u/21st_Century_Human

Hello lovely people.

I just recently finished my undergrad studies and nothing is funny anymore. I've always been a high achieving student, worked on building on professional skills and always forward looking.

I never put much thought to how it would be after I was done. I genuinely thought I'd have landed something before graduating because I've been working toward that goal since my first year.

Most of the prestigious graduate programmes have been closed until next year so there is that. I feel lost and struggling to figure out what my next steps should be.

I'm hoping to hear from those who've been in this position before. What did you do to successfully transition after finishing uni. How did you deal with rejections and what general advice would you give to someone who just finished uni. Did it take longer for you than you expected?

Your advice will be highly appreciated. For context, I was an Econ Stats major and interested in management consulting, strategy and investment opportunities.

Thank you

I literally just woke up and this is what came to my mind after reading more on the new funding model last night>>>

So the current Ruto administration made it nearly impossible for students from poor backgrounds, who make up a huge chunk of students that join unis in Kenya btw, from joining private universities by cutting funding new students that choose to go to said universities. This new pipeline of students is then forced to join the public universities which are, let's be honest, pathetic, poorly managed and mostly offer close to zero proper training for most of the degrees that are non-traditional(think degrees like comp science and whatnot)

On top of that, they actually increased the fees that said students pay in these institutions, which makes it even harder for those at the bottom to join universities.

It just hit me that this was definitely a secondary if not one of the primary motives for the move - increase the revenue the government collects from public universities, by cutting support to private unis, increasing fees paid in public universities and not doing anything to support the increased number of students in public universities such as better infrastructure, or even making the education received there more impactful.

You'd think that universities are now receiving more funding right? Nope, they are not. Data shows that public uni funding has been aggressively cut over the years, leaving most uni administrations struggling.

I need to go back to sleep and start this day again!!