salaam
so who's been to uni?
isn't it the best time of your life:-)
doesn't it show you a new and completely different life?
doesn't it change your life quite dramatically?
the late nights chatting away, the ppl from all over the globe, the events, the opportunities, the things u only can do at uni life, the fun.....ahhhh, brings back memories..
it makes u grow up, mature, become more open minded....doesn't it?
so what do you or did u make of uni life?
did u/ do u stay away from home?
u experience living away from home, paying bills, cooking food...probably for the first time:-)
so ppl share your uni experiences....
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LOL Good topic to start!!! hehe
I love Uni...Even tho we all hate the exams and the burden of work, we still have the tym of our life!!!
I'm in second year now and to be honest when I first started I was sooooo freaked out!!! I didn't imagine there being people from across the globe and being different age to me...I was sooo used to college life and hanging around the same age group people!!
The best bit abt uni lyf is that we become more open minded and of course...More Mature but for some...more immature lol
Whoever is at uni I suggest you all make the best of it
"Happy are those who find fault with themselves instead of finding fault with others"
I only did a year at uni' coz I went pk and got married!! (((yes thats how wise I was!!)) I don't regret gettnig married, ijust wish it all happend a couple of years down the line!!
live and let live!!!!!!!
and u cudnt have said all that in my thread?| :roll:
I got a culture shock when I started Uni.
For the first time ever, I didn’t feel the need to fit in, be a sheep etc…it was refreshing NOT to fret about making sure your boots matched your handbag…I met people who spoke about things that I used feel…but felt that I was the only one who thought like that.
Uni taught me the need to look at the “bigger picture”. The issues I stated to talk about with my new friends were thought- provoking and no longer shallow and superficial.
I know of someone who always disses the degree as a “piece of paper”…it’s not the degree that’s important….its the process you go through to obtain it. When I speak to her or others who only studied up until their GCSE’s it’s as if they’re still stuck in that 16/17 year old mentality.
My postgraduate however is a million times better than my undergraduate….cos most people who study at postgraduate level are mature students…people who’ve left their careers after 5/10 years of working ….so my course is full of people with background in politics, fashion, community youth work, law etc etc
Another thing that I rate about students is the fact that they are passionate, ambitious, the possess this drive, they have this vision for the future….they don’t care who’s dating who, or who came to Uni wearing a dress that was “so last year”…or how much money others are earning….they don’t get bogged down with minor issues.
The only negative thing I’d say about Uni life is the fact that I grew up too early…from a girl who was ALWAYS laughing and concerned with superficial issues, I became way too serious too soon.
My personal experience is that Uni is way over rated. Usually for the wrong reasons i.e independence, to date, club and drink lots and lots and lots, skive as many lessons as possibe, a pure hedonistic life.
Uni can force you to grow up, but without sounding too full of myself i honestly was quite mature before i headed out to uni, family circumstances forced me to be like that.
Itt can be positive in that it forces you to stand on your own two feet if you've never done so before. Cook, clean, do laundry for yourself. Pay the bills if you've never done that before... :roll: I had done all that stuff before so it never came as a shock to me, it wasn't new.
It can also open new horizons and opportunities. There are ppl and experiences at uni that you'll find hard to get a hold of in other aspects of life, unless of course you have the money to travel a lot.
It wasn't the best time of life for me. I experienced living away from home, and also commuting. I didn't enjoy living away because i realised i need my family, they're very important to me. Perhaps if my close friends went uni with me, or i was given a place in halls of residence, things would have been different, but i was living with a bunch of strangers, and mature students at that who i had nothing at all in common with. I made a huge effort, but well within a year i had had enuff of that misery hole i packed up and started commuting, from "home sweet home".
I made an effort to visit the student union, but when i saw the sorry state it was in and a bunch of sleepy students drinking beer first thing in the morning i never went back. Now if i'm a loser for that so be it that place was utterly depressing, and i didn't feel right being in such a place.
In retrospect if i had been more into my religion back then i probably would have had a more positive experience. Coz that particular uni has a very large muslim society that are very active. ah well look to the future!
If i had my time again would i go uni?... No not unless i wanted to get into a "professional" job of sorts. Thinking back now i never really knew what i wanted to do with my life, deadlines were running out i had to make a choice uni, year out doing what?? or job and before i know it marriage. So i chose uni, without a clear idea of what job i wanted in the end. From my experience a lot of ppl make rash decisions like this. Even today many uni students have no sense of direction, ask them what job they want after the degree they answer mm...not sure. Then duh why'd you go uni, are you even on the right course? Sad fact many are doing the wrong courses, coz their career guidance was very poor. Thinking about it now i would have done better setting up my own business. Even now that's what i want. To be my own boss, maybe some day i'll achieve it.
If anything has made me more mature than previously it was getting married, now that is a life changer if anything ever was. If you guys think uni was full on married life is gona smack you hard in the face...wait for the tango man...lol
i dnt know what i wanna do in the future
but at least with a degree i'll have the option to pursue a career shud i want to years down the line
a degree increases ur job propectus
for me it was -
uni
or sit at home and watch TV
ive never been intrested in working
Uni is absolutely fantastic.
Some of the best years of my life. The number of odd people you meet, the way some of them dress haha... but the most important thing i learnt in my first year was dont judge peoples intelligence by the clothes they wear. Some of the most intelligent people in my first year class were dressed full on in Goth.
The last minute finishing coursework... the entire class in the library finishing it... the different fairs we'd attend... even the ones we didnt take just went for the freebies. The different people & cultures you. The lectures dont give a damn if you turn up or not its your education if you mess it up its your fault. So you had to take responsibility for your own education.
If your on a course you hate... you prob shudnt be doing it.
You meet some right nutters... but in a good way.
Used to spend ages just chattn to mates and playing pool. Went to student union when the cricket or football finals was on.
Thankfully i never fell into the pit falls of uni life like partys, clubs, etc. Prob coz i had good friends who werent into that kinda crap. Seems like alot of wannabes suddenly forget whats right and wrong when they got there... lucky i hadnt... and i wasnt about let those around me forget either.
Back in BLACK
im in first yr @ uni n the first semester went wayy tooooooooooooo fast.. first few days hated it.. missed the old ways lol but then i really got into it n now am actually missing uni now dont go bk til the 29th!!
To be beautiful is to expect nothing in return.
AWWW!!! This all brings back memories....First year is always the best!!! Get ready for some real work now LOL!
"Happy are those who find fault with themselves instead of finding fault with others"
they havnt really given us much to do at all.. jus group wrk group presentations group wrk n more group presentations..
but its stupid in a way u have to pass the first year to get onto the second year but then the first year doesnt count towards ur final year
To be beautiful is to expect nothing in return.