As a lot if people start gearing up to start uni life, I'm here to give some advice as a fresh graduate.
You may have heard of loads of stories about the partying, the freedom from home and the lack attendance supervision. I'm here to tell you, it's not all it's cracked up to be.
While yes there are a few who like to regularly party, but they're also the ones that blow through their student loan money ridiculously fast. Yes the freedom from home is amazing, until your paying for your own rent, utilities and food bill and you realise living at home wasn't so bad. And yes you can decide for yourself not to go to lectures or tutorials until you realise that some unis your attendance affects your grade or you end up not understanding a thing about your assinments or coursework.
I'm not saying don't party, leave home or skip a few lectures, just know that you don't need to buy into the lifestyle you've heard about or seen on tv.
Another problem you find in university is unreliable people. Group work often becomes the bane of your existence when you aren't grouped with people you trust.
There have plenty of times where I've had to deal with people never doing their share of the work, never showing up for presentations, CHANGING the time and date of our presentation ONE THE DAY of it when everyone else is already heading in for it without telling anyone and lying about completed work and skipping group meetings to go hang out in central London.
I've been through it all, so if I can impart a piece of advice to all those who are getting ready to head into uni. Trust no one but yourself to get the work done, if after a while there's still no effort from others, face the fact that you will have to cut them out (then report them) and do the work yourself.
Hopefully my advice makes a little difference into how you perceive uni life.
You may have heard of loads of stories about the partying, the freedom from home and the lack attendance supervision. I'm here to tell you, it's not all it's cracked up to be.
While yes there are a few who like to regularly party, but they're also the ones that blow through their student loan money ridiculously fast. Yes the freedom from home is amazing, until your paying for your own rent, utilities and food bill and you realise living at home wasn't so bad. And yes you can decide for yourself not to go to lectures or tutorials until you realise that some unis your attendance affects your grade or you end up not understanding a thing about your assinments or coursework.
I'm not saying don't party, leave home or skip a few lectures, just know that you don't need to buy into the lifestyle you've heard about or seen on tv.
Another problem you find in university is unreliable people. Group work often becomes the bane of your existence when you aren't grouped with people you trust.
There have plenty of times where I've had to deal with people never doing their share of the work, never showing up for presentations, CHANGING the time and date of our presentation ONE THE DAY of it when everyone else is already heading in for it without telling anyone and lying about completed work and skipping group meetings to go hang out in central London.
I've been through it all, so if I can impart a piece of advice to all those who are getting ready to head into uni. Trust no one but yourself to get the work done, if after a while there's still no effort from others, face the fact that you will have to cut them out (then report them) and do the work yourself.
Hopefully my advice makes a little difference into how you perceive uni life.
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