Rincewind Posted 17 November 2011 Posted 17 November 2011 It's not for everyone. When I was at school only the top couple of Forms took GCSE. It was a secondry Modern so only the brighter were put forward for O and A levels. Most would have gone Grammer school from the Juniors anyway. I suppose if you want a career in a specialised area like teaching or medical you would have to go to uni. But there must be plenty where you learn in-house and progress that way. Uni is a good way to experience the outside world I would imagine and it works for many. I have a nephew that went Sheffied University on a Japanese course. He visited Japan 2 or 3 times and wanted to learn all he could if he decided to live there. He packed it in after under a year. He's a clever lad and like my brother has a mathicmatical mind. Plays Pot Omaha online. (got bored with Holdem) so makes a living doing that. My brother and sister-in-law are are the sort that allow their children to think and make their own decisions. My Niece is at Lancaster studying advertising or something and shes loving the life. Drinking more than when at home I think according to he Facebook page. So if you have qualifications from school you have to decide what you want to do with your life. Difficult at 17/18 I expect..
The Doctor Posted 17 November 2011 Posted 17 November 2011 Eh? Getting pissed on a Friday night is for those of us that work. Getting pissed for a tenner on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday is the reason to go uni, and probably the most important reason of them all. Live a little... Another good piece of advice. You're only young once, you might as well have fun while you've got a relatively empty plate. Enjoy yourself while you can, life's too short to do anything else.
Yojoe36 Posted 17 November 2011 Posted 17 November 2011 Uni? Meh. So you'll stay in education for another 2 years+, and still have a crap assistant job down Tesco. Then you'll be 22, with f*** all job experience, apart from shelf facing coco-pops. (unless you do a vocational course) I understand if you want to go into a profession, but otherwise, no. Just my opinion
DMU Fox Posted 17 November 2011 Posted 17 November 2011 Hoping to do Business Management at DMU. Don't think I'll be moving out, its about 6k a year in living costs. I do Business Management & Law at DMU lad. It's alright to be fair pal, gets more relevant 2nd year, in the fact you learn lots more skills to make you employable. Also looking back wish I had done just Business Managemnt, lot more helpful when choosing placement. Either way good luck!
Houdini Logic Posted 17 November 2011 Posted 17 November 2011 You're only young once, you might as well have fun while you've got a relatively empty plate. This statement is so true it's unreal I've been thinking and nowadays my life is spent thinking about irrelevant and unimportant nonsense like whether the most sensible option for a new car is taking out finance or leasing, or whether the next time I go shopping I should buy more fruit and start using this in place of muesli for breakfast, or it's spent forever worrying about all the stuff at work that in real terms isn't even important, particularly for the fact that I'm so under appreciated I could sit in the corner and set my head on fire and no one would really care. I miss the days when baking a cake for the flat upstairs as an apology for vomiting on their sofa was the most important thing in my life. Moving out for the first time and attempting to cook and the strange experience of going to Tesco’s for your first real shop and spending nights on end watching crap DVDs and signing up to take up a sport that you've never even heard of and drinking for several days straight and watching a group of teen men stare at a cooker not able to turn it on and missing all your lectures and the first time you get a girl back to your 'own' place and the people you meet and the amount of street paraphernalia you 'find' and store in your kitchen and the student loan instalments and the inevitable sprees that follow... Anyone that thinks uni is about getting a job is has either never been or is a geek, and to be honest I've seen most geeks give it a go with the best of 'em. Argh, I'm jealous and I want to be 18 again!
FoxyPV Posted 17 November 2011 Posted 17 November 2011 Tips about going to uni: Do your reading Go to tutorials Party like fuck Enjoy the freedom Do as many different things as possible regardless of whether they are work related or for fun. Learn to cook - you'd be surprised at often how being a good cook can get you laid (esp for the afternoon after) Get a job in a bar as the social aspect is often top notch
Leicester_Loyal Posted 17 November 2011 Posted 17 November 2011 I do Business Management & Law at DMU lad. It's alright to be fair pal, gets more relevant 2nd year, in the fact you learn lots more skills to make you employable. Also looking back wish I had done just Business Managemnt, lot more helpful when choosing placement. Either way good luck! Cheers for the advice buddy, I just hope I get enough points for this year to make it. I'm going to work my arse off to make it happen. I really can't wait to go to uni.
ajthefox Posted 18 November 2011 Posted 18 November 2011 I'm in my third year and I've never enjoyed life any more. I hate even thinking about graduating, this is the life.
Steven Posted 18 November 2011 Posted 18 November 2011 I have a nephew that went Sheffied University on a Japanese course. Ask him/her if he/she knows Peter Matanle.
vandamman Posted 18 November 2011 Posted 18 November 2011 Don't be miserable, move into halls. It's one of the best thigns about uni, but don't just hang around with your flatmates all the time in your first year. You might get carried away thinking they are great mates but in truth you have just been put with a bunch of randoms and have learned to get along cause your all in the same boat. What i'm saying is, make of the most of clubs, join a sports club. My best memories are from sports nights out + away fixtures to random places. Do a course with a placement, in the long run it well help you out a lot. Don't get disheartened when loads (hundreds!) of companies turn you down, be a maverick. Or just do what I did and badger my now boss to give you a job. I went for a interview even though there was no job for me, eventually (6months later) they made a job for me and I am loving it. In regards to getting a placement/job make the most of the contacts your parents have, you might be suprised who they know or how they can help you out!
Fox92 Posted 18 November 2011 Posted 18 November 2011 I was going to apply for university this year. Most people I know go to Hallam, and I have considered it but I think I am going to apply for Air Force instead and go staright into the career I have always wanted, not be looking at a massive debt, travel, be fit, meet new people etc. Hope I make/have made the right choice. Swansea is full of fanny. Trust me Yeah, this bird I stalk know goes to Swansea, its meant to be impressive.
nuttytimmy Posted 18 November 2011 Posted 18 November 2011 I loved my three years at uni more than any other. I studied Geography (the subject I love) in Chester (a truly wonderful city in which to study) and, having done an extra year at another North Western Former Teacher Training College, I can firmly say I picked the right uni for me. Before you commit, go and have a look round and get a feel for the place. If it feels right, you'll be fine. Both me and my missus (we met at Chester) are very fond of our memories from there, as are all of our friends and we all want to go back there to live permanently at some stage in the future.
The Year Of The Fox Posted 18 November 2011 Posted 18 November 2011 I was going to apply for university this year. Most people I know go to Hallam, and I have considered it but I think I am going to apply for Air Force instead and go staright into the career I have always wanted, not be looking at a massive debt, travel, be fit, meet new people etc. Hope I make/have made the right choice. Yeah, this bird I stalk know goes to Swansea, its meant to be impressive. are you going to the kasabian gig in sheffield on december 10th?
Saxondale Posted 18 November 2011 Posted 18 November 2011 I've just finished the first year of my psychology degree at Coventry University, and feel like I've utterly wasted my time. It looks like I'm going to come out with a pretty good mark for they year, but the subject matter has bored me rigid and left me regretting my choice. I should have accepted the offers I received for a Politics degree, as it is something I am far more interested in. I made my choice on as I was reluctant to move to far from where my friends live, Hinckley, but now feel as though I allowed it to hold me back. I was quite scared of losing touch with them, I'm 24, came to Higher Education late, and have had these friends for some time. I have of course made some new friends at uni, but haven't formed such a close attachment to them as I possibly would have if I had to throw myself in making friends more by being further away from home. Today I received an email from Swansea University, offering me the chance to apply for a place on their politics course directly, without going through UCAS and having to pay money to that system. The location appeals to me as does the course. I've already agreed with Coventry University to switch course, and there were problems with this. But I feel very tempted to take Swansea up on their offer. If my friends value me as much as I do them, then keeping in touch shouldn't be an issue, and anyway, people lose touch in life I guess. By the time I leave uni I won't be a million miles from 30. Perhaps its just time to move on, live in a different place, and give myself a chance to escape the fate of my parents, never living anywhere other than the Midlands. I realise that i've come into this thread a bit late after 27 pages! But, in response to your original post I advise caution. Of the three people I know who left their university courses after one year and switched course (my brother included), NONE of them finished their second course. Not one of them.
Fox92 Posted 18 November 2011 Posted 18 November 2011 are you going to the kasabian gig in sheffield on december 10th? No mate. I know a couple who I think are going though. How come you asking, are you going?
Master Fox Posted 18 November 2011 Posted 18 November 2011 I’m thinking of going to Uni full time within the next year. I’m 26, but should that matter? Sell my house, jack my job in. I’m really considering it Wow, I wrote that.... I did it!!!. I quit my job in Feb, travlled the US. I'm now at Uni but 2 years later. I didn't sell my house but i rent it out.
themotivator Posted 18 November 2011 Posted 18 November 2011 Eh? Getting pissed on a Friday night is for those of us that work. Getting pissed for a tenner on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday is the reason to go uni, and probably the most important reason of them all. Live a little... so your only passion in life is to go out on the weekend and get smashed? I dont think so, im sure you are a much more well rounded personality than that. I do live a little. I went out regularly before, during and after uni. Sorry if you are offended, its just that in my experience there are a lot of dull wastemen banging about who think that the idea of pub golf is a godsend. Theres no reason why you cant "live" a little once you've finished uni mate. If you have a shit job, quit it and do something you enjoy.
Finnegan Posted 18 November 2011 Posted 18 November 2011 I love people who come out with the old 'just quit your job and get one you like!' horseshit as if we're living in an age where the job market is that easy. Christ.
FoxesAreBlue Posted 18 November 2011 Posted 18 November 2011 Wouldn't you line up your ne job first - then quit if you get it...
Leicester_Loyal Posted 23 November 2011 Posted 23 November 2011 Stuck between DMU and St. Andrews. Really considering moving to B'Ham, even if it means living in a hall and not watching LCFC for three years
ajthefox Posted 23 November 2011 Posted 23 November 2011 Stuck between DMU and St. Andrews. Really considering moving to B'Ham, even if it means living in a hall and not watching LCFC for three years Really? I've seen City more in the past 2 and half years at uni than ever before, got my first season ticket this season. Granted I know that everyone won't be able to do that, but the student st is only 180 in the Kop which is pretty cheap. Either way, I think you'd be surprised how easy it is to get to games if you're only in Birmingham.
Simmsy Posted 23 November 2011 Posted 23 November 2011 Stuck between DMU and St. Andrews. Really considering moving to B'Ham, even if it means living in a hall and not watching LCFC for three years You do realise that St Andrews University is in Scotland, not Birmingham don't you? Am I missing something here?
Leicester_Loyal Posted 23 November 2011 Posted 23 November 2011 I keep getting the Uni confused with the footy ground. Even someone else told me that earlier But yeah, B'ham City university. I keep saying St. Andrews thinking of the football ground
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