Not enjoying uni life

Hi, I'm an undergraduate that's just going into her second term at uni. I really like the course, my flat mates are nice and I like some people on my course, but I feel like I'm not really that close to anyone. I don't know if I've just been expecting too much, but since I've gotten here I've just felt extremely depressed and started to wonder if it's worth just quitting.
It doesn't help that, because my course is so small, it's also very cliquey. Theres the popular groups and the nerds and stuff, and the whole thing just makes me feel really uncomfortable. I'm really trying to socialise and make friends but I just feel like nobody is that interested in getting to know me because
there are so many people to get to know 😂

Did anyone else feel like this in their first year? Should I just try to deal with feeling depressed until something finally changes?

Thanks

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TaraMott

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Original post by Washington88

Hi, I'm an undergraduate that's just going into her second term at uni. I really like the course, my flat mates are nice and I like some people on my course, but I feel like I'm not really that close to anyone. I don't know if I've just been expecting too much, but since I've gotten here I've just felt extremely depressed and started to wonder if it's worth just quitting.
It doesn't help that, because my course is so small, it's also very cliquey. Theres the popular groups and the nerds and stuff, and the whole thing just makes me feel really uncomfortable. I'm really trying to socialise and make friends but I just feel like nobody is that interested in getting to know me because
there are so many people to get to know 😂

Did anyone else feel like this in their first year? Should I just try to deal with feeling depressed until something finally changes?

Thanks

Hi
You seem unsure about what to do and only you can make the decision but here is some advice:

If you are a home student, your second tuition fee payment will be due in February i believe (check just to be sure), i would wait until then and see if anything changes, nothing is worth feeling depressed and miserable about, especially when this is 3-4 years of your life.

If you are thinking about dropping out and reapplying somewhere else, you can apply through UCAS before the deadline and you can do this even if you are still at uni. You can even wait until you have offers from a couple unis before deciding whether to leave your current university.
you could possible live up to 80 years old or even more so a gap year will literally mean nothing if it makes you happy, at the end of the day, you live to be happy, not miserable.

BUT: if you think you want to finish the year then go for it, there's hundreds of people at uni, you only need to find one true friend

hope that's helped a bit

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r_u_jelly

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