Am I going to have a terrible time at university?

Hi all,

Just looking for some advice/reassurance here.

I had a truly awful time at school. In the year before my GCSESs, my family moved across the country and my sister were put in a new school. Within weeks of me starting there, someone sprained my wrist when they pushed me over. The school barely did anything at all, she was put in isolation and a week later she was out. It then got worse, it would happen everyday; I'd walk home and the other kids would throw stones at me. One kid stuck a compass in my hand when I wasn't looking.

I complained to teachers, who honestly did nothing.
Over the next two years I went from being the top 1-2 student in my class to genuinely not caring. I did everything I could to avoid school. It was awful. It got to the point when I was a few months away from doing my final exams, my mother pulled me out of the school and rang them up and said I'd be doing the rest of my studies from home. I ended up getting Bs and Cs. I had been originally predicted for predominately A*s. It has, to this day, massively affected my confidence.

The school I was at was so notorious for bullying problems I begged my mother not to put my lovely younger brother through the same school. He ended up going somewhere 30 odd miles further away.

A couple of years after I left, the school underwent an ofsted inspection and was put in special measures within the day, the headteacher resigned and it made the local paper. Apparently several students and parents had come forward to talk about the schools complete lack of duty of care of students, and a number of victims had been self-harming.

Anyway, I'm 26 now, and really want to return to education. One abusive relationship and god knows how many jobs I hate, I've really had enough. I found out within the last year that I'm autistic, which probably accounted for a lot. I'm wanting to study Mathematical Physics at Edinburgh, but I'm still worried. Am I going to be really old out of all the students and have a horrible time of it again? I know it might sound daft but its been on my mind a lot lately.

Thanks in advance

Aww so sorry for what you have been through man! People dont really care how old you are at university so it really does not matter! Just have fun at university

Thanks

Did anyone else have a horrible at school and then do really at uni?

Hi all,

Just looking for some advice/reassurance here.

I had a truly awful time at school. In the year before my GCSESs, my family moved across the country and my sister were put in a new school. Within weeks of me starting there, someone sprained my wrist when they pushed me over. The school barely did anything at all, she was put in isolation and a week later she was out. It then got worse, it would happen everyday; I'd walk home and the other kids would throw stones at me. One kid stuck a compass in my hand when I wasn't looking.

I complained to teachers, who honestly did nothing.
Over the next two years I went from being the top 1-2 student in my class to genuinely not caring. I did everything I could to avoid school. It was awful. It got to the point when I was a few months away from doing my final exams, my mother pulled me out of the school and rang them up and said I'd be doing the rest of my studies from home. I ended up getting Bs and Cs. I had been originally predicted for predominately A*s. It has, to this day, massively affected my confidence.

The school I was at was so notorious for bullying problems I begged my mother not to put my lovely younger brother through the same school. He ended up going somewhere 30 odd miles further away.

A couple of years after I left, the school underwent an ofsted inspection and was put in special measures within the day, the headteacher resigned and it made the local paper. Apparently several students and parents had come forward to talk about the schools complete lack of duty of care of students, and a number of victims had been self-harming.

Anyway, I'm 26 now, and really want to return to education. One abusive relationship and god knows how many jobs I hate, I've really had enough. I found out within the last year that I'm autistic, which probably accounted for a lot. I'm wanting to study Mathematical Physics at Edinburgh, but I'm still worried. Am I going to be really old out of all the students and have a horrible time of it again? I know it might sound daft but its been on my mind a lot lately.

Thanks in advance

Hi all,

Just looking for some advice/reassurance here.

I had a truly awful time at school. In the year before my GCSESs, my family moved across the country and my sister were put in a new school. Within weeks of me starting there, someone sprained my wrist when they pushed me over. The school barely did anything at all, she was put in isolation and a week later she was out. It then got worse, it would happen everyday; I'd walk home and the other kids would throw stones at me. One kid stuck a compass in my hand when I wasn't looking.

I complained to teachers, who honestly did nothing.
Over the next two years I went from being the top 1-2 student in my class to genuinely not caring. I did everything I could to avoid school. It was awful. It got to the point when I was a few months away from doing my final exams, my mother pulled me out of the school and rang them up and said I'd be doing the rest of my studies from home. I ended up getting Bs and Cs. I had been originally predicted for predominately A*s. It has, to this day, massively affected my confidence.

The school I was at was so notorious for bullying problems I begged my mother not to put my lovely younger brother through the same school. He ended up going somewhere 30 odd miles further away.

A couple of years after I left, the school underwent an ofsted inspection and was put in special measures within the day, the headteacher resigned and it made the local paper. Apparently several students and parents had come forward to talk about the schools complete lack of duty of care of students, and a number of victims had been self-harming.

Anyway, I'm 26 now, and really want to return to education. One abusive relationship and god knows how many jobs I hate, I've really had enough. I found out within the last year that I'm autistic, which probably accounted for a lot. I'm wanting to study Mathematical Physics at Edinburgh, but I'm still worried. Am I going to be really old out of all the students and have a horrible time of it again? I know it might sound daft but its been on my mind a lot lately.

Thanks in advance