Tim, you know from my personal mails to you how much I wish that things turn out OK for you. I am equally sure that all the guys on Wannabes would also wish to join me in re-affirming those good wishes. You are too good to waste so you will come back, whatever it takes. Good luck.
I am going to repeat the last paragraph of
Scroggs post above. Mainly, because he and I are in agreement with what the future holds for you and the industry.
I'm sure you've all read my advice to Wannabes in other threads and, for the moment, I stick by it. If you're contemplating an integrated course to start in the very near future, it's probably worth considering delaying. If you're due to start one in 6-9 months, watch the situation carefully and be prepared to change your plans. In either situation, you might consider taking the modular approach just so that you can tailor your graduation to the eventual upturn - which will come! Those of you currently on a modular course, start thinking about the timescale of the remainder of your training. If you're just about to graduate, I'm afraid that you're probably going to be into marking time until things start to improve. Of course, neither I nor anyone else here knows how long that will be, but it will happen. Just don't believe everything you read!
No dogma! Just good old fashioned common sense.
Just do your own thing based upon your OWN decisions. I expect that further advice is probably uneccessary now, but you can e-mail any of us if you don't want to post.
Good luck to you also.