Anyone else HATE uni?

[-:Undertaker:-]

Yeah, so is there anyone else out there who absolutely hates Uni? I despise it.

- University treats the students as though they're paying us 9k a year to be there, not the other way around.
- The discussions are so dull, boring and most seem too shy to say anything or anything of substance in tutorials.
- The 'university life' aka laying around in bed endlessly is so bloody boring.
- The city I go to is bloody awful, so having nights out there are dire compared with home.
- Students annoy the hell out of me, always have and always will.
- Being away from home in the winter makes me want to slash my wrists.

There's probably more but I don't think there's ever been a period in my life that I have hated more. I absolutely loved school, loved sixth form too in comparison to this but jesus it's so bad. Yet I look on my FB at classmates and people I know, and they all love it!? Am I missing something here? One of my mates from home always says how he can't wait to get back to Uni, yet all he does is sits in the library, in his bed and never attends lectures!? :S:S:S:S:S I don't understand it.

I can see why people enjoy it who may come from smaller villages, towns and go to larger cities.... and those who weren't the top cheese in school and feel they can be more social in uni..... but gee I just hate it, as do my mates in uni. It's third year starting in a week and frankly, I can't wait to put it behind me so much so that i'm not even planning to attend the graduation. Screw that and screw paying £60 to hire a gown to mimic an imported cheesy American tradition

So yeah, am I alone or what here?

[RyRy]

The thing I hate about Uni isn't so much the cost, or the travelling, it's putting up with people who don't understand that some people have coursework at certain times, and that if you don't come out with them you are literally shunning them and dislike them.

WHICH IS MY SITUATION RIGHT NOW FUNNILY ENOUGH.

[Matt]

Is it really that bad? D;

I can't wait to go to Uni! I imagine it's different for everyone and varies from country to country. I know over here Uni life looks amazing and there's 4-5 different Universities in my local area alone that I can choose from. I can't wait for the independence factor and how I'll be able to make decisions for myself!!

[Chippiewill]

I think maybe you were born middle-aged.

[Kyle]

cherish the time you have at uni now more than ever because once you finish and realise you've wasted 3+ years of your life on something that probably won't put you in any higher of a position you would have been had you not attended uni and you see all of your highschool friends in steady jobs with reasonable incomes it's just going to get worse.

if the nightlife is bad, you make your own fun. your reach extends much further than a few dingy clubs in a dead town centre. you can meet anyone, go anywhere and do anything. university life isn't about sitting watching jeremy kyle, it's about getting your work done and socialising properly. join a club or 5 and expand your interests. there are societies for all sorts with like minded folk as well as some new things you might not have considered before. jump in.

ideally you should be studying something you enjoy so that's a start, right? why then are people shy in tutorials? they should be passionate. especially by the 2nd and 3rd years? that probably says more about your choice of course or university than about university life in general. people should be growing, not retreating into themselves. sometimes what people need is a leader. be that leader. facilitate discussion, ask people questions even if you know the answers and get people talking about what they supposedly love.

- get over the bad nightlife. stop relying on others to entertain you and entertain yourself.
- be passionate about your studies. just because classmates aren't doesn't mean you shouldn't be.

idk perhaps university just isn't for you. personally, i love it. learning, meeting people, trying new things. it certainly beats pasting news articles onto hxf for 12 hours a day. different strokes for different folks, i guess. good luck in your final year make the most of your freedom from the real world!

[Kardan]

I enjoyed Uni, but I guess I was in a different stuation to you. My degree wasn't really discussion based, it was right/wrong answers - so I never found any discussion boring because there wasn't any.

I only paid 3 grand a year, so don't feel that bad for having to pay 9

I didn't move for Uni, I stayed at home, so didn't have to have the bother of sorting that out, living with others etc.

And I don't go out drinking, so I don't have any the issues of any of that stuff.

[lawrawrrr]

I loved University so much. It's what you make of it - my university is completely isolated from almost everywhere, the nightlife (so I've been told, I don't have much to compare it to!) is completely bobba, the course isn't that great - especially as I started to hate all the people and half the lecturers.

But because I hated all that I got into societies, made my own way and did my own thing a lot of the time - I never missed a lecture unless I HAD to (in hopsital/couldn't get there in time after various appts).

I really hate your standard 'student' as much as you Dan, and I've always been told I'm a middle-aged woman trapped in a teenager's body (well, not teenager any more but yeah), but there are so many other things you can do at every single university - make the most of your experience, it doesn't just get handed to you. And that's what annoys me so much when I constantly see people moaning on Twitter and Facebook about how much they hated Uni - they expected everything to be handed to them on a silver platter, but you have to have the initiative to go out there and find something

[Richie]

The thing I hate about Uni isn't so much the cost, or the travelling, it's putting up with people who don't understand that some people have coursework at certain times, and that if you don't come out with them you are literally shunning them and dislike them.

WHICH IS MY SITUATION RIGHT NOW FUNNILY ENOUGH.

that **** happened to me the other night but i didn't go out cos i was too poor innit

[Jurv]

don't say this omg i'm leaving home for uni today!

glad the replies made it sound better though ahhh

[Shar]

I love uni even though I hardly have any time to act like a normal student