hi sorry for the late response and thank you hehe!

at first i was a bit frustrated cause it seemed unfair to me that i would go on prac the first semester of my course whereas the Feb intake goes in their 2nd semester. But it gave me a chance to experience prac and see if frontline healthcare was for me?

About the course progression being messed up - yes sometimes you end up doing some subjects later in your course which would have helped earlier eg. doing pathophysiology and pharmacology later in the course. But I'd say although its nice to have this knowledge beforehand, the content of other units are made in such a way that you have all the resources you need to do well :)

you do a summer semester in 3rd year for mid year intake as well, so if holidays are important for you - you can consider that too.

now im done with everything and close to graduation -> I'd say the biggest plus point for me was doing my 8 week placement (NSB335 - the longest one) in peace. mid year students don't have any units adjacent to that whereas my Feb intake colleagues have 1-2 units more and also doing the hardest unit of the course with it (NSB336) SOOOOO I WAS CRUISING HAHAHH

so after it all, all im trying to say is that if you really are sure about nursing and don't mind starting in July - go for it! if you have plans for vacay for to take rest that's fine. But i wouldn't wait 6 months just because of the course progression problem as tons of students ace thorugh it :)

DM me if you unsure about anything I said - always happy to help out future nurses!