I actually had an OK time in the 4 years I spent at uni. I really enjoyed my course, made a lot of good friends and went to social events a fair bit even though I don't drink. I had a good grip of the course content (despite missing the odd lecture - I'm really not a morning person!) and was passing exams comfortably. However, all that changed at the end of my third year when I failed an exam and was asked to repeat the year. I did so without any complaints and actually enjoyed doing all the work a second time. But when I failed the same exam again and was asked to leave, I finally found out what a horrible experience the whole 4 years at uni were.
All my colleagues from uni (except for one very good friend) turned their backs on me and pretended that I didn't even exist after I stopped turning up to uni. Some of the people I worked with closely last year and who I called my friends are living in the same apartment block as me but literally ignore me if I pass them in the street. I have done nothing to them, what gives them the right to treat me so rudely? I am still living in my uni city as I have no home to return to. I can't transfer to another course or uni as I'm too far into this degree for them to let me start a new one (for some crazy reason that means I'm not good enough for another degree despite my A-Level grades and previous experience). On top of that, I had to find out the hard way that the counseling service at this uni won't see me because I'm not studying at the moment, even though I am still registered with uni. What a bunch of t****.
So long story short, uni in the UK has been a nightmare. I couldn't pass one exam despite how hard I worked, and even though I had never put a foot wrong before (I passed every other assessment except this one), according to them all my hard work counts for nothing and I am of a poor standard. They couldn't be more wrong. I'm now faced with having to go abroad to finish my degree at some **** university which may take me another 4-5 years, after which the job prospects in this country look awful with a degree from abroad. This year away from uni (even though I'm living right next door to it) has been the worst year of my life - no support from friends or parents and having to suffer in silence up to this point. I was taking medication for anxiety even though it doesn't help, and I was so angry I wanted to butcher these people to death with an axe for how they treated me. So even though I enjoyed the 4 years I spent there, I wish none of it had ever happened because I worked so hard and got **** in return. Hopefully now I'll be moving onto a place where my hard work gets some recognition. I might be permanently unemployed in my field afterwards, but at least I will have finished what I started.