Hey! I know my situation is quite personal and I don’t know if anybody here can help me but I need some extra opinions. I come from Poland and I study at a university in the UK. I am going into my 2nd year of undergraduate degree. The uni is placed around 20 in league tables and it’s a member of RG, the course is business related. However, I didn’t really enjoy my first year as I get a feeling I could do so much better. The course is not very demanding and I feel like it won’t live up to my expectations, especially since I need to pay 27k for it. That’s why I reapplied to a university in Poland, the best business school in the country. The course is similar, however more related to economics. The thing is, I don’t feel like Polish universities have much of an international reputation. On the other hand, a diploma from the UK is probably going to be seen as an advantage amongst Polish employers. I’d like to do a master’s degree preferably somewhere in Western Europe, work there for a while and come back to Poland. I am so confused as to what I should do... Drop out of the UK uni or stay. I am so mad at myself that due to personal circumnstances I didn’t research UK universities better and now as I look at it I could be accepted into say Warwick. Academically I don’t think my current uni is worth the fees, and I’d learn much more at the uni in Poland for free, but what about the job market? Is dropping out after a year even worth it?
Pros for Poland:
- no tuition fees
- a more challenging course with academically better students (I easily got into that uni in the UK, but didn’t get into the business school in Warsaw last year, first one didn’t require advanced maths, the latter did )
- free accommodation
- can do an erasmus that will count towards my degree
- in person classes confirmed
Cons:
- already spent huge money for accommodation and fees last year
- an extra year
- no international experience