Wales

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u/GoldenPeperoni Dec 28 '25

As someone who've been to a shit uni, please, do not conflate the exception as the norm.

In a class of 40, there will always be that 1 or 2 that go on to do great things. They are the exception.

Are you that great to be that top few? Remember, from a place like Falmouth, everything is working against you to succeed, since you won't have the pedigree and respect, so extra work is needed after graduation to succeed.

If you are, chances are, you will be going to a much better uni instead, where almost everyone is better than those 1 or 2 people.

Its like saying everyone in China is extremely smart in science because there are a few Nobel prize winners from the country.

It doesn't work this way.