Is university really a scam?

I don't think your regular person is gunna learn maths or physics at home. you need uni

Is it a coincidence that this is pretty much word-for-word what I wrote

I don't think your regular person is gunna learn maths or physics at home. you need uni

actually alot of people do. definately dont need uni

Not everyone do those courses tho

can you give me an example of a physicist that never learnt physics or maths in university?

michael faraday?
Oliver heaviside?
Hisham Kotry?
george green?
the wright brothers?

also who said you have to be a physicist to know about physics? there are many people interested in stuff that they didnt study at university.

do i need to go to uni to know anything about maths? do i need to go to uni to know anything about music? geography? history? finance? economics? chemistry? books exist

ye I know all those, they are all old. If you know modern physics you would realise how hard it is. Not saying it's not possible. But in this day and age to get somewhere in physics you really need to know everything since most things have been found out. I'd say that 1 guy in a bunch of other 10 million physics lovers would be able to pull such a thing off without going university. It's just something a person wouldn't understand normally without a lecturer, or other people to work with.

1. This video is incredibly obnoxious.
2. Of course, photos on University prospectuses are staged. This shouldn't be a shock to anyone.
3. The fact that you will have to work hard at university at some point is not something that's remotely covered up. Again, why would they show you pictures of people struggling in a library? That's nonsensical. You're in Sixth Form, I'm sure you already had some concept of understanding that work is involved in full-time education.
4. He sort of goes on with platitudes for a while. Feel like this is another time to emphasise how this is obviously his personal experience and tastes. It's unlikely to apply to you.
5. Universities are blatantly clear about when you have to find accommodation for yourself. I've never read any information or been to any open day where a university hasn't made it abundantly obvious that on-site accommodation is for first years. As for accommodation, you can go and see it first hand for yourself or ask other students.
6. More awful editing.
7. He's sort of touching on a valid point when it comes to pricing, so I'll try and convey something more coherently; the amount of money you pay is certainly dispropriate to what you get for university. However, since you'll likely take a loan which is paid back over an incredibly long period of time in small increments, it's unlikely that you'll feel 'scammed' as a result. If you see a viable career path in going to university, then go for it. This guy is sort of predicating his argument on trusting the word of the university as gospel. That is an ignorant stance to take with anything in life. Do your own research and come to your own conclusions.
8. Maintenance of the shower head thing - university to university. This anecdotal evidence is going to be totally different when comparing it with any other of the hundreds of universities.
9. This nonsense about everyone at university being insane is just that, insane. Besides the obvious generalisation, how would a university mitigate this if it was to happen, or make you aware of it.
10. He basically contradicts everything he says by saying it's worth it, but not worth the money. Despite literally saying 30 seconds beforehand, it's not character building or a good experience, he says it's a good experience.

do you not realise that physics was also hard in those days aswell? if it wasnt hard, those people wouldnt be famous for making discoveries....

if you go into life thinking that to be an expert in a subject you have to go to uni, you are in for a shock.

Damn, thnks for letting me know now I really need to reconsider what I want to do

Not a scam but definitely a bit of a bubble. Universities have this peculiar way of making it seem like academic achievement is the most important thing in the world when it's often not. I'd advise any new student to try and split their three years between studying and gaining some form of work experience. The latter will be so much more useful after graduating!

how does one get experience, and what kind of experience?

Careful with the phrase "Mickey Mouse degree". It's pretty subjective.

A lot of jobs don't explicitly require a certain degree - sometimes it's from a list, sometimes they'll just say "yo any degree is fine". But with courses that don't have obvious transferable skills (like maths) then the way you actually spend your time at uni is important - if you just do your degree and nothing else, you're not likely to be that employable.

What extra stuff should you do while at uni to become more employable if you’re doing a language?