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Choosing a course, reading an admission requirement properly, what to do when you miss a cut-off, and how to change direction after you have already started.
Discovering in the first term that your course is not what you thought is one of the most common experiences in higher education, and one of the least discussed. Changing is often possible and the cost rises sharply the longer you wait.
Most people pick a job title and work backwards, and a job title is very thin information. Better question: what do you want to be doing at eleven o'clock on a Tuesday? How to read a module list and test a choice before you commit.
Missing a cut off feels like a verdict. It is arithmetic about one particular year. You have more options than you think and several close quickly, so deal with the time sensitive ones first and the feelings afterwards.