I started university this year September and I am doing Law. My decision behind choosing law was purely my love for the field and my ambition to pursue a criminal law career in the future. However, this has been tainted by my first six week experience at university. I am struggling immensely with my course and cannot seem to get to grips with the issues and application of all four areas of law that I am studying (particularly Land Law). Although, I have a basic understanding I lack the knowledge when it comes to tackling simple problem questions or answering tutorial (seminar) questions in depth. I go to a Russel Group university due to my grades at A-level and so I am expected to do well. I hate university I feel completely inept and I am way behind in my reading. For me coming from a place where I was the top student to where I am probably at the lower end of the intelligent spectrum makes me insecure and stressed. I missed a total of four lectures due to the fact that I had no motivation to go to university as the sheer embarrassment of not understanding law whilst everyone else does fuels my hatred for learning the subject and ultimately demotivates me. On top of that I have to work 7 hours to 9 hours a day every weekends which takes away the time I need to catch up with any work that I fallen behind with. Taken this into consideration has made me contemplate whether I should take a leave of absence and start again in September. However, the idea that I would have to continue paying my loan during this intermission is what is making feel like I should stick through it. In December we have our mid-sessional exams and I can assure you that I would not know what to write. I feel like I rushed into going into university and that I was not prepared for it contrary to what I assumed to believe before. I come home crying daily and have isolated myself from my friends. I have become a shy, timid, introvert and have lost my confidence and my ability to connect with other people. Everyone has noticed this change in me and seems to remind me frequently. If someone could advise me or shed some light on their personal experience I would be very grateful.