Last September I thought I had the next five years planned;
go to university, study and make friends for life, get an internship during my
sandwich year, when I successfully left university I would apply for graduate jobs and
be where I wanted to be. Unfortunately it did not work out that way, now my
future is uncertain - but I will never regret leaving university when I did. I
could have stayed there for the four years, struggled with understanding the
how the course would help me practically, not enjoyed my time there because of
issues and ended up having almost £40,000 worth of debt with an average degree.
Instead I made the decision to leave Worcester and come home
to London where I could work hard and put the dedication in with a company to
gain valuable on the job training and understand how the industry works rather
than just reading how it should work from a book. Leaving university was one of
the hardest decisions I have made. If I left I would be considered a “drop out”
and it would appear to a lot of people that I wasn’t succeeding enough at university
so left. But staying somewhere when I wasn’t happy – not enjoying the course,
not enjoying social activities on offer and was four hours from home. I felt I would
have lost any confidence I had in myself or my work. The lack of confidence
would have then have been a real hindrance to me from succeeding not only at
university, but after university.
I have been very lucky and had a supportive family who
understood staying at university would have been horrible, instead they have
encouraged my job search and try to help in every way possible.
So…now in five years I hope to have a good job in an
industry I enjoy, have supportive friends, family and co-workers. But mostly to
have proven to everybody that university isn’t the be all and end all that
success is about hard work and commitment.
With support and help of people that believe in you success is
achievable. The reason I left university is not because I am not smart enough but
there are different ways of reaching your goals. I am intelligent, I can and will work hard to get somewhere.
I am not going to let my experience of university define who
I am.
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