Do you regret going to University?

[Matthew]

orly?! I thought it had to be within like, the first year of leaving or something to class as a school leaver

nope, a SL just joined my office who left college 4 yrs ago herself

[Hannah]

nope, a SL just joined my office who left college 4 yrs ago herself

Oo I best have a gander

[rnix]

I hate it and I am a fresher! Ha

[Metric1]

I met a lot of great friends, had a great time but I would be much further in life financially because I am doing the same job I was doing before I went to university.

[Kasabian]

Nope. Left school, got an apprenticeship. After that I worked my way up to be a qualified maintenance engineer.

[Martin]

Nope! It's probably one of the best things I've ever done!

I kind of left it a bit late (after two failed attempts of going to sixth form back when I finished high school due to social anxiety issues etc), however this past year I successfully completed the Access to Higher Education course with nearly all distinctions somehow! The whole process really restored my faith in my own capabilities academically and gave me heaps of confidence to finally pursue a career I actually want to do in the future rather than working in retail for the rest of my life and hating it!

I started at Cardiff University last month studying Education and Sociology and so far I have absolutely loved it! I've moved quite a way from home living in halls, I've made some amazing friends in my halls, talk to so many people and just the level of independence of finally moving out and doing things for myself has been wonderful!

Was kind of stuck in a loop really, fair enough I have my car, I had a stable job and a home- but changes needed to happen for me to develop more socially and in order to set me free into the big world. I have always loved learning and I see education as being a journey of discovery, not only about the subject but about yourself and the world around you and the only thing stopping me before really was my lack of self confidence and letting the immature people/bullies get to me way too much!

Living in a big city is amazing after living in the countryside all your life, I've had some amazing nights out (the paint party was just amazing!) and overall the whole Uni experience has been even better than I had imagined so far. The modules on my course are pretty interesting too and the work load doesn't even seem too great at the moment! (I guess I was doing a full time college course alongside full time work before, so this does feel like I have more free time!)

Definitely don't regret it, I think it's going to open up lots of doors in the future as well as just being a good experience for meeting new people and growing confidence and stuff.

[James]

Never been, would love to go but I don't fancy being about £30k in debt really.

[Matt]

I don't regret going to University as I can't imagine me having gone straight into the workforce fulltime after school. I wouldn't say I 100% enjoy it at the moment but it'll pay off in the long run.

[Yawn]

i dont regret it but i think that it was entirely pointless for me

my degree was interesting but i got a poor grade in a useless subject so it wont get me a job. i lived at home and didnt meet many ppl but i still think it was a gd experience overall and i wouldve always wondered had i not gone.

i guess it nicely wasted 3 years of my life where i had no idea wat i wanted to do.

[Chris]

Not at all, the first 2 years helped me get a good idea of what I wanted to do and now I've moved onto focusing solely on that which has been great so far.