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You are not satisfied with your university experience? You don’t like your university colleagues, professors or university as a whole? This site is for people unhappy with their universities. No matter where in the world you are, here you can freely share your feelings and explain why is university bad for you. You can write in this section, but I recommend you to post here http://ihateuniversity.com/2004/03/why-i-hate-university-life/. In the “About” section you can give your suggestions and opinions about the site.
I hate it too
Its just another form of Prison. People apply for it thinking that its going to help them. But really its all a load of bullshit. Waste of time and money. The worst part is, if you drop out or fail. It seems like it would be the end of the world. But really it wouldn’t be. Its just Society telling us this.
Want my Money back! Refund now please! Its the least they could do.
i think deep down, past all these strong feelings of animosity we say we feel towards univeristy, i think we all hate ourselves deep down. some more than others yes but deep down were all harbouring a self hatred, one that exists because we, not university or other people, but we, tell ourselves that we are not good enough, clever, out going or attractive enough to be part of university, we hate ourselves so much for not having the bravery to stand up and be counted, not having the courage to believe that this is YOUR university too, that we ostrasize ourselves away from the very thing we desire most. if we droop that overwhelmingly large burden of pressure we carry on ourselves and instead get on with our lives as the friendly clever outgoing warm people we know we are then and only then will we have a university experience worthy of our true selves.
I hate university aswell, people I know have always said that it is the best time of your life, but for me it isnt. Maybe its because I decided to live at home instead of moving away, but I still hate getting up in the morning to go to lectures/practicals which are a waste of time.
On top of that I havent really met anyone that I can call a “Freind” only people that I can pass the time with. Its just one big hassle that I dont want to go through but I have to in order to be “successful at life”
just how society tells us.
The thing that pisses me off the most is that I feel that I have changed as a person since I started uni, Ive become more lazy, short-tempered, and have a non existent social life. I look at my brother and my freinds and see that they are enjoying their lives by going out, partying etc, and im stuck here doing the same thing day after day.
Maybe one day I can change back to how I was, but I doubt it LOL.
OMG i hate Uni too, i thought i was the only person that hated it!i think its a waste of money and time..degrees dont mean shit anymore! and even those that have degrees most of them end up unemployed or working at the call centre that they could of started working at years before they started the crap degree, they might of been a managet at o2 but now there the idiot with the degree working at the call centre who has a manager who aint got a degree!
its a joke a place where your get
1)stuck up students; thinking there beter than any one why?becuse your using your lone to buy designera you can’t afford
2)lazy lecturers:that can’t teach for shit hand out dumb assigments that were all gonna fail..
”uni the best place to be, you meet lots of people make new friends for life”
oohhh gimmie a break ”its an effin joke”
the government should just allow people to pass since where handing over tons of money.
It depresses people
Makes people feel if they don’t o you’ve failed in life
Its make people feel the superior to others
Too much money time and effort
Have to be near plp you don’t like
Have to stress your self at college to make up the points
To go to a shiit uni.
Words of advice trust, its better to go outside london you will in enjoy more
Fuck london full of snoby bastards
”its ah bloody joke” HAHA!
There are so many things wrong with the uni system… and with my department in my uni. The course is ridiculously incoherent, none of the lecturers know what the students are being taught besides their own module, so all of them set loads of coursework at the same time. And, as an engineering student you are expected to juggle this with learning the content of, and doing the tutorials for, 20+ lectures a week. This wouldn’t be too bad, but none of the material is explained clearly and none of the lecturers are particularly willing to help as they’re more focused on their research than helping undergraduates; to the point where my friend was told to ‘google it’ when approaching a lecturer for help. The fact that most of the students are so secretly competitive also doesn’t help. So unless you are smart enough to someday do a PhD (not exaggerating), success on my course is much more about luck, hustle, and the people you know. Many of us in the final year will graduate having gained barely any engineering knowledge – instead we will have paid 20k+ for: a bit more education, the ability to blag, no life and a piece of paper. So much hard work to get so little…when really you learn more from uni life than from your uni course itself. So to anyone applying for uni – JUST PICK A DOSS SUBJECT!!
…or even better, something you genuinely enjoy
“…success on my course is much more about luck, hustle, and the people you know.” – agreed. C’est la vie, I guess.
Warning Rant Imminent! Totally agree with CS. I’m also studying an engineering degree and it is exactly the same at my uni. Often you are not given enough information to complete the assignments and usually you have to rely on information from a brownnosing coursemate who is in the lecturers tutor class who has been able to ask what you are actually meant to be doing. I have one lecturer who loves to humiliate anyone who asks questions in lectures if they haven’t understood something. The course is really dry and is not very stimulating. So long as you can learn a load of stuff parrot fasion, reguritate it and manupulate a few equations you’ll be able to do most of the work. There is no skill involved. Most of the exam papers are the same as previous years papers only with the numbers changed because the lecturer couldn’t be arsed to write a proper exam paper! It is such a joke! Also once you’ve been tested on something it will probably be about a year before your required to use that knowledge again so you won’t retain what you learn.
As for the much hyped student lifestyle…what a load of bollocks. Most students are lazy pricks. Im fed up of hearing about peoples holidays to thailand or trips round the world. Somehow they can afford to do this, yet they don’t work and spunk a load of money getting pissed each night. Also they are rubbish at organising things so most things like intermural sport are a shambles. There are some students that are decent but they seem to be the minority. I don’t feel like I have made strong friendships at uni, only weakened friendships with people back home as they all have moved on with their lives. I feel I have forgotten more things than I have learned and many of the vices of other students have rubbed off on me from efforts to try to fit in. The lack of responsibilities as a student also really get to me. I feel like i’m still a kid. Uni has destroyed my confidence, made me thicker than I was, put me in a load of debt and essentially destroyed my soul. All because I couldn’t face the feeling of letting my parents down by not going or dropping out.
Feel exactly the same as the other two posters previously. I’m another engineering student that wants to say Uni really sucks. People throughout your life tell you to aim higher and work harder. Once you get to uni, direction, your life and what you aimed for just get scrambled. No one knows what the fuck they’re doing. Tutors in the practicals don’t know half their shit and have no knowledge of teaching, sure they’ve finished their engineering degrees and research but reading off an answer sheet does shit all. Tutors are just lazy engineers that don’t have anything better to design and implement in industry. What’s worse is when the department decides to offer shitty new first year subjects to engineering programs and do not communicate or know what the hell they’re trying to teach. All universities think about is money money money. Academics love to complain about funding, withholding students marks in protest against student to teacher ratios so they can get extra classes and be paid more. Whatever the real reason is, everyone at uni complains too fucking much. Which i guess is exactly what i’m doing.
My anxiety levels were not as high as they were in high school, now my anxiety since attending university have been so high that I can’t seem to relax and am not keeping track of time, responsibilities, I lack sleep from assignments, am forced to travel for an hour up to uni and sometimes longer depending on traffic. All this has affected my memory and my ability to study, i constantly feel in a haze where nothing is really clear.
Everything requires a SID, i feel like a fucking number that has to complete a degree by certain amount of years and get the fuck out and start paying for the years i was in detention.
Uni life just makes life unbearable for a piece of paper with your name on it.
There’s alot I could change though, my attitude, the way I engage in my studies, my methods, seeking help from lecturers and tutors, seeking help from uni counsellors/psychologists and finding my own relaxation techniques. These are the things I have got to work on, and am willing to work on to better my life.
University life is a phase, just like adolescent drug and drinking phases, I should try to enjoy the fking thing soon before i get too old. Probably going to book myself in for an appointment to get shit sorted with a counsellor. Totally sick of this shit.
I don’t understand why people defend the ‘University/College years are the best years of your life” crap? I mean, it might be so for SOME people, but everyone’s different. For me, high school years were a lot better. And for many people the years AFTER university are better than university itself.
The reason I hate university is probably because I suffer from chronic depression and chronic social anxiety disorder. Professors and other students don’t care about that so they tend to avoid me. High school was better for me because also had friends. And I didn’t suffer from chronic depression and chronic social anxiety.
The ideas about university are the best years of a lie is a lie!
Err, hello? There is a reason why there’s such a high suicide rate in students, I want to go back to secondary school.
F. this, I’ve never been more miserable in my life than I am now :c
And I should have taken a gap year, I must of been off my head thinking not taking one and going straight into uni was a GOOD idea.
Oh, and I don’t like aspects of my course, I’m so anxious about failing, eating makes me feel sick, I am forced to live with people who stay up making a racket, when I like to wake and sleep early
FFFFUUUUUU-!! Now back to trying to finish this headache of an assessment (I am going to fail). POSITIVE THINKING DAMNIT! *head desk*
i hate university. this is my second year of uni and although i am enrolled i have failed everything, i have handed some stuff in if i was in the mood and could be bothered to deal with it but i just cant deal with the people and the fact i am so anti-social and draw unwanted attention to myself due to my anti-social behaviour and the way i dress. It’s hard when you have no friends (AT ALL) and 80% of the people in my lectures and tutorials are talking about me and starring at me weirdly, not even subtly. I also am in a course i don’t even want to do…and i don’t want to get a job…I hate the way society is and how it has changed in my opinion for the worse….i know there have been many developments in technology and science which have helped save lives and bring many benefits economically, socially and politically but i wish i was born into a generation where things were more simple. it seems although we have made such progress as a race we have also made it much harder for the population in regard to many things such as employment, for example people are now completing dual degrees and jobs are much more competitive to get and are based on experience or the courses you did. so you may apply for a job, having finished a course to get into it but someone who has done more courses or had more experience will get it. it just seems no matter how hard you try there is always something in the way. i wish i could just be but its so hard i can’t settle but i cant do what i want to do partially because of my family. i am in such a rut. I still live at home with my parents and they think im going to uni and are always hassling me to get a job but my excuse is uni. what am i going to do…i can’t go on like this.
wow reading all these posts for one thing makes me feel less alone in terms of how I feel about university. For me the reason I dislike university so vociferously is because I do not have any genuine interest in the courses provided by universities and hence feel I am myself not a genuine person as I attend university despite my lack of interest in learning or attending. My way of reducing this incongruity by not turning up to lectures and lessening my stay at campus so as to protect my integrity. Only if, there is another possible way to live life i.e make a living, that requires no interest or talent. I guess this is how western society is built so that an individual living within it must possess some talent that they can sell or else that individual would be considered uesless. In fact, if I think about it, I can get a job if I wanted to, albeit not something I would consider an awesome job, nevertheless something I can do with difficulty to make ends meet for instance cleaning. However, my dignity prevents me doing this as I feel that I am still young (20 years old) and more worthy than having a ‘low’ status job such as that. Life is not fair, either I must live life as a fake, or live with a job that is unappealing at first to what I had in mind. Third option created by me, I need more exposure to life. Still too naive. Fourth option, abandon everything, escape to the tropical islands in the south pacific and live in peace with the natives in self-sustenance where the biggest problem to face is getting burnt by the sun. read ‘an island to oneself’ by tom neale for inspiration.
the funny thing is that all these people posting how much they hate university when there is always an option to drop out. Not so simple I take it, since if it were then no one would be complaining about university. University is like a default place one goes to after high school because its something that has been ingrained into our brains the day we started school which I can confidently say is pretty much all of us. My point is that during high school the only option students are given is so one dimensional that it actually kinda freaks me out. Correct me if I am wrong but is there any other purpose for high schools other than preparing kids to go to higher education such as universities. Not ever during my years as a high school student have I been subjected to learn about how society works, what society expects of us, and so on. No wonder it doesn’t come to a surprise then that people who do not find university appealing slowly build hate towards it. After all the good news given out during those earlier years at high school it becomes gross disillusionment for many of the students who have no choice but to continue attending or face utter emptiness. I would argue that it is because there are limited resources. It would be wonderful to send all graduating high school students on an enlightening journey across the world, to be inspired and hopefully return with some form of mind that is more able to cope with the world that they are about to confront. But let’s be realistic here.
I too hate university. I think the whole thing is vastly overrated and exceptionally overpriced, and I am not convinced I will benefit from it in any way in the long term.
I am studying Law at a university in the UK. I arrived with high hopes and aspirations, but these were very quickly dashed when I discovered the information regarding the course’s assessment methods found on the university’s website was incorrect. I simply wanted to be assessed by exams and/or essays and not by some sort of pretentious speaking exercise or another. The website did say only exams and essays would be used, but then in the very first week I discovered that there would be a speaking exercise. I was less than impressed and went to the head of department about it. She invited me into her office and spoke to me in very much the same a headmistress would speak to a naughty school pupil. She was clearly trying to make me feel like I was in the wrong when actually she was the one who fucked up by not making sure the website was correct. In the end she basically told to put up with it or leave — I wish now I had chosen the latter.
I think every university student needs to understand that all universities are businesses. Money is what motivates them. The only difference between universities and the vast majority of private sector businesses is that universities will actually pretend they care about you and your future when really they don’t, whereas private sector businesses will make it abundantly clear that they don’t give a fuck about you and don’t even pretend to care. If you were to buy something from a shop, I can guarantee that the person behind the till is not at all interested in you or your future, they are simply interested in the money they are making whilst they are doing their job. Likewise when a university lecturer is standing at the front reading from a book (which they all do by the way) they are only thinking about the money they are making, but the sickening thing is they actually try to make out that they care, and don’t for a second believe them.
This brings me on to my next point: I really can’t understand how these lecturers can justify their ridiculously high salaries. I am pretty sure all lecturers are on upwards of £50,000 per year, and all that for just standing at the front and reading from a book. All of my Law lecturers are ex lawyers, which is good, and I do believe them and I don’t doubt their credentials, however I am not convinced that all lawyers can make the transition from lawyer to lecturer very smoothly and I feel that their teaching methods are very poor. We are given what is called a module guide, which is basically a book with everything we need to know in it. Unfortunately, the book is full of gaps and these gaps are often salient information. The idea is we come to the lectures with our books and the lecturer will tell us what goes in the gaps. This makes me feel like I am back at primary school. I don’t understand why they don’t just give us a module guide with all the gaps filled in so we can simply read it in our own time and learn form that. Really there is no need to go to lectures. The information that goes in the gaps can be found very easily in textbooks and online. I think if I am going to pay over £3,000 per year to study at the university I would expect everything to be given to me on a plate, and at the very least they could give me a module guide with no gaps. And then to take the piss even more they insist that we undertake additional independent study outside university hours, so what the fuck am I paying for then?
I would really like to see the government privatise all traditional universities and fully nationalise the Open University, making it completely free for everyone. I think the OU know exactly how higher education should be delivered, i.e. without some patronising lecturer dickhead stealing a living and instead by giving students all the information they need for them to read in their own time. I would also like the OU to operate more quickly so that students can finish their degree courses in about as much time as it would take to finish a degree course at a traditional university, maybe even sooner. I think this could revolutionise higher education and mean that students will not be in debt when they leave the OU, unlike at traditional universities. Really the only people who would be less better off are the traditional university staff, but who honestly gives a fuck?
OMGGGGG, i totally agree wit this webpage.
iv jsut started studying at uni iv been here a few weeks, and there are so many student that say its the time of your life etc etc, because all they do is stay in halls, walk 2 mins to lectures, probably skip most of them, get trashed and just sleep around. yeah well done them, that really takes an intelligent person.
on the other hand. i live miles from the uni and have had to move into a house where 1)the landlord is a twat 2)there are loads of problesm with the house and 3)its really unsettling.
not only is my uni SHIT, but i have to make such an effort just to get to its shitty lectures! and FOR WHAT?????? FUCK YOU UNIVERSITY, YOUR SHIT. id rather join the forces. which i may well do. fucking degree time of your life bullshit. FUCKK OFF YOU UTTER TWATS.
hey assholes wasup…i totally agree with the theme and plot of this website.
Fuck universities….
FUCK THE dumbass proffessors who can’t express their fucking selves,
fuck the shitty food they serve (tastes like cow poop) ,
fuck the petty rules they keep on making up (i’m getting tired of this shit),
fuck the lazy assholes in class who keep on asking you to do their shitty work 4 ‘em,
fuck the stupid administration which keeps on bloating about all the stupid shit ,
fuck the stupid ass bitchy girls who act like they the only motherfuckers on the fucking planet ,
fuck the stupid dodo-headed empty brain dumbo guys who can only talk about trash-they need to get a fucking life! ,
fuck the stupid assignments and projects that we are given to do…it don’t mean shit to me coz we r jus copyin it from the sources,
fuck the stupid group projects and the bitchy motherfuckers in class who act like they know everything (p.s. motherfucker,why the fuck did you come in here if you know evrything ?stfu.!) ,
fuck these lazy assholes who flock and flood the hallways and entrances like they got no motherfuckin to do..Bitch move the fuck on.why the fuck you standing there n discussin ur shit?u blockin ma way n im about to kick ur ass…
fuck some of the stupid shit we do in class…it aint helpin us in no way…some of the shit is jus plain fucking stupid.
fuck the racist motherfuckers who always pop up everywhere i go…i feel like shovin a gun up their ass n pullin the trigger…
fuck the assholes who can only whine about studies studies n studies…bitch get a life..studies don’t mean everything!
fuck the exams…and fuck the inventor…n fuck the exam setter,marker and everybody else now that i think of it!
FUCK YOU!
FUCK UNIVERSITY!
And fuck the world.
Just got a begging letter from the University I went to 20 years ago. I’m so looking forward to the letter I’m going to write them back.
I went into University happy, positive, intelligent and academic. I came out four years later friendless, in debt, a frigid social failure and in counselling.
I went in healthy, I left broken.
Don’t do it kids.
I would really like to get in touch with anyone who is posting on this website or reading these comments and has an opinion on them. I would love to ask you a few questions and perhaps do an interview to be included in a project I am working on regarding university.
PLEASE email me if you are interested: miss.frances.scott@gmail.com
I have a project due in, in one hour.
A graphic design project.
How much of it have I done? NONE. You know why? BECAUSE. Uni can seriously SUCK A FAT ONE.
This new professor of course gets to change the whole syllabus of the class, changing it from COMPUTER GRAPHIC DESIGN to MANUAL GRAPHIC DESIGN. Sorry, but how fucking ridiculous is that? It’s like signing up to a French class, only to find out on the day the professor has decided to teach you Italian. I didn’t want to sign up to a class where I’d be cutting shit out of magazines and sticking it to paper to create art. TELL ME WHAT FUCKING BUSINESS NOWADAYS WILL APPROACH YOU AND ASK YOU TO MAKE THEM A LOGO FROM PHYSICAL PAPER WITHOUT PHOTOSHOP? FOR FUCK’S SAKE!
It’s my 4th year. This term I have maintained great grades. I have slaved away, often staying in university working until almost midnight.
But right now, I can’t go on. I just can’t. I have literally ZERO motivation for this class. ZERO interest. ZERO relevance. I GIVE UP! AND NO! THAT DOESN’T MAKE ME WEAK!
IT MAKES ME SMARTER! If you don’t feel right… that’s mother nature’s way to tell you: WHAT YOU’RE DOING RIGHT NOW ISN’T FUCKING WORKING.
I’m TIRED of producing MEANINGLESS and USELESS work. I KNOW I have the ability within me to use my skills as a business, or as a business tool. SO WHY am I spending COUNTLESS hours doing things that are adding NO VALUE to my life WHATSOEVER?! It doesn’t make sense.
Right now, I could be sitting at home designing logos and getting paid for it.
but instead, I’m worrying, stressing and feeling CONSTANTLY ANXIOUS about meaningless work I won’t give TWO SHITS about once I’m done with the term!
The professor knows she’s teaching bullshit, hence why she won’t fail ANYONE. Someone who deserved an”F”, recieved a “C”, because, in her own words: “I could have penalized you more, but I didn’t want to because I know you can do better.”
which really translates to: “I guess I’m shit at teaching but don’t want to fail you guys because then I’ll look bad”
FUCK learning things from professors who won’t mount to SHIT themselves.
A Martial-Artist does not learn from a Sensae (teacher) with no knowledge. He learns from a Sensae that has EXPERIENCE and WISDOM. SO WHY THE FUCK IS IT ANY DIFFERENT FOR SCHOOL?! SOMEONE LOOKING TO BE A C.E.O. ISN’T EXACTLY GOING TO TAKE LESSONS FROM A MCDONALD’S EMPLOYEE, ARE THEY?!
Uni sucks, i hate every waking moment of it, the lectures, seminars, classes everything! Your teachers lie to you when they say it’s going to be the best three years of your life, its bullshit, you get to live with minging, dirty arrogant stuck up wanker people that you will hate, the people on your course will suck, i do drama and they are all a bunch of cliche bitchy wankers, the classes are pointless and really hard and mindblowing, it depresses the hell out of you, all you will do is miss home and miss your family even though you cant stand home, home is a better place than uni. You dont go out all the time or party because you will either hate your house mates, some are really lucky to have decent housemates, or will be stuck in your room doing work. Its not all fun and games and exciting its boring, work is really hard and the people are just not worth your breath. Uni is for those who never had a life before,
I Would like to share my story. But I’m probably using this site to channel my thoughts.
I want to do this because my head feels like a pile of mush right now. Yes very mushy in deed. In other words lost, confused, depressed and sickened by this countries bullshit education system.
University has destroyed my life, my soul and my happiness. They tell you its the best years of your life…. that you meet friends and potentially your soul mate. WRONG
Before Uni I was a very confident person who enjoyed life, I went to the gym regularly and was in pretty good shape. I had a job, a car, a beautiful girl friend and my friends from school. Who I had known all my life. I was very content as a person. AND WHAT DID I GO AND DO. I went and threw all that away. Gave it all up. To go move to the other end of the country. Miles away from home. To go endure the most miserable part of my life.
The course I’m studying is Beng Civil Engineering. So I’m not doing a Micky mouse course. Its a academic course. When people ask me what I’m doing I feel quite proud to respond with a subtle ‘don’t worry I’m not like the other million young people on the scrap heap with out a job, I’m studying civil engineering’ and they usually respond with a ‘ooooh look at you’. when in actual fact I’m dying inside.
This is because the course is shit. I have no interest in civil engineering. I just got pushed into construction partly because I didn’t know what I wanted to do in life when I left school and because of my Dad working in the industry, encouraged me to do it.
I’m trapped! I’ve dug a huge hole for myself. If I drop out, I will have paid 7 thousand in course fees for nothing (I’m in my second year). I will also become a college drop out loser. And thus be rejected from our wank society. So I have no choice but to continue.
The coursework is a joke. The things they ask you to do are an insult. For example for my geotechnical module I was given 10 rocks in this box to take home and to identify what each rock was. It was like something you would get in school for homework. And this was worth 20% of the module mark. Some of the rocks were Limestone and sandstone. I’m not stupid I understand Civil Engineers have to understand about the types of ground their building on. But come on I’ve just paid 3 thousand f**king quid for this. I expect to be given something a little more advance than this.
The teachers are unbelievable lethargic and disinterested. They never help. In order to get in touch with them you have to send them an email, which they never respond to. And when you do finally get hold of one they are rude and ignorant. You ask them for help, and to get out of it they use the excuse that you haven’t been listening in class(when I have). When in actual fact they don’t know them answer them selves. They couldn’t give two shits whether you passed or not.
Anyway that’s the course its rubbish. I could ramble on about it for ever more but I doubt you will want to read this. I’ll be surprised if you’ve got this far. Lets not mention the actual Uni life its self. This wonderful social opportunity.
Uni is full of pretentious wankers. I had more of a social life before I went. I’ve made some friends at uni who are nice people and I’m glad for that. But I doubt we will stay in touch once we’ve left. And I don’t no why everyone thinks everyone goes sex mental. I haven’t pulled a single girl since I’ve been year. You go to all these parties and every ones so defensive. Now don’t get me wrong I don’t think I’m amazingly beautiful, but I would rate myself a fair good looking chap and a gentleman and I’ve been with lots of women (before uni obv) and everyone I’ve met in my halls has also had no intercourse. The only people who have sex are people who have had boy friends or girlfriends prior to coming to uni.
However I have attempted many a time to but on my charms and all I get is this look of disgust as though I’m sort of pervert. And believe me I have tried every type of approach on women in clubs and bars. Women don’t go to clubs to pull. They go to dance with their girl friends and to show off their outfits and boost their egos from the drooling looks of boys. When you look around and see people getting off its usually because they came within the same social circle. And the few girls that do are slags. I do tell a lie I have had the odd cheeky kiss with a girl whilst being here. But that besides the point I don’t want a one night stand I want to meet people and have a relationship. Where do get one of these then? By chance or fate? Or do I make my own fate, by going out and forcing myself to meet women. Well that’s another debate entirely.
But anyway this is miserable, Its destroying my confidence. I used to enjoy talking to girls now I dread it. All I want is to go on a date to the cinema or a drink. I’ve never been so lonely in my life. I’m 21 for gods sake I should be in my prime. Not sat on here like a loser talking about my sad life. lol Ok so I’m not really this miserably and pathetic in real life. but its all true what I’ve said and hope someone reading this can relate to my situation and is maby going through the same thing can understand what i’m talking about…
Feeling homesick and wishing they could turn back the time.
Chris
i Hate uNiversity liFe. plZ Help me To liVe lYf & To enJoOy Life in UNiverse The tension of exaams is stuck in my mind after joining uni my mind is just i dont know what is going on….:((
I know exactly how you all feel because i am in the same boat. Im 19 and in my second year at uni, i hate it and wish i had never started. The majority of folks on here are saying the same thing about lecturers being overpaid, useless, boring and monotone twats. And i can say exactly the same thing. I am seriously considering dropping out because i know that if i carry on, i will fail due to lack of enthusiasm and more interest in watching paint dry! Those considering university should seriously research feedback from previous students and see if their life has been ‘turned around’ by university. However this site has made me realise that im not alone and that there are others in my predicament =]
i think the best thing for me to do is to leave asap before the new year and start a fresh for 2012! im not one to jump off a cliff, but if i could ever think of any sane reason to do so, it would be university! Thanks for reading – JACK
@420:
Excuse me? If we don’t get at least a bachelor’s degree these days, what will all of us end up doing 10 years down the road? Or 20 to 30 years? Some dead-end job or doing unfulfilling office work?
It’s better to go through with uni sooner than later so that we can move on to do greater things, just a thought.
To the author: How about you tell us your story of hating university and your opinions, since that is what all of us are here to discuss about? You don’t have to tell too much if you aren’t comfortable with it, but I am sure we want to know what is it that you hate about it.
Some advice on how you dealt with the ordeal would be useful too. Greatest Regards + Gratitude to you for starting this site to gather + unite us university students from all over the world!
I’m so happy for this site. I came here thinking I must have been crazy for feeling this way, and now there are so many people here who I can relate to. Also…wtf invited this Mike person. I did NOT come here to be scolded.
Hello. As far as I know the author of this site graduated from university long time ago and rarely comes here, but he gave me permission to moderate it. I’m in my third year in university, but I’m sorry for listening to my parents and going there. The education system here is awful, the professors don’t care about you at all, I also have difficulties socializing, but it’s not only my fault, because people in my university seem to be fake. I just wish I started doing something else after finishing high school. This is my story in short. If you have any other questions about me or the site, you can always turn to me.
I went to university completely sold on the ‘Best 3 Years of your Life’ mantra, but I was utterly miserable. I didn’t connect with anyone in halls, I’d chosen the wrong course and rushed into it and lost interest almost from day one, the girls on my course were cliquey and stand offish. I hated the city, a guy got into our halls waving a gun around in the first term, I didn’t feel safe. I scraped a pass in my first year and went into second, lasted about 2 months, then finally had to admit to myself I was done. It was terrifying, but I dropped out and moved to a completely new city as I didn’t want to take a step back and go home. It was the best decision I ever made. I’ve gone back to college to do what I always wanted to do, made some amazing friends, and haven’t ever looked back. The only bad thing is I have mounted up lots of debt and don’t even have a degree to show for it. It seems like it could be the end of the world if you drop out, and I was lost and scared and convinced my life was over for a while, but things got so much better. I just want to be happy. If something makes you unhappy, stop.
It’s great that the actual owner of this site passes this website on to new graduates, and may this site go on and on in the future, even after your graduation.
Well, I agree with most of the problems here. I am doing a Business top-up degree next year (British), and currently doing a two-years diploma. However, it seems like most of the people here are engineering majors, so I guess i got to be thankful that it isn’t as tough for me. (This is my short intro about myself)
I’ve been thinking through about this matter within the last couple of weeks (it’s my vacation), it looks like the main problem is that university feels so pointless, because most of what I learn is barely applicable in real life.
Changing majors is not an option either. I am not a very talented or intelligent person so computing, arts and engineering will not be my choice.
I was a social pariah in high school (we call it secondary here), and now, it appears that I am no longer one. People appear to be more open to me, but in fact, I still feel rather lonely.
However, it is more of the waste of time in school and the fact that my university building feels too uncomfortable that drives me up the wall. There is no way to focus in a library that is noisier than the cafeteria.
On top of that, my “friends” never cooperate during group work and ruin the presentation all the time. (I can really relate to ‘HELP ME I HATE UNI’s’ comment about finishing up people’s work while they laze away, I have some experience similar to his. Plus it looks like he has a problem with the librarian too!)
Of course, the commuting+dining+library and misc fines don’t come cheap too. I feel sorry for those who are studying with the help of a loan.
Well, I am getting long-winded. All the best to you!
University is full of two faced naccicistic bullies who operate by using other people to their advantage. Avoid university if you can.
OMG this site has made me feel finally like im not alone. Uni is stupid, i feel so depressed here, it has not been the best time of my life, before i came here i was happy, confident, full of life had good friends and a boyfriend and here its crappy halls crappy food crappy annoying people crappy lessons i hate it sooo much. full of slaggy girls that are so damn full of themselves and feel the need to get drunk every damn night. arrrghhhjlsdkjfhsae i miss home so much :/
^definition of a loser