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No. 4404
Anonymous
1st May 2013 Wednesday 3:11 am
4404
I'm a third year student who was seriously considering dropping out last year. I'm a few weeks from graduation now, all I have left are my final exams.
Honestly, there was no one more despising of uni than me, I had (have) very little friends, a shit house of people, no interest in my work and no plan on what to do with my degree afterwards or faith in it.
My advice to you, however, is to stick it out. 99% of people who drop out of university go on to regret it. You've wasted your money, time, and your throwing an opportunity away. Even if you've realised a degree isn't going to land you that Alan Sugar job straight out of school, its better to have it on your CV than not. Even if you think bollocks to the career aspect, its better to have known you trudged on through it and you came out the other side. Like I said I'm not far from finishing now, and knowing that I'm nearly there and that I kept with it has actually been quite a nice source of pride for me. I'm not going to tell you I suddenly started loving life in the third year, but now I'm coming to the end of my time here, I'm starting to realise it wasn't so bad after all, and that I'm very, very pleased I didn't drop out. I have a feeling "the world of work" is not going to be as fun, (and it isn't), so seriously... keep with it.
Everyone goes through a dip in their second term. It's a known thing. That's why lots of unis put more weighting on your third year results. I fucked up half of my second year too, but after some decent results in this, its not looking so bad. The honeymoon period of the first year is over, and now you're stuck questioning your uni life, your life that seems to far off from finishing. Trust me though, it goes quickly whether you like it or not. In a year time you'll look back on the feelings your having now and you'll be relieved you didn't give into them, and pleased you stuck it out, trust me.
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