What options does my friend have? Uni related

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Hello all,

My friend went to Uni on Saturday and she has txt me saying she really hates it and doesn't want to continue (I know it's only been a week!)

I'm going to try and get her to stick it out for at least a month or so, but what are her options?

How quickly will she have to pay off her loan etc?

Thanks! :)
 
If she has only been there a week, she probably hasn't even started her normal lectures yet, and therefore has only met a fraction of the people that she could meet. I'd suggest she stick it out, and try and make friends with the people in her corridor. If she is homesick, the best way to fix it is to just get involved, and she'll quickly forget all about it.
 
lol

she gettin bullied or something?

i went to stay at my m8s flat @ uni, love the place - stay there few nights a week
 
KNiVES said:
Homesick. Happens to everyone. Tell her to hang in there! See if you can visit her, that will help a lot.
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I AM. But, my question still stands, what are her options if she ultimately decides to come home?
 
Her options are... she can quit. Loan wont matter becuase surely in the space of 3 days she hasn't spent it yet (And even if she has she'll only have had a portion of it which lets face it is sod all @ £50 a month once she is earning over £15k a year).

How can she hate it, if she only arrived on Saturday I doubt lectures have even started yet? Another victim of Labour trying to convince the world they MUST go to Uni no doubt..
 
I wonder If I'd get homesick. I'm sitting here thinking that I absolutely cannot wait to move abroad for uni. I'd leave tomorrow if I could!

Sorry, that doesn't help your question.
 
peetee said:
you should ask her exactly what she hates tbh. No use running away from problems.
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What I ask her is....what I ask her. What I'm asking here is...what I'm asking here ;) :p

slambo69 said:
If she cant handle 1 week of uni how will she survive in life? Just leave her alone and let her find her own feet.
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I'm not just going to leave a friend hanging. Dunno about you, but thats not something I do. How I handle her isn't up for discussion anyway!

[TW]Fox;12575612 said:
Her options are... she can quit. Loan wont matter becuase surely in the space of 3 days she hasn't spent it yet (And even if she has she'll only have had a portion of it which lets face it is sod all @ £50 a month once she is earning over £15k a year).
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Ah cheers dude :) - Exactly what I was after, can she take a year out and have another stab at it in a year or so? (dunno why she would but I'm just wondering)

How can she hate it, if she only arrived on Saturday I doubt lectures have even started yet? Another victim of Labour trying to convince the world they MUST go to Uni no doubt..
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She didn't want to go to Uni in the first place. Kinda forced into it, kinda didn't know what else to do.
 
All i'll say is try to make sure she stays away from home for a bit, if she goes back then she will want to quit. I know it sounds harsh but keep her there, things will get better. What uni is she at?

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Phate said:
can she take a year out and have another stab at it in a year or so? (dunno why she would but I'm just wondering)
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I'd have thought so. I know someone who quit uni awhile into their course (it wasn't for them), and then enrolled at another uni to complete a different course a few years later.
 
she can always have a year off and think about it. if she wants to try again next year she can. student finance fund you aslong as you dont keep failing and retaking the year.
My bf dropped out of second year as the course wasnt taking him in the direction he wanted to go but he started again 2day on a different course and student finance are funding him again.
 
It's just home sickness.

Go there and give it to her hard, she'll feel better.

And as for what her other options are, she can go and get a job, despite what New Labour seem determined to convince everyone.
 
Couple of people I know hated their course, dropped out at end of first term, worked for the rest of the year to pay for the accommodation and some, then changed subjects the next year.

As for your friend, I don't know of one person who's said they've hated uni throughout, she should just stick it out for a bit imo.
 
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