Should I transfer to an easier University to get a first/ 2.1 or stay and get a third

Just a moment, as far as I know from my course, Mechanical Engineering, all the Unis are doing pretty much the same stuff, with some slight changes, ie including an Economic module, or doing some EEE modules. There are also some changes in the structure, some Unis are doing modules in different order, so your friend in Birmingham may do what you did in first year in the next two years of his degree.
Furthermore, Birmingham is a top 10 or top 20 Uni, so your modules have to be similar

It's hard to work very hard considering how demoralising the course is (in its difficulty) as well as the fact that I really do not like it.

Then everyone's like 'well why are you doing it, do something you enjoy'... it's not simple like that. I got A*s in Maths and Further Maths at A-level. Getting the best result at the best university will set me up great for employment. I have pressure from family. From potential employers. I have no interest in anything I can do a employer-respected degree in. The closest things to it are football and graphic design. Yet people always criticise me for doing what I'm told is best for me by society, tell me to do something I enjoy when everything else tells me to do what's best for my future and I have very little that I enjoy besides. So if you either have no life aspirations or love a particular subject, good for you. But don't give me **** about what I'm doing with my life, because I'm just trying to do what's best.

/mini rant

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I just find it funny how by far the hardest thing I'm doing right now is what he'll be doing next year. Kinda shows you how Warwick likes to cut to the challenging material, huh?

Oh, another point, most of the stuff he's doing we covered at A-Level (further maths), but almost none of the stuff I'm doing is A-Level. Which was what EVERYONE SAID THE FIRST YEAR WOULD BE. It was always 'A2 year is harder than your first year of uni, that year is more about settling in etc etc'. But no. LIES

now we're getting somewhere... people with similar a level grades as you are doing alright at it... Maybe it's the wrong subject, anything will feel like impossibly hard work if you're unmotivated.
People find subjects they enjoyed and were good at for a level don't interest them at undergrad. Tbh the pressure fro your family might not be as bad as you think... if you're not doing well after a year I can't see how they can argue against you wanting to do something *you're* interested in doing instead.

Imo You'll be miserable and on for a low degree class anywhere unless you reboot your motivation and engage with the course.

Hmmm, u should better ask one of ur tutors or lecturers, they should know more things and advice u better

Sure. I used to have motivation in the form of 'do well and get all the monies when you're older' but now I don't even care that much about a high paying job, much more about finding a career that I enjoy.

I don't even understand how it all works tbh. When I can achieve a 2.1 somewhere else without too much trouble, what is the better university even doing for me?

I sure as hell am not finding the lectures particularly useful and the resources compared to what we had at school are shocking. When I visited my friend at Birmingham his lectures notes for a module were amazing, with a much slower pace and EXAMPLES for everything. I really don't understand how the system works.

How are ur grades so far?
Are you less than 50-60%?
and have you really tried and you cannot make it?
also, do u know any class average?

Some might see that as a blessing. What's the point in having money if you're spending the majority of your time in life doing something you hate? In addition if you enjoy something you're likely to put more energy and effort into it and therefore become better at it which can't be too bad for your job prospects anyway.

The better university is supposedly proving you can cope with the workload at the better university. If you can't get a 2.1 there, go get a less prestigious 2.1 elsewhere. Also, this is the reason people advise you to give greater weight to the quality of teaching on the course than the prestige of the university.

Surely a lesser university is lesser because of their teaching standards? Thus it would be easier in a top university? and ultimately, it is something you'll come across in work anyway

I don't know the class average and I haven't gone in to check my results because I think I'm better off not thinking about them too much (dat ironing)

I'm basing what I'm saying mostly off how I feel about exams coming up. We've had assignments throughout the year, but after my first term my original supervisor (who marked them) dropped out of the scheme and I got a new super-harsh marker, so I generally ignored the marks (because they would just make me feel bad if I didn't). He was a good teacher though, so it wasn't all bad.

Which I'm not, lol. Seems exactly the deal right now.

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Maybe because it might not be true?