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Leaving University
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i have about 5 months left at uni :crying:
i live with 7 girls and theyre like my best friends. it will be heartbreaking to leave them and my lovely life in leeds. its going to be so depressing when i have to move back home with my parents. less independence, less fun
does anyone else feel scared? what are your plans for when you graduate?
i live with 7 girls and theyre like my best friends. it will be heartbreaking to leave them and my lovely life in leeds. its going to be so depressing when i have to move back home with my parents. less independence, less fun
does anyone else feel scared? what are your plans for when you graduate?
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But I don't really get on with my mum so moving back isn't an option. Either I'm going to move into a flat with a mate in london or else a few of us are going to pick a city sort out jobs and a place to stay and start over in a whole new place.
Either way should be good fun. At the end of the day its the people that makes uni so good...if you can find a way to live with your mates after this year you should be able to fend off boredom and routine for another few years
i guess i should start thinking about travelling really and get excited about it. i just get sad because its like the end of an era.
ah well.
Personally, I think that after university, I may stay in the city I'm studying in for a while before moving into London. Or wherever there's a job for me. That said, maybe come 2009, my perspective will be completely different.
yes, you'll probably find that realistically you won't be able to find a job that quickly and therefore won't be able to afford to not go home.
also, as lipsy said she wants to save to go travelling.
As for Lipsy, I don't get this fuss about travelling. I think that someone straight out of university should be getting on with work myself instead of gallivanting round the world, but each to their own.
wtf? 'gallivanting' around the world? she's going travelling no doubt to meet some new people, have some fun and see the world before she settles down to get a job. after 3 years of hard work (and fun..!) at uni i wouldn't blame anyone who wanted to have a break before working full time or whatever.
okay...so if you go home after uni..you say there's no jobs but least you'll have a roof over your head. how would you propose to have a roof over your head if you end up being unemployed for a while after uni?
yes you might have to settle for NO job to start with. you need to be realistic. as far as i'm aware most people return home after they've finished university for whatever length of time.
'you've got to utilise your degree for something'? i'm sure lipsy will, but what's the rush?! and student debt doesn't start accruing interest until you earn something like £15k and that's hardly likely if you're working in mcdonalds.
aye...
infact I kind of view student debt (with the SLC) as extra tax rather than debt
it's removed automatically from your paycheck once you begin earning over (something like) £15k. so it doesn't "bog you down" as such. unless you're in serious debt with the bank too of course.
hell of a scary thing leaving uni imo. i think i've had a pretty rough time here tbh. but hopefully and if everything goes according to plan, when i graduate i should be off spending a year in south africa working and training on safari. - seriously!
Of my student debt about £2000 of it is just interest, and interest on the interest. I've not finished university yet.
It's just that you don't start paying it back until you earn over a certain amount (which depends which year you started university in as the level keeps changing).
i want to see the world, experience different cultures, meet new people and visit beautiful places. and what better time to do that than before i start on the corporate ladder which i'll be climbing for the next 40years.
also, employers always ask whether you have travelled extensively, especially for jobs like marketing. travelling is character building and increases confidence.
I don't have the option of moving back home anymore, so hopefully I will be renting a flat with my boyfriend and staying down where I'm at Uni.
Luckily a few of my friends are either from around here or are staying down here anyway, so hopefully it won't be too lonely!
I'm really worried about not being able to find a job and not being able to afford somewhere to live though.
After I finish university, I am going to go travelling for a year. I want to experience different cultures, visit new and exciting places and meet new people. Its an opportunity I won't be offered later on in life. I want to see a bit of the world before settling down in a full time job, buying a house and starting a family.
After 3 years of working hard at University, 2 years of working hard at college and all those years at school, I think just taking one year of your life doing the things you want isn't going to do that much harm.
I'm going to go travelling, I will regret it if I don't.
As for the whole debt thingy, stop stressing so much about it.