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Biggest fear when starting uni?

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Reply 180

plimsolls

Not making any friends.

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHA.

Reply 181

Pwn4g3_P13

I think that anyone who says they weren't scared of;

A. Having no friends
B. Failing your course
C. Being broke

must be lying ^^

Reply 182

joeclarke3

Original post by Dbrown18

... My second is that my flatmates are rubbish. I sorta assumed that they'd be like my mates already, and then it hit me, i could get right hubknobs living with me :frown:

****in' A man. I'm looking forward to having a ridiculously social time at Uni, but then I worry that my flatmates will be anything from introverts to some odd type of straight-edge/vegan/anti-fun protester.

I'm also a bit worried about the subject content just being above my level of understanding. Obviously most of us had that fear going into AS and A2, but... I dunno, it just seems like University work will be different, especially if the support system is drastically different to college ones.

Reply 183

jackevo

- being put into flats with all 18yr olds who have only gone thier to get smashed 200% of the time therefore probably distracting me and aiding me in failing...

- that everyone is shagging everyone lol. ( going up with girlfriend )

- course is going to be too difficult ( coming from a HNC )

- my biggest fear is i wont be able to fit all my turntables etc and that it will get damaged

Reply 184

shereez234

My biggest fear was geeky flatmates... but then i ended up with a bunch of them..

Reply 185

Annalouxxxx

I am absolutely terrified of not getting on with my flatmates and just the general food situation :P Glad to see other people feel the same and its not just me! Thank you to the creator of this page! x

Reply 186

High VOLTAGE

Original post by orka

Mine is that I will not make any friends.. :cry2:

and that I find the workload too much.

how did it turn out?

Reply 187

fiona_x

- Not doing well at the course/not liking it
- Being in a flat with "quiet" people who'll stay in all the time and judge me for my drinking habits.
- Being in a flat with people who share my drinking habits but who will intimidate me with their confidence and therefore cause me to avoid them out of sheer awkwardness
- Standing out like a sore thumb because I've been to uni already and therefore will be a year older than most people
- Getting as homesick as I did during my last weeks of uni this year

Reply 188

Minion125

*Not making friends..

^ Where I am going is a private college and has a total of 450 students :frown:

(Because of the choices I made I didn't do A Levels so I am afraid I will have to work extra hard just to keep up )
To add to that, its in Oxford which I know to be quiet? I hope it isn't too quiet though!
Also 63% of people are mature students so have life experience....sigh

*Also not being able to budget early on and suffering later on.
*Being homesick ( my Mum & I are really close )
*Hating the course because it is so intense, give up, fail, cry....

Reply 189

Julii92

That I'll be so much older than everyone else - I'll be 20 or 21 when I (hopefully) start.

Reply 190

Sophieburgon

Original post by Julii92

That I'll be so much older than everyone else - I'll be 20 or 21 when I (hopefully) start.

I am like that as I have took a gap year so I be 19 when I start

Reply 191

username418231

Will I be able to survive financially?
Will I be able to eat regularly?
Will the workload be too much?
Will I still have a social life?

Reply 192

Eileen_

Not being able to make any friends, but apparently I'm not the only one :tongue:

Slightly afraid that I might end up being the quiet, introverted, annoying flatmate :laugh:

Biggest fear is, of course, the amount of times I'm going to have to spell my name or correct people and tell them my surname is NOT to be pronounced as 'weird' :colone:

no, I'm not too worried to be honest, worst thing that can happen is me getting lost in a city which is 1000 times bigger than my current location, quite far away from home, without any money and unable to speak proper English. :tongue:

Reply 193

gagaslilmonsteruk

Right guys, NONE of you have a thing to worry about. This September, I will be starting my second year of university. In the beginning, we all asked each other how to do things like use a washing machine and so on - it doesn't take too long at all! In the last few months, my cooking skills have gone from absolute zero to amateur, and things like using a washing machine have now really become routine without me having to think about it really. As for making friends, don't believe everyone you meet in your first week will be close to you throughout. Of course, I'm still close to 1 or 2 people, but once my course got underway, I made many new friends and am still meeting people as late as now. Now, everyone can have little disagreements from time to time, like for example whose turn it is to take the bins out or how loud music is, but nothing major really at all. If anybody has any questions, either quote this message or PM me and I will reply to you as best as I can :smile:

Reply 194

gagaslilmonsteruk

Original post by Sophieburgon

I am like that as I have took a gap year so I be 19 when I start

Trust me that isn't old at all. In fact there aren't as many 18 year olds as you may think. A fair proportion of my friends are all 19, 20 even mid-20s. Some people on my course are even past 40, so you really have nothing to worry about at all :smile:

Everyone is in the same boat, believe it or not.

Reply 195

Doctor.

It's not making any friends for me too. Slightly reassured I am not the only one!

I'm not a really loud person is the problem, even my mum was like...I wonder how you'll make friends, since you hardly talk!

Oh and coping with the workload/university pressures :frown:

. I'm more nervous and anxious than anything tbh

Reply 196

Harley

I'll be 17 when I start, so i'm worried I won't be able to go out and socialise during freshers week etc since I'll probably not get in anywhere :frown:

Reply 197

closey95

I've applied a year early (because I'm Scottish and we can do that up here) and I'm a bit worried that I'll get picked on for being a year younger than everyone else. I won't even be old enough to drink :frown:

Reply 198

Newcastle456

1) Although I am a confident person, I am worried about myself being a non-drinker and how that will fit in with the generally perceived university culture.
2) Hate partying, again not sure how that will generally portray myself to be.
3) I avoid public toilets, generally OCDish, absolute nightmare would be sharing a toilet/kitchen with many people and ones that aren't particularly big on cleanliness.

In a way, the first two points are synonymous with making friends. It's dawned on me how incredibly boring I sound. I promise you, I am a bit of a joker.

(edited 12 years ago)

Reply 199

Epica

My biggest fear was actually being an outcast.

I began this year on a foundation year, so people around my age (26) and older joined the course. I thought ''They are Ok, but so boring because all they do is talk about boyfriends and babies''. None of them wanted to join or go out at freshers. I am not a bit maternal, so by Christmas I just gave up hanging around with these idiots and spent lunch times in the library on my own completing uni work.

Also the girl I was with at the start of term has attached herself to this group and I see now her grades have just stayed the same. The said group seem to carried each other though this 'a-level' year. They will have a big shock next year :P

3 months on and my grades are now A's. I complete work well on time and I now put my education first than social activities or friendships.

I do hope that next year would be better though (people wise). I hope there will be a mix of students of different ages who can talk about other things than children and boyfriends/girlfriends.