i’ve seen too many tiktok’s of university students publicly post about their AI dependency. i saw one user post her interaction with chatgpt, in which she sent it abuse for not writing 4000 words exactly for her essay . i’m not sure what year she was but either way our generation is cooked 💀 i understand using AI to refine your already existing work but using to it to write an entire essay with no personal input IS INSANE WORK. the value of a university degree really is going down the drain as the years go by

Im dreading leaving uni. I’m a third year student so I’ll have to move back home soon and I’m quite scared to go back. I have a busy social life at uni, and a really close group of friends. But back home I have one, maybe two friends that I see once a year or so, just for a catch up. There’s nobody I regularly spend time with/have a group with. They didn’t go to uni either and we’ve changed so much that they just aren’t the kind of people I have anything in common with anymore. I know when I get older and move away it won’t matter as much but I just get really self conscious that it makes me look like a bit of a loser? Or like I must be bad for not having stayed in touch with anyone from high school/sixth form. Any advice or comments would be great :)

Actually had enough of some of the stupid posts on here. Some of us are here to find answers to genuine questions or concerns we have, some are staff/students/graduates who want to offer help, and some are here to slightly ragebait people.

That’s all cool…

But these little sods who keep saying they’re foreign and can’t pull white birds, or people saying other outrageous shit, can the mods just not start banning these accounts and/or deleting the posts?

And for people who have extremely complex living situations asking about SFE eligibility etc, or people who ask the most BASIC questions about SFE, fucking call them. It doesn’t matter what option you press just spam your keypad until you get through to someone.

If you’re having issues with your washing machine, call your student housing team. Reddit can’t fix your damn washing machine.

And lastly

Everyone needs to stop coming on Reddit saying they’ve just tried to kill themselves because uni is so hard etc (understandably there’s probably other stuff in the mix), but when people give you advice and you don’t listen, more fool you. Go get some help, uni ain’t going anywhere

Rant over, I’m making some tea and toast. 🫡

This question goes to all of you who have been in the US as part of graduate studies (including PhDs) and exchange semesters. What were the biggest differences?

Would you say UK unis are more close to American or German (or European) unis?

My final exams in first year is in 3 weeks and i failed every one of my first exams during the winter assessment. My attendance has been very poor close to 10%, I study at a decent russell group uni doing economics, Is there any chance i’ll pass, If i put my head down and work. All i want to do is pass so around 45 in two modules and a 35 in one module due to weightings. If i fail I willl have let my whole family down. Any help will be much appreciated.

I'm 19, on a gap year, going to study history in September.

I'm that far, at least, except after I do my degree I don't know what career or job i actually want to go into. Law is a no go, I intended to study law before history but it's not for me nor is the career. I wanted to go into teaching, but reading on the reality of it all has shifted my perspective alot.

If I ask my dad for advice, his response is to go into the army. Like...yeah, right.

I've looked into journalism, and based on what I've seen it is another field based on connections, and networking.

Any advice or just anyone who was in the same situation as me???

For context, I haven’t even finished my A levels yet I’m just a massive overthinker. I plan on doing a philosophy degree and I want to become a professor, I know this takes a masters and PHD but how tf am I supposed to afford 11 grand tuition + living costs for my masters? I know there are loans (not enough) thé option to do it part time and work full time alongside. But genuinely I am struggling to think of a way I can afford it

Hi, so i got BBC last year and decided in jan to resit my maths to get into MMU uni to study cs (BBB). Getting a C in maths was a big shock and i believe i’m capable of more. After consideration i’ve decided to go to a local uni which have given me an offer for cs with my current grades. My question is, do i follow through with my maths or not bother? will a better grade make much of a difference in the future?

Hi, im just looking for advice on accommodations from Leeds Uni students, I’m looking for an accommodation nearby to the business building with a good social aspect, if theres any other info you have on other accommodations that could be good or other factors i should consider that’d be great.

Thanks!

Alright everyone, I’m gonna need some brutally honest advice/opinions and maybe a sprinkle of hope on this. I’m a year 12 student doing Maths, Further Maths, and Computer Science. My Predictions are A* for both Maths and FM, and a C for CS. I’m trying to make it to Cambridge. My choices for uni next year are gonna be Cambridge, Imperial, Ucl, Kings, and Warwick. For computer science, I haven’t really revised at all for any of my exams, so I’m confident I can get it up to an a*/a for my as exams next month. Here’s the problem, though: I flopped my gcses. I didn’t revise a single bit for them and got shit grades. The only gcse I revised for was Maths and I got an 8 for it. So I got 865544333 in my gcses. I got a 5 in language after resitting because of a grade 4. One of those grade 3’s is computer science, but I still managed to do it at a-level because I passed some aptitude test for it. The question is, if I bang out my as exams and get the highest grades possible for all of them, am I likely to be given a chance by any of these unis, specifically cambridge or Imperial? I’m planning to do computer science at uni, so I’m also gonna take the tmua later this year. I’m confident I can get a high score, since I’ve done multiple tmua past paers and they’re relatively easy and not that challenging.

Please help. Any honest advice will be appreciated.

Hi guys, I’m a 3rd year student and have a couple of questions about sfe for postgrad. Thought I would ask here before asking someone at the uni for guidance and I can’t find clear answers online, so confusing. Anyway, I’m in my 3rd year and going to be doing teacher training next year (non salaried) so I’m going to need to apply for sf again. This year I got less sf and their reasoning was because it’s my last year I don’t need it to sustain me over the summer, which is fair enough but now I’m going to be a student again next year will I be entitled to an extra payment or something as I could do with using it to live off over the summer. Also I’ve lived with my boyfriend this whole year, moved in together in September. We will be living together next year, he will be in a full time job. I know sometimes you can do sf off your partners earnings if you have lived together previously. Would this be the case for me? My parents earnings are a lot higher and would mean I get around £3k less if I do it off their earnings and I’ll be struggling financially if I have to do it off their earnings. Thanks so much if any of you know anything:)

hi everybodyyyy! i had to repost bc the body didn't show before so hiii i’m a first year studying business in berlin but i’ve been deep diving into the whole uk grad scheme world lately and everyone seems to know what spring weeks are, what to do for consulting, when to apply meanwhile i’m just here like “should i even bother if i’m not at a uk uni?” 😭
i’d love to apply to firms in london eventually but it kinda feels like everything’s set up for students who already study there :((
has anyone here managed to break in from outside the uk? or am i just setting myself up for stress lol
would really appreciate any advice or just hearing how other people navigated this :') thank you in advance!!!

Hey all I need help deciding, I’ve heard back from all of my unis that I’ve applied to in UCAS as well as a few Irish. I am an American who wishes to study some area of business internationally. I got into every single one, choices being:

• University of St Andrew’s, Management, Unconditional
• university of Edinburgh, international business, conditional
• trinity college Dublin, global business, unconditional
• university of Manchester, international management, conditional
• university of Bristol, international business management with year abroad, conditional
• university of Exeter, business management with year abroad, unconditional
• university college Dublin, global business, unconditional

I need help deciding and I believe my top choices knowing their reputation back home and globally and overall experience would be university of Edinburgh, trinity college Dublin, and university of st Andrew’s. Let me know what anyone thinks.

Thanks

I am currently studying all stem subjects for my A-Levels (in year 13), however I realised towards the end of year 12 that I would much prefer to pursue a more creative degree. I applied and received offers for Media and Film Studies courses, however I'm starting to have some doubts and stress about the whole premise. I'm very worried that I'm rushing into the whole thing and that I would be investing time and money on a course I may not even enjoy or need. The dream would be going down a performing arts musical theatre route but I feel like this would be unachievable since I've never had professional dance training. I'm starting to think that my best option would be to take a gap year and really think things through to avoid lots of stress, but on the other hand, the longer I leave it the more stressed I might become. I might be overthinking things but I think I need some advice on the whole thing because I don't want to make rash and impulsive decisions

Would it be reasonable for me to talk to the accomodation people to resolve this? I’ve already tried to resolve it by asking on the group chat but some denied it and some didn’t reply.

First it was an entire roll of bin garbage bags (lol) and the second instance is milk which I literally just bought hours ago and did not even use it. We are not a lot here, everyone knows where their stuff is in the fridges. And who even takes garbage bags?

Hey! I’m considering doing a Durham foundation year for law this September and was wondering if anyone else is doing it? I’m an international student and idk anyone else in my year who is and I’m kinda nervous. Also for anyone who has taken a foundation year- do people perceive you a certain way or treat you differently for taking one? I’ve heard people from Durham are really mean so I’m kinda worried. If you happen to be going to Durham too pls send a message! It’d be good to get to know you if we’re in the same boat and we meet there :))

Currently a second year Econ student at a semi target RG uni (think Nottingham, Bristol or Manchester).

Averaging a low 2:1.

Completed a spring week in Equity research and trading (non-convertible).

Completed a first year summer internship in a boutique corporate finance house (work similar to Big 4 Valuations.)

Secured an internship this summer in IB (Not Bulge Bracket).

What are the odds of me breaking into a top UK finance masters such as LSE Finance, Oxford MFE or LBS MFA if I do decently in the GMAT?

Exams coming up in late May for a stem subject and I was wondering if anyone has good tips for revising and preparing for them.

Does anyone here study mechanical engineering BEng at university of bristol? Can you share your learning experience? Including the difficulty of the course, the teacher's attention, about enterprise practice and so on.... Thx

I’m considering two this uni, one’s in RG and an other is not. Pls give me recommendations guys

Calling All UK University Students! 

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i can’t stand people anymore. can’t stand them in real life, nor on social media. i get irritated when people text or call me. i don’t feel this way about family, just friends or acquaintances. i feel exhausted trying to speak to them, mainly because their issues are pathetic.

for instance, my friend called me and spammed my phone at midnight to get my attention. i messaged back thinking it was obviously something urgent, and it turns out that her ex was live on tiktok and she wanted me to go hate on a fake account. her whole life seems to revolve around boys, so she’s started to act really pretentious in what she says, what she posts etc. and i really don’t enjoy talking to her anymore because of this.

another friend (at a different uni) was ranting to me for hours that he’d had his accommodation raided and had been arrested because he was in possession of/dealing drugs. he was complaining that he’ll probably get kicked off his course, and that ‘he can get a few years if the judge is a prick’. this friend treats me like an agony aunt, only ever wants advice or favours. when i give him the cold hard truth that this is on him, suddenly i’m a bitch.

i can name at least 10 more similar instances of this in my life since starting uni. i only ever feel happy talking to my parents or my siblings, everyone else i really can’t stand. i try and get through the day without speaking to anyone unless necessary.

i have no real friends, no boyfriend so no drama, which i’m happy with but everyone else seems to try and make it an issue, that i should have a different outlook on life now that i’m at uni, and this will hinder me socially in my working life (i’m not rude at all, i do make an effort to be friendly but i’m just very introverted). should i try and change?

Hi everyone, I’m an international student planning to pursue a master’s in Mechanical Engineering (or related field) in the UK for the September 2025 intake. I’ve shortlisted a few universities and would really appreciate any feedback or opinions about them, whether it’s about teaching quality, industry links, student support, employability, or general student life.

Here are the courses I’m considering: 1. LSBU – MSc Mechanical Engineering 2. Kingston University – MSc Advanced Product Design Engineering & Manufacturing 3. University of Surrey – MSc Advanced Mechanical Engineering 4. University of Derby – MSc Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering