Is University really some of the best years of your life?

so its basicly the same experience as getting a part time job in a night club :D, my step son works in a club and hes always out after work getting drunk , he was at a party in someones penthouse the other month :S, hes friends with all the women dancers/promoters and strippers in the other night clubs to.

i guess its like uni without the studying and no degree
 
Tbh Uni is Good but i Dont know if its Completely "AMAZING" like everyone makes it out to be.
 
This thread is why all our tax monies are going down the drain, it is where you either make yourself or break yourself.
As others have said not enjoying university will pay off in the long run, if you work hard you will end up with what you wanted, anyone who goes to university and does a dos subject and goes out at night is just a waste of space. The whole point of university is to educate, certainly the people who founded these institutions would not want to see public money going down the drain just so you can drink your life to waste.
 
flibbage0 said:
Well my mind will be made up on Thursday, I get my results for my resits, if they aren't great then I might as well give up. :(
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Give up? That is the one thing you should NEVER do.

My A level results were shocking. Like, completely shocking - went from a straight A grade student to ending up with a C and 2 D's and an E at A2, and 2 Es at AS. Did I give up? Nope. I may be in a job that I want to get out of ASAP at the moment, but it pays the bills and I still enjoy myself. I'm now in more of a mindset (probably because I've been in employment for the last year since I left 6th form) that I would go to uni with CAREER in mind rather than as an EXPERIENCE, so may consider part-time rather than full-time. The whole "fee increases" argument isn't really appealing at the moment.

My advice would be to apply to the university still, and also try and get a "work experience" placement sorted to give you a feel for the job that you would otherwise take with ze bank. That way you should be in a slightly better position to decide.

Best of luck :D
 
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Its great fun, I cant imagine doing anything instead of going to uni, there was no way I was ready to go out and work at 18!

I'm not a wild drinker or massive party animal but I still had great fun. The best time of my life, although 6th form was pretty epic. Those 6 years all sort of blur together as one massive great time.

In my experience if you go in with a positive mind and a good attitude you'll take a lot out of it. It isnt for everyone and a lot of people drop out in the first year but Id recommend it to anyone.

I was in a similar position just before uni where I was offered a job paying about 15k doing IT support stuff. Seemed brilliant at the time but I decided to go to uni and things have turned out great. There will be other jobs and if you are good at what you do these other jobs will present themselves.

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Just read your comment about your results. Dont give up man, I got 3 D's at A-Levels and then got a 1st at uni
 
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I find Uni much more interesting than work. Not because it easier, but because work for me was boring and repetitive. University work had all sorts of different projects you could work on, usually interesting topics you have never done before. You can chose what to work on.

I to screwed up at a-level, got first, now doing a masters at a heavily research based uni.

Sitting in an office all day, with hardly anyone who liked to socialise really got me down. Now i can casually talk to people about my work, discuss things, choose to take a break etc.
 
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I had the most amazing time at uni, it's just so enjoyable, met some great friends, lived in some nice places and one dump, joined random societies and still have the T shirts can believe it's nearly 7 years since I have left.

The freedom you had doesn't hit you until you are sitting in an office the year after uni on a blazing hot day and all you want to do is go to the beach/common/park and have a BBQ and drinks with your friends ... but you can't as it's 1pm on a Tuesday and you have to answer 100000000 emails.
 
For me, the only thing that makes it worthwhile is the friends that I have made at Uni. We get on so well, and make it enjoyable.

Sadly, it doesn't seem that Uni is right for me. I am carefully considering my options for next year; both inside Uni and outside.
 
flibbage0 said:
How do you people get into University?

I wanted to do Pharmacy (still sort of want to) but they want ABB.
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There are many ways to get into uni, you enter as adult with a lot less requirements. You can apply anyway, and hope they have places left etc.

My father was dying of cancer when i was doing my btec, so i had mitigating circumstances.
 
flibbage0 said:
Is University life really that good as people make it out to be.

I thought it was extremely hard work but from what I've heard from people there they say its a million times better than school.

Any thoughts?
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Fr me Uni was bloody hard work, but it was also a lot of fun.

School on the other hand was a nightmare.
 
Moses said:
You need to explain!

My little brother started at uni in '08, I think... but he didn't want to go - mainly because he was really unsure about doing Chemistry. Half way through he dropped out! Anyway, he's going to be starting an Ancient History degree at Nottingham this September, so it's all worked out in the end.

That kind of not wanting to go = DON'T GO. Only go once you're sure what you want to do - if I'd gone to uni straight after school I'd've done some Politics degree... but I started at 22, and now I'm two years into a super sweet four year law course.

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On the other hand, if you're merely feeling a sense of trepidation about moving away/leaving your friends/having to live with a whole bunch of random people... go to uni! Everyone's scared before they go, it's normal.
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Really your doing a law degree? We would have never known since you don't talk about it much.
 
Well it comes down to if you're picking a doss course (8 hours a week) or a high intense course (20 hours a week). You find the doss course (not mentioning the course names, but we know what they are) have more fun, whilst the others have slightly less fun.

However those with >20 hours a week find it fun that those doing the <8 hours a week 'doss' courses are getting into themselves into debt for a worthless degree.

At the end of the day though, its what you make of it - like anything in life.
 
Greebo said:
I still don;t regret going for the freinds, experiences and the independance and confidence it gave me.
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This.

Even though I'm likely to never end up in a relevant job to my degree (change of career path after graduating) I still don't regret going. I grew up so much in those 3 years, learnt how to look after myself, budget etc basically valuable life lessons. You don't need to go to uni for these but the freedom and 'fresh start' you feel is amazing.

Not to mention some of the friends you will make and people you will meet. My only regret is not joining any societies however I still had an awesome time.

Providing you manage your time and finances well there's no reason you can't work hard and still enjoy yourself.

Made some friends for life at uni even though we don't stay in touch that often I know they'll always be there should I need them and vica versa.

I can't imagine what my life would be like or where I'd be if I'd gone straight in to employment after GCSE's. One of the main reasons I did A-levels was because my friends were and the next logical step from here was Uni, why not?
 
Engineers and medics seem to do the most hours. Certainly I had 30-hour weeks - the lectures did drop off at times but only to allow time for group projects and dissertations.

I didn't really fit the path intended by the course, and I did struggle at times - but I've come out of it so much the richer that sometimes I feel a little better about crying at my viva and not getting pushed up the 1% to cross over the 2:1 boundary..... honest!

Seriously though - while I so could have done a bit better (and I kick myself for it) - I have benefitted massively from my time at uni - and I'm convinced the excellent years I've had since would have been less so, had I not been through my degree first.
 
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