First years, how have you found university so far?

Not happy about it. As long as I get my 1st, it will be worth it. Or a 2.1, no less. I find everyone boring here. I'd rather be completely alone than live and have to interact with boring individuals everyday. My uni is lackluster, this is probably the worst school establishment, in terms of experience, that I've ever had to endure.

Ugh, most people on my course are so boring. I plan on changing my degree anyway for next year, so hopefully I'll meet more interesting and talkative individuals.
Right now I'm just revising for my exams

There were ups and downs. But, i love my course and the friends I have made so far. I am hoping that second year will be even better.


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It's been pretty good so far. Course is generally very interesting, the department is great and there are lots of good opportunities.

I enjoyed the course and the department but not Nottingham itself, coming originally from London

Probably the worst year I've had for a while. I'm being very, very lazy about revision; I expect to pass but it's also worth 10%. I do very little. I haven't grown as a person, probably the opposite. I do at least enjoy my time with a couple of societies.

Loved it! Made loads of friends, joined some awesome societies (got elected as VP of one of them), love my course and even without sitting my exams I've achieved a mid 2:2, hoping for a 1st once exams are done.

Some aspects have been good such as societies, becoming more independent and some parts of the course.

However, i just want first year to be over now. Halls have been one of the worst experiences for me and im glad to be living in a house next year. Work has become boring and its just revising now. Have 3 exams within 4 days. In general im just really bored at uni right now. Im at home now but i keep having to go back for society meetings and of course exams in a weeks time. Havent really developed socially although i have gotten to know people in societies and the course.

Going back and fourth between home and uni is annoying (40 mins away). Going back to the flat is annoying. Halls in general are annoying. Revision is annoying.

Just want to have summer and start second year. I think it will be much better.

I've made a few friends (big thing for me!) and found the classes interesting. It's been a while since I've been in education so I found the work and revising really difficult to start with but I've got better at it as time has gone on. I'm hoping that I can get a good grade in my summer class and I'm already studying for the fall semester. I got two As and a C which isn't too bad given how much I was failing to start with.

Not happy about it. As long as I get my 1st, it will be worth it. Or a 2.1, no less. I find everyone boring here. I'd rather be completely alone than live and have to interact with boring individuals everyday. My uni is lackluster, this is probably the worst school establishment, in terms of experience, that I've ever had to endure.

where are you

What don't you like about Nottingham? I have heard the night life is one of the best in the country (if you are into that sort of thing )

I enjoyed the course and the department but not Nottingham itself, coming originally from London

Warwick.

What is the difference you found between Nottingham and London?

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Missed my friends and locals

Warwick was peak in years 2002-2007, theyve changed it so much and less quality of people come there now so its not as good as in the last decade

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I enjoyed the course and the department but not Nottingham itself, coming originally from London

Not happy about it. As long as I get my 1st, it will be worth it. Or a 2.1, no less. I find everyone boring here. I'd rather be completely alone than live and have to interact with boring individuals everyday. My uni is lackluster, this is probably the worst school establishment, in terms of experience, that I've ever had to endure.

f*ck I'm going to Warwick in September

went to an offer holder open day and thought it looked lovely. oh well

Your experience will depend on your department, and syllabus. You may enjoy it more than I did. I thought it looked lovely on the offer holder day too. But I realised, seeing the campus for one day gives you a deceiving impression of what it is truly like.

What are you studying? I'm going to be studying Politics, International Studies and Quantitative Methods. On the offer holder day the taster seminars and intro lectures were really good and I thought it was the course for me. Was this also your experience?

I didn't get any taster lessons and was shocked to find that in the Humanities building, where half of my lessons are, the majority of funding in the university goes to Engineering. So we literally have to have our lessons in our tutors' offices, which can seat about 5 people all squashed together. We have the oldest building in the university and it's appalling.

I'm studying English Literature and Creative Writing. My lectures are honestly nothing we couldn't learn on our own and our seminars feel artificial - the tutors evidently don't want to be there, they want to work on their own publications, not our progress. My sixth form was really good and I honestly feel as though Warwick is a downgrade from my college.

Sorry to hear this, my experience is completely different, can't see myself at another uni in the world imo, apart from possibly stanford/harvard and oxford.
Try to join some societies and do some sports, there's a vast amount of interesting people here, just gotta know where to look.

Ugh, most people on my course are so boring. I plan on changing my degree anyway for next year, so hopefully I'll meet more interesting and talkative individuals.
Right now I'm just revising for my exams