FAO people who didn't go to university

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cm1179

cm1179

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do you feel you have missed out on a valuable life experience?

my siblings and parents went, i didn't. this was through choice and not being great at applying myself academically. i did a course at college upon leaving school but even that wasn't for me and i wanted to get out and work, earn money.

i listen to my parents, brother and sister, and other people i know who went to university and some of it sounds great, the different city, living away from home, meeting new people, mixing studying with partying etc and coming out with a qualification and a lot of debt but with the likelihood of improved chances of getting a decent job. i do feel that i have missed out on that but that's because i just don't think i would have been equipped for it and have learnt to apply myself through other ways.
 
I'm 19 so not old, and I went to college after school for a year and then dropped out. I was always certain university wasn't for me, but I'm having second thought's.

I have a job but it isn't for me and I am finding it really hard to find anything else due to the current climate and the fact I don't have a degree.

It's how it appears to me.

EDIT - I do feel I have missed out though. I'm not a party animal but would love to try it.
 
What happened the stereotype of people looking down on those who haven't gone to uni as failures in life.
 
I didn't go to uni after leaving school, instead got an apprenticeship and currently getting my company to pay for my education. Just completed a HNC in mechanical engineering and hope to take it further.

I don't think i missed out in the long run because i have a job that is fairly safe and will leave me with options to move else where if i decide to do so.
 
I went for the first year so I could experience it, then I left to get a real job.

Worked perfectly for me to be honest, loan has be paid off now, earn more than my peers even without the London weighting. Have a great job with a clear career path. Literally couldn't change a thing in that respect.
 
I just turned 30, I first studied biochemistry in Royal Holloway and I can honestly say that its was a fantastic experience. I lived in halls I must have spent half of the first year drunk and had a blast.

I then went to medical school which was a big mistake, I wasted 6 to 7 years studying something I now hate.

University can be the best experience of your life if you study the right course, go to the right university and make a good group of friends.
 
Dr House said:
I just turned 30, I first studied biochemistry in Royal Holloway and I can honestly say that its was a fantastic experience. I lived in halls I must have spent half of the first year drunk and had a blast.

I then went to medical school which was a big mistake, I wasted 6 to 7 years studying something I now hate.

University can be the best experience of your life if you study the right course, go to the right university and make a good group of friends.
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Ooooofffff yeh I applied to medicine last year missed exam grade just narrowly literally few points. Was going to resit this year decided not too tempted to try again next year but i'm still sat on the fence just due to having to go to uni again for so long and then foundation years unsociable working hours etc long list. Seems like a lot of sacrifices.

Why do you hate med?
 
I start in January, although as a researcher/student on a multi institution project. I am 41 and although I have been studying p/t for a number of years I had no need of a degree for employment, neither in the military or my current position and it hasn't seemed to have disadvantaged me in any way.

I think too much emphasis is put on having a degree in today's workplace especially as many of the occupations that seem to require one do not actually warrant one. I am sure it will eventually find a balance but I feel for today's youth and their limited choices outside University education.
 
I left school at 16 (31 now) and did a Apprenticeship in Refrigeration & Air Conditioning.

I went College once a week and did a evening course on Electronic Servicing in the lat years once I could drive.

Getting a salary and getting trained at the same time I felt was good, I had no inclination to go uni.
 
I didnt go, 21 and hold a full time job. I do sometimes feel ive missed out but ive looked back on how far ive come and think I havnt missed much.

Im not a big drinking/partying kind of guy.
 
Dr House said:
I just turned 30, I first studied biochemistry in Royal Holloway and I can honestly say that its was a fantastic experience. I lived in halls I must have spent half of the first year drunk and had a blast.

I then went to medical school which was a big mistake, I wasted 6 to 7 years studying something I now hate.

University can be the best experience of your life if you study the right course, go to the right university and make a good group of friends.
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Especially because Royal Holloway has a great ratio of female to male students! :p
 
sp1ke said:
Why do you hate med?
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Its just not for me, my wife is training to be a GP and loves it.

The money is not very good, working conditions / hours are really bad.

I ran my own business and had a very different lifestyle before I think I have found it very hard to adjust to the change.
 
When it came to education i never found anything that i could sit down and enjoy studying!
I never thought i wanted to go to uni really and growing up i worked since i was 15 so i could help my single mother with bills and such so never really thought uni was an option for me.
The ex was at uni and last year i spent a lot of time visiting her at halls and loved it, partying with the people in her place was a laugh and the 'student life style' outside of studying and socialising would have been perfect for me! I love meeting new people etc! But never having the grades to go to uni i still dont think now at nearly 24 ill go.
I have a full time job and too many bills to quit and go!
I still may try take up evening courses once i find something that i like! (currently my job is killing me ever so slowly!)
 
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