Uni is something that you either want to go to or you don’t. I chose that I wanted to go when I was in sixth form to study music. I was very passionate about it all and was so determined to go and achieve something. The first year of Uni was my favourite, although you get so many people saying that the first year was the worst for them. I made so many new friends and I started to figure out who I was. However, when it came towards the end of first year everything started going down hill for me.
Rolling into second year of Uni, a lot of things happened in my personal life which started to affect me. I did try to talk about what was happening and what was being said in my eyes and how I was taking things. No one was listening. That year, I started to lose interest in everything. I shut myself in my room because of situations that trapped me in a place I didn’t want to be. This resulted in me losing a lot of friends due to something that wasn’t my fault. (I am leaving a lot of details out because I don’t want to go into the details about everything at the moment. I might open up about it later on in a future blog.)
Now, I have just finished third year. I only talk to probably 3 people from Uni. I have just come to the conclusion that Uni wasn’t the experience I dreamt of. I lost my passion for what I studied which upset me greatly. I am still unsure of how or why that happened. I am not sure if it was due to the situations that I came across, or the way it was taught, or the course or the Uni in general. It’s all different factors in each of these areas that I think have affected my overall thoughts for my Uni life.
However, even if my Uni time wasn’t the best, I can happily say I am finally happy with myself and have become confident in who I am now that I have gotten rid of so many toxic people that made an impact of how I felt. I am starting to enjoy life again. I don’t know if I would say that I regret going to Uni but I wouldn’t say it was the best experience.
Have any of you been to Uni? How was your experience?
Aimée Vaughan 