r/UniUK

Okay I know this is a bit dramatic. But I got into my dream uni (top 5 uk uni) after getting a remark because I was one mark off my conditional offer. Only problem is that they can only get me place for 2027 entry. keep in mind I already took a gap year so I’ll have to take a SECOND gap year which I really don’t want to do. I’ve had a tough couple past years and extenuating circumstances and it’s annoying because I met my offer. But i also have my insurance still but thats a top 30 uni and not worth going into debt for. my firm is really good for my degree.
Idk what to do

Hey so I'm in year 11 and my GSCE grades yesterday were very good. I really want to go to university after sixth form and either become a optomeritrist, speech and language therapist or clinical pyscholgist or work in law like a lawyer or solicitor. My dad is completely against this idea as he said I won't be able to pay the rent as I won't make enough money and he said I'll be in a lifetime of debt and because of the job market I won't even be able to get the job I wanted out of it. What he describes really puts me off, however I want success even if that means a few years of living poor. Should I still bother going to university? Is a law degree a secure degree as it can be hard to go into further training?

So I got ABB. Bs in physics (1 mark off an A) and french (got the minimum marks for it). In all fairness I barely revised for French.

Missed my firm of UoSheffield (A*AA), decided to clear out of my insurance to UoSurrey. Now I've got an offer from Surrey for an MEng in Aerospace.

Both good universities for Aero.

The thing about Sheffield is they have a very active space society, one way more active than Surrey's (which is active in its own right), working on things such as very high altitude flights and even reaching space eventually.

Space societies, specifically ones working in rockery, are something I find really attractive, so much so that it was one of my criterias when applying to uni.

I feel like I'd have pretty bad fomo seeing these grand Sheffield projects while I'm at Surrey.

When it comes to resitting, my parents said they won't pay for any tuition, so if I can't get a spot at a local school I'd have to resit as a private candidate. They're fine with paying for exam and admin fees.

Would I be daft for deciding to resit?

I dont think im fully depressed I just think im very isolated and my life kinda lacks purpose during summer break and its all just time wasted doing absolutely nothing and waiting for september.

This happens every summer, maybe its because im not too much of a social person and dont really have anything going on besides uni. My sleep is always fucked up, Im always tired and have absolutely no motivation and just wish uni would come faster so I actually have a purpose in life.

Hi everyone
I thought i would post on here to seek some advice and see if anyone else has gone through anything similar . I started uni in 2024 and had some issues with submitting my work at the end the year so passed some modules but had to retake the year to complete the 4 left over .

My issue is is that i havent been able to submit the work this year due to a multitude of things ( anxiety and being a horrible rut in second term ), i also have a learning disability but haven’t informed uni of it as it isnt severe .
The dates for resits have just been and gone with little for me to show for them as i left it late.. again .
I have emailed the relevant people at uni and will try to set up a meeting to discuss my options once i get my results but its all so uncertain at the moment and im realising the severity of the situation im in .
I’ve already used my gift year as my course was 4 years originally and if given the chance will be paying the tuition fee for final year out of my own pocked which shouldnt be an issue luckily .
I just want to know if anyone has been through anything similar and if there’s even a sliver of a chance of me being allowed to carry on ?

I know this sounds silly but i am committed to completing my course even though i haven’t displayed it through my work, i feel so utterly lost and have no idea what to expect in the coming weeks .
Any advice / personal stories would really help
Thank You

Every time I go on social media there’s about a thousand links to join fresher groups chats and uni group chats all of that.
I’ve heard mixed reviews about these a lot of people say it fizzles out, I had a friend who liked it but then again she has the best social skills on earth so it might just be her.
I personally do not know anyone that is going to my uni, I’m not shy and I don’t mind talking to people ect. But just how important are these group chats??

My problem is that it’s just awkward. I find these group chats forced and boring and I cannot be asked to join I really can’t. But to anyone who is second or third year was joining these actually helpful or did u make friends through societies, ur flatmates ect. I don’t know if it’s worth just joining a few weeks before or just going there and making friends organically.

I’m a student who is about to go into their second year of university, last year i lived in accommodation about a 5 minute walk from campus so during gaps on my timetable id just go home even only for an hour. This year i am about a half hour walk away so wont be able to just pop home during my lecture gaps, what can i do to fill this time?

For example on mondays in my new timetable i have 2 gaps with no lectures of 1 hour respectively so not even really enough time to walk to the library (20 min walk away), but i dont just want to loiter around the university buildings.

Any advice appreciated!

Hey all,
Hoping you can give some good news. Daughter achieved A* Maths A physics but was just one mark off A in biology as a result lost her place at Warwick university seems so unfair. She’s asked for a remark and her school also submitted a letter to Warwick due to my daughter’s bio teacher having extensive absence.

Do you know how long the remark takes? and if she doesn’t get the one mark would the teachers letter help her get in. She’s tried clearance at Warwick but no spaces left in engineering 😢

I feel so sorry for her she’s devastated after just missing out from one mark and she’s worked so hard 😢

Hi all. Long time lurker and first time poster. I'm from South Asia and have been in the UK as a student for a few years. I am in my 30s. I was on a PGCE course with a university last year. It had about 10 international students myself included and the rest from Africa.

I tried really hard to talk to people and make friends with British students but no success. It was people of all ages on the course from 21 to 55, mostly 26-40. When I tried to ask how people were doing they only said good thanks and carried on with their stuff. I sat next to Brits at lectures and when we had group discussions in tables they completely ignored me so I had to move tables and was only "accepted" at the international students table.

Or sometimes when I came early and wanted to sit next to Brits they said all the seats were taken yet later one or two wasn't taken due to someone's absence. When asked if I could join them at the table later they said they were sitting somewhere else. Same in the canteen during breaks. In the group chat my messages would often go unnoticed/ignored.

I was basically always sat with other international students (all in their 30s or older) and made friends with them but they were only talking to and hanging out with each other and barely trying to hang out with the locals.

At the same time we had a Russian on our course and people were so eager to chat to him and would sit next to him in class/canteen all the time. He was popular and alwas surrounded by Brits and made lots of friends, went out with them all the time, pubs and more. He had no issues at all and was liked by everyone. Is it because he's into football and drinking and we aren't or something else? Just like the rest he'd often pay very little attention to me and hardly speak to me although he was generally okay.

The course just ended and honestly looking back at it I realize I felt totally excluded and now that I spoke to other internationals about it they said they weren't even trying in the end because all their tries to bond with locals were unsuccessful and they quickly realized it would be a waste of time. They were only hanging out with each other and not with Brits.

Why is it like that? I'm sure I'm not the only one who experienced that but i want to know why a Russian was immediately accepted by everyone and even viewed as one of them and we weren't..

It effected my mental health and now I'm just frustrated and angry. Sometimes I wish I was European. I really tried to fit in but it seems like I wasn't accepted no matter what just like other international students. The university wasn't helpful and they didn't care or do much at all.

all of my friends have finished fashion at college and are now preparing for uni in september. i decided not to apply to uni as im not that interested in fashion, but now i feel like ive made the complete wrong decision. i am now about to do another two years at college and do hairdressing since its my dream job, but i feel like such a failure. is anyone else having/had a similar experience to me? if so, what are you doing now?

I think we need to stop throwing around the term "mickey mouse degrees". Genuinely no degrees are useless. All areas of study are important to culture and human life and interaction.

Sociology is important.
Art is important.
Music is important.
Performing art is important.
Anthropology is important.

Niche courses are how we end up with such a diverse culture and society.

EDIT: This got way more attention than i thought it would, genuinely didn't know this many people were so obsessed with science to the point of forgetting that arts and social sciences are also important and necessary for a lot of jobs. As well as the transferable skills gained from doing a degree such as research, critical thinking, academic writing etc. Importance isn't only reliant on earning potential.

EDIT 2: And I also feel the need to clarify that I hold a degree in Forensic Science for all of the comments saying I'm just jealous that I didn't do a STEM degree haha.

Hi guys,

Just got my gcse results today and fair to say I'm not happy with some of them. So I wanted to ask if universities really see an 8 equal to a 9 as an A*?

Because I know some people's schools do letter grades ,not numbers, so I wanted to know if this is actually true. Are 6s and 7s really bad in the eyes of prestigious unis like Warwick and King's College? I know they definitely are for Oxbridge

I got into a Master’ programme at a Russell Group university at 40! 🎉 My first ever depressive episode made the whole application process so much harder, and somehow seems to have enrolled with me too.
I’m still too emotionally exhausted to fully celebrate- be happy for me until I can properly feel it myself! :)

Is £100 a week enough to live okay at uni in nottingham, to not struggle but nothing extravagant either. I’ve been talking to my parents about how much money they’ll send me at uni since i’ll basically be skint after all my sfe goes towards accom and there isn’t much info about this online so I thought I’d ask. I have minimal savings too so i’ll basically be relying on them until i find a job (hopefully.)

Lingusitics is about how people talk so it looks useless qm law is 7th

So im planning to study a cs degree but the more research i do, the more i see people complaining how difficult the job market is right now and how AI is taking over. Cs is like the only topic im passionate about but choosing a career that has a bad job market just for 'passion' is not wise. I dont wanna end up with a good-for-nothing degree working at mcdonalds for the rest of my life. I thought cs was at least more stable than creative/artistic careers but at this rate who knows. Lowkey might be better if i switch to something stable, even if i hate it at least I will have enough money to survive. Im pretty decent at maths so finance could be a option.

Before you say, "you should've revised more" obviously I know that. This past year I have been in the worst depression of my life. I go to a top uni that most people would kill to be at, but I can't make myself care. This was my last resit, even though I didn't take it other times due to my mental health issues. If I fail, I will be forced to drop out. Results come out in a month, right when uni is starting, and things were finally starting to look better for me, but now I have nothing to look forward to :(

Whats the current consensus on adding a little humour into my dissertation? I'm writing my dissertation on nuclear deterrence and have a section dedicated to automated decision making and implications for nuclear deterrence. Referred to the cobalt bomb doomsday device in Dr Strangelove and how inadvertent and accidental escalation led to a failure of nuclear deterrence.

Could I put a footnote in just to quote the ending line ("Mein Furhrer, I can walk!") when I make this point or is it seen as unprofessional?

Edit: Consensus reached, decided not to include it