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Dropping out...Right, this is probably going to be a lengthy post, so bear with, and apologies
Well, I go uni in London. Throughout the year, I wasn't 100% happy - I felt I had a completely different uni experience to everyone else, but put it down to being homesick. I was all set to go back in September, but I've been realizing that I really, really don't want to go back. London makes me miserable. Finding a place to live is so expensive that my loan wouldn't cover it. And my course is badly managed IMO.
I'm kind of at a crossroads - I have two other universities I'd like to apply for and with my grades would more than likely get into. One's closer to home, so I could commute to it, and the other is in a city I love, the course looks great and I think I'd be happy there. But it means dropping out, and waiting until next September (I messaged the universities and they said I'd have to start year one again - no transferring since the courses differ slightly). Or I could commute down to London, which is so expensive. Or I could just suck it up and get on with it in London.
I definitely want my degree, but I don't know what to do. Any ideas?
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That's a hard decision. It's hard to give an opinion worth anything without details ? Which uni are you at, what course and which uni's are you wanting to apply to(Original post by misfit3)
Right, this is probably going to be a lengthy post, so bear with, and apologies
Well, I go uni in London. Throughout the year, I wasn't 100% happy - I felt I had a completely different uni experience to everyone else, but put it down to being homesick. I was all set to go back in September, but I've been realizing that I really, really don't want to go back. London makes me miserable. Finding a place to live is so expensive that my loan wouldn't cover it. And my course is badly managed IMO.
I'm kind of at a crossroads - I have two other universities I'd like to apply for and with my grades would more than likely get into. One's closer to home, so I could commute to it, and the other is in a city I love, the course looks great and I think I'd be happy there. But it means dropping out, and waiting until next September (I messaged the universities and they said I'd have to start year one again - no transferring since the courses differ slightly). Or I could commute down to London, which is so expensive. Or I could just suck it up and get on with it in London.
I definitely want my degree, but I don't know what to do. Any ideas?
Lots of people get home sick it might just be an idea to stick out two more years - it really depends on your course and how much you don't want to go back - that we can't answer !
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Re: Dropping out...Would it not be a better idea to drop out now and wait until next September simply due to the fact that if you've only just done your first year then if I'm not wrong then you'll still get full financial support if you start your course again elsewhere. Take a year out, work, go to open days in other places to see how you like those universities and cities and apply to the two you mentioned and any others. I think you should forget the idea of being in London again. Each area of London is very different but you've already had a bad experience so you aren't likely to go back with a positive mind so best to go elsewhere.
I know it's easy for me to just say something like this as though it's nothing but I'm really against the idea of doing something you're really unhappy with. What's the point? How well are you really going to do in university if you're struggling emotionally? It impacts your work more than you realise, I imagine it would be worth delaying things for a while; what's the rush anyway? I'd rather be "behind" a year and happy than continuing on and hating everything. Which, coincidentally, I am (though I started again with college rather than university).
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Re: Dropping out...If London makes you miserable and it's a uni in London vs. a uni in a city you love then the decision is really already made for you. Okay you have to wait until next September, but you might get lucky and find a job to save up some cash with in that time, or you could do something else productive that'll make you more employable (voluntary work somewhere for example). Imagine being at the alternate uni in the place that doesn't make you miserable and thinking back; are you gonna be thinking 'ugh why did I drop out, I could be in London right now' or 'I'm starting this degree from scratch but I love this place and I'm actually happy; thank god I'm not in London'. Being happy is really important.
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Re: Dropping out...This.(Original post by RosieGirl)
If London makes you miserable and it's a uni in London vs. a uni in a city you love then the decision is really already made for you. Okay you have to wait until next September, but you might get lucky and find a job to save up some cash with in that time, or you could do something else productive that'll make you more employable (voluntary work somewhere for example). Imagine being at the alternate uni in the place that doesn't make you miserable and thinking back; are you gonna be thinking 'ugh why did I drop out, I could be in London right now' or 'I'm starting this degree from scratch but I love this place and I'm actually happy; thank god I'm not in London'. Being happy is really important.
However, can the OP not get a clearing code from UCAS and then look for their prefered course and university? Though it might be that only those who have actually applied for university this year can get into clearing. -
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Re: Dropping out...I'm studying Film with Media Studies at UEL
I was looking at Lincoln in the city I liked, or Northampton, in my hometown. Both courses look good, and I like both cities.
It's such a big decision to make, you know? A few friends have said drop out, but a few have said stay cause it's only for two more years, but the idea of going back to London doesn't appeal haha.
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It looks as though you wouldn't be posting for advice of you didn't want to leave - leave ! It's far better to be happy plus Lincoln is lovely, never been to Northampton !
Clearing I'm not sure - maybe rig ucas and they will guide you trough the process
Good luck
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Re: Dropping out...Leave, you won't loose much for not returning BUT must make sure you found some other uni. before you tell UEL.
Out of interest, did you visit UEL before you applied ?
If you can get in this Sept. do some work for 6 months & save up for travelling. You won't earn much for the 6 months but it's still better than being miserable. -
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Re: Dropping out...I'm very sorry to hear that you're having problems with Uni OP; mind me asking in what way the course is poorly managed?(Original post by misfit3)
Right, this is probably going to be a lengthy post, so bear with, and apologies
Well, I go uni in London. Throughout the year, I wasn't 100% happy - I felt I had a completely different uni experience to everyone else, but put it down to being homesick. I was all set to go back in September, but I've been realizing that I really, really don't want to go back. London makes me miserable. Finding a place to live is so expensive that my loan wouldn't cover it. And my course is badly managed IMO.
I'm kind of at a crossroads - I have two other universities I'd like to apply for and with my grades would more than likely get into. One's closer to home, so I could commute to it, and the other is in a city I love, the course looks great and I think I'd be happy there. But it means dropping out, and waiting until next September (I messaged the universities and they said I'd have to start year one again - no transferring since the courses differ slightly). Or I could commute down to London, which is so expensive. Or I could just suck it up and get on with it in London.
I definitely want my degree, but I don't know what to do. Any ideas?
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Re: Dropping out...Often lectures would be cancelled with no notice, or we'd turn up, they'd hand back essays and tell us we could go - want a bit more for my money than that :/ The lecturers didn't seem able to work a DVD player, which considering they were film lecturers, was odd. When they couldn't work the player, they would look puzzled and spend twenty minutes pushing buttons, then tell us to go. Loads of people had commuted in (I knew one girl who got up at half five to get in for a nine o'clock lecture) so to be told that after twenty minutes of sitting there we could leave, it must have been annoying.(Original post by kka25)
I'm very sorry to hear that you're having problems with Uni OP; mind me asking in what way the course is poorly managed?
The only decent lecture I had was my Media studies module, and even then towards the end it got a bit rubbish :/
I didn't, and I really wished I did.(Original post by poony)
Leave, you won't loose much for not returning BUT must make sure you found some other uni. before you tell UEL.
Out of interest, did you visit UEL before you applied ?
If you can get in this Sept. do some work for 6 months & save up for travelling. You won't earn much for the 6 months but it's still better than being miserable.
An update? I've applied through Clearing and on the way to getting a place at Northampton thanks for the advice guys!
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Re: Dropping out...It gets a lot of abuse, I got to admit, but to be honest, everyone who goes seems to love it, so I often think that maybe it was just me who hated it.
Then again, two of my flatmates (who were the best thing about my uni year) left UEL - one to go to a different uni and the other dropped out cause she hated the course.
