Unsure about Dropping out
i don't really know what to say or how to word this but i'll give it a shot.
(i write better in bullet points than paragraphs so i'm very sorry lol)
- i just finished a foundation degree for 2 years in Illustration, hated it and wasn't very supported but i finished it
- got through it because i was going to go to a different uni for the 3rd year, and do something i actually liked, Animation. So i'd have a foundation degree in Illustration and a Bachelors in Animation.
- The plan was to enter in the 2nd year so i'd get more experience and be able to learn more.
- I'm disabled, so i need a lot of support which i never really got for 2 years. But my disability is now slowly getting worse!
- The Uni told me it would be challenging to go in to y2 of Animation, but that i should be fine because of the experience i have from the last 2 years of illustration. WRONG.
- the new uni is SO hard. a lot of it is building on stuff that they learnt in y1, all complicated programs and softwares and techniques that i never learnt because i didn't go to a uni that taught me any of that stuff.
- i feel like if they had warned me about that when i applied, or when i got accepted, i could have taught myself over the summer but they didn't tell me. so now i'm doing it and im miserable. i can't keep up, there isn't time for me to catch up because they move on so fast. i really feel like they shouldn't of let me do this, because it's too much.
I'm torn between dropping out completely and just working, where i can, i've been off sick from uni and work for 3 weeks now, i've been unable to catch up and i just, don't have the drive for it. over the summer, i was fully intent on deferring for a year, if i could get a job over the summer than i'd put uni off for a year and work and make myself better with my disability, learn to handle day to day life. But i didn't manage to get a job, at all, and we desperately needed the student money for our bills.
i think i just needed to rant but, i really don't know what to do. the only reason i want to continue with my course, is because of the student money, i want to be an animator but i don't need this whole course to do it. I thought about switching to 3rd year of illustration so i can atleast have a bachelors, but i just really don't want to do Uni at all anymore. I finished my foundation out of spite, and i'm just so burnt out i don't want to do it anymore. i also have a formative next week apparently, which i had no idea about cos i've been off, but yeah lmao. I'm also worried about what people will say.
I'm so torn lol. if anyone has any words of wisdom i'll take them, but i just needed to rant. I'm sorry <3
(i write better in bullet points than paragraphs so i'm very sorry lol)
- i just finished a foundation degree for 2 years in Illustration, hated it and wasn't very supported but i finished it
- got through it because i was going to go to a different uni for the 3rd year, and do something i actually liked, Animation. So i'd have a foundation degree in Illustration and a Bachelors in Animation.
- The plan was to enter in the 2nd year so i'd get more experience and be able to learn more.
- I'm disabled, so i need a lot of support which i never really got for 2 years. But my disability is now slowly getting worse!
- The Uni told me it would be challenging to go in to y2 of Animation, but that i should be fine because of the experience i have from the last 2 years of illustration. WRONG.
- the new uni is SO hard. a lot of it is building on stuff that they learnt in y1, all complicated programs and softwares and techniques that i never learnt because i didn't go to a uni that taught me any of that stuff.
- i feel like if they had warned me about that when i applied, or when i got accepted, i could have taught myself over the summer but they didn't tell me. so now i'm doing it and im miserable. i can't keep up, there isn't time for me to catch up because they move on so fast. i really feel like they shouldn't of let me do this, because it's too much.
I'm torn between dropping out completely and just working, where i can, i've been off sick from uni and work for 3 weeks now, i've been unable to catch up and i just, don't have the drive for it. over the summer, i was fully intent on deferring for a year, if i could get a job over the summer than i'd put uni off for a year and work and make myself better with my disability, learn to handle day to day life. But i didn't manage to get a job, at all, and we desperately needed the student money for our bills.
i think i just needed to rant but, i really don't know what to do. the only reason i want to continue with my course, is because of the student money, i want to be an animator but i don't need this whole course to do it. I thought about switching to 3rd year of illustration so i can atleast have a bachelors, but i just really don't want to do Uni at all anymore. I finished my foundation out of spite, and i'm just so burnt out i don't want to do it anymore. i also have a formative next week apparently, which i had no idea about cos i've been off, but yeah lmao. I'm also worried about what people will say.
I'm so torn lol. if anyone has any words of wisdom i'll take them, but i just needed to rant. I'm sorry <3
Original post by Anonymous
i don't really know what to say or how to word this but i'll give it a shot.
(i write better in bullet points than paragraphs so i'm very sorry lol)
- i just finished a foundation degree for 2 years in Illustration, hated it and wasn't very supported but i finished it
- got through it because i was going to go to a different uni for the 3rd year, and do something i actually liked, Animation. So i'd have a foundation degree in Illustration and a Bachelors in Animation.
- The plan was to enter in the 2nd year so i'd get more experience and be able to learn more.
- I'm disabled, so i need a lot of support which i never really got for 2 years. But my disability is now slowly getting worse!
- The Uni told me it would be challenging to go in to y2 of Animation, but that i should be fine because of the experience i have from the last 2 years of illustration. WRONG.
- the new uni is SO hard. a lot of it is building on stuff that they learnt in y1, all complicated programs and softwares and techniques that i never learnt because i didn't go to a uni that taught me any of that stuff.
- i feel like if they had warned me about that when i applied, or when i got accepted, i could have taught myself over the summer but they didn't tell me. so now i'm doing it and im miserable. i can't keep up, there isn't time for me to catch up because they move on so fast. i really feel like they shouldn't of let me do this, because it's too much.
I'm torn between dropping out completely and just working, where i can, i've been off sick from uni and work for 3 weeks now, i've been unable to catch up and i just, don't have the drive for it. over the summer, i was fully intent on deferring for a year, if i could get a job over the summer than i'd put uni off for a year and work and make myself better with my disability, learn to handle day to day life. But i didn't manage to get a job, at all, and we desperately needed the student money for our bills.
i think i just needed to rant but, i really don't know what to do. the only reason i want to continue with my course, is because of the student money, i want to be an animator but i don't need this whole course to do it. I thought about switching to 3rd year of illustration so i can atleast have a bachelors, but i just really don't want to do Uni at all anymore. I finished my foundation out of spite, and i'm just so burnt out i don't want to do it anymore. i also have a formative next week apparently, which i had no idea about cos i've been off, but yeah lmao. I'm also worried about what people will say.
I'm so torn lol. if anyone has any words of wisdom i'll take them, but i just needed to rant. I'm sorry <3
(i write better in bullet points than paragraphs so i'm very sorry lol)
- i just finished a foundation degree for 2 years in Illustration, hated it and wasn't very supported but i finished it
- got through it because i was going to go to a different uni for the 3rd year, and do something i actually liked, Animation. So i'd have a foundation degree in Illustration and a Bachelors in Animation.
- The plan was to enter in the 2nd year so i'd get more experience and be able to learn more.
- I'm disabled, so i need a lot of support which i never really got for 2 years. But my disability is now slowly getting worse!
- The Uni told me it would be challenging to go in to y2 of Animation, but that i should be fine because of the experience i have from the last 2 years of illustration. WRONG.
- the new uni is SO hard. a lot of it is building on stuff that they learnt in y1, all complicated programs and softwares and techniques that i never learnt because i didn't go to a uni that taught me any of that stuff.
- i feel like if they had warned me about that when i applied, or when i got accepted, i could have taught myself over the summer but they didn't tell me. so now i'm doing it and im miserable. i can't keep up, there isn't time for me to catch up because they move on so fast. i really feel like they shouldn't of let me do this, because it's too much.
I'm torn between dropping out completely and just working, where i can, i've been off sick from uni and work for 3 weeks now, i've been unable to catch up and i just, don't have the drive for it. over the summer, i was fully intent on deferring for a year, if i could get a job over the summer than i'd put uni off for a year and work and make myself better with my disability, learn to handle day to day life. But i didn't manage to get a job, at all, and we desperately needed the student money for our bills.
i think i just needed to rant but, i really don't know what to do. the only reason i want to continue with my course, is because of the student money, i want to be an animator but i don't need this whole course to do it. I thought about switching to 3rd year of illustration so i can atleast have a bachelors, but i just really don't want to do Uni at all anymore. I finished my foundation out of spite, and i'm just so burnt out i don't want to do it anymore. i also have a formative next week apparently, which i had no idea about cos i've been off, but yeah lmao. I'm also worried about what people will say.
I'm so torn lol. if anyone has any words of wisdom i'll take them, but i just needed to rant. I'm sorry <3
Hi there
Firstly, sorry to hear you've been having a tough time and that you've felt unsupported I am sure that no one would like you to be feeling this way and it can definitely be difficult to manage navigating a new course and a new uni all at once. Can I ask if you've spoken to any of the student support services at your current uni about this situation at all?
If no, I'd recommend starting there. It's important to be honest with them on how you're feeling and struggling to catch up because you haven't had the opportunity to be inducted on the programs and software they use (often sometimes unique to the university!) but it would be a good start to see if they can put anything in place to help with this before you make any further decisions. It is also important that you take care of yourself; ultimately, the decision will be based on you feeling like you have the tools and the support to continue with the next two years of your course. If you have, what did they say? I know you say that they mentioned it would be challenging going into yr 2 but when was this? Based on what you are saying it feels like some things might have gotten lost in translation because I'd be surprised to hear that a uni would accept you onto the course with the knowledge that you would struggle to keep up?
Look forward to hearing from you
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