University/College Dropouts

[Humble]

I've got so many friends of mine that have decided to drop out of university this year, which has made me feel kinda bad for them as many went to my school and college e.t.c and we've pretty much been together for years~ Is their life after university/college for heads that drop out???~ what are the options available to them???~ Is it the end of the world???(some heads I know have contemplated suicide due to dropping out)~ Can the university/college do more to help students through stressful times during their studies???~ Have you/do you know anyone that have dropped outta uni/college???~ Does retail work await them???~MOST IMPORTANTLY, IS THEIR STILL A CHANCE OF SUCCESS.Hoping for some sensible comments.......

[Mr Q]

Always still a chance of success, but not for all of them.Although alot more people are going to uni to get degrees its always better to have one then to be a dropout IMO.

[Bruno Di Gradi]

i dropped out of college like 3 years ago....... and now im going bak in september finally..... life without higher education qualifications aint the lick.

[JLovely]

There is success without having qualifications, they just gotta go about it the right way. Truss there are graduates in retail so it really dont make a difference.

[L]

Lol you gotta be joking.Surely you're not asking whether someone needs university education to succeed.. SURELY

[MrJibbles]

Course there's a chance of success.I myself am looking to go back during September maybe do evening classes so I can still do full-time work.Best example close to me is proberly my uncle he went back to his bits, moved up to work at Olympia on to Excel now Asia World in Hong Kong.

[Humble]

Lol you gotta be joking.Surely you're not asking whether someone needs university education to succeed.. SURELY

Nah I'm not saying that, but it helps

[Ella]

my friend dropped out of of college, and now she wishes she hadn't. she didn't get the best grades for gcse's so she ended up working in retail, then she got pregnant, and now she can't get a job. i was talking to her y/day and she was telling me how if she could start again she would do things differently. sound like she should be posting in carpe's thread

[Nola D]

i know alot of people who's dropped outta uni, i dont think u always need a degree to get into the profession you want. Im draggin my heels about goin into my 3rd year at the mo, there's too much theory in film course not enough pratical. If anything i dont think i needed to go uni to do what i wanted to do, i just didnt fancy the idea of being a runner fulltime that's all.

[Guest M12]

Lol you gotta be joking.Surely you're not asking whether someone needs university education to succeed.. SURELY

some people NEED education to keep them controlled until they reach maturity.certain man will drop outta uni and work in wh smiths with no other plans or aims, just happy to work away and occasionally get bonus payments for hitting daily target and other foolishness that will boost their income from 11,000 to 11,500. SMHothers will jam on their mums sofa and blaze all day.then theres the heads who will wake up at 9am even though they have nowhere to go and make their lil schemes and plans floating round in their heads reality. Or be on the lookout for opportunities that will have them living nicely.sadly hardly anyone is like the last scenario. most end up like the first two.

[tuppatopbrer]

Uni is not the be all and end all. It may be a waste of year dropping out after your 1st year. But at least its not the 2nd or 3rd year, or even worse failing your degree.Turn your experience from uni into positives. Yes you dropped out but that doesn't mean you learnt nothing.

[Nola D]

then theres the heads who will wake up at 9am even though they have nowhere to go and make their lil schemes and plans floating round in their heads reality. Or be on the lookout for opportunities that will have them living nicely.

i know someone like this, they have so much good business ideas, i really hope something will jump off for them one day.

[Roots]

Yeah theres a girl in my class that droped out at the last minute (were only 3 months left) and before them two years she did like a course that will ge her into the advance one BTECH ting, and now she's waisted 3 years...I feel sorry for her doe.*Gives her a call to see whats up*

[L]

my friend dropped out of of college, and now she wishes she hadn't. she didn't get the best grades for gcse's so she ended up working in retail, then she got pregnant, and now she can't get a job. i was talking to her y/day and she was telling me how if she could start again she would do things differently. sound like she should be posting in carpe's thread

To be fair your bredrin dont sound like the brightest lamp in the street so no matter what she probably woulda flopped

[Kurtis]

i was gonna drop outta college last yearbut didnt

[Ella]

my friend dropped out of of college, and now she wishes she hadn't. she didn't get the best grades for gcse's so she ended up working in retail, then she got pregnant, and now she can't get a job. i was talking to her y/day and she was telling me how if she could start again she would do things differently. sound like she should be posting in carpe's thread

To be fair your bredrin dont sound like the brightest lamp in the street so no matter what she probably woulda flopped

true

[Homo McDoogle]

I dropped out of college this year but i been in college for 3 years but i dont know wether to do full time work or not , early life crisis initdurty boy give man some ideas i know your clever

[L]

Anyone who's on a BTEC course, its pretty much a no brainer not to drop it, it would mean you would have wasted a year on your life with nothing to show for it..I did music tech and HATED it after a year, there was bare sh*t on it that i really wasnt interested in, but went the 2nd year, and i have a qualification for pretty much just being there..A Levels is another ting coz at least you'll have the AS

[Carpe_Deum]

you can drop out of uni if you feel it isnt for you and have something else burning within you that you wanna pursue, long as you have that passion really. you dont even have to start a business... one of my friend's dropped out of uni..but has never been out of IT work doing nicely for himself. to drop out and loaf around is where you'll be pissed. but its not where you've been, its where you're at that matters

[Agony]

I stopped going Uni in February. Lucky I didn't pay the fees for this year.

[Savant]

you can drop out of uni if you feel it isnt for you and have something else burning within you that you wanna pursue, long as you have that passion really. you dont even have to start a business... one of my friend's dropped out of uni..but has never been out of IT work doing nicely for himself. to drop out and loaf around is where you'll be pissed. but its not where you've been, its where you're at that matters

Said it.

[Skola]

lol of course there is a chance of success!and of ppl take a year or two in uni to discover that it isnt what they want.some of them leave more motivated to do what they want(and are successfull).....others dont.its down to the person.

[Roots]

Are there A Levels that last a year anyone?

[revs]

i know alot of people who's dropped outta uni, i dont think u always need a degree to get into the profession you want. Im draggin my heels about goin into my 3rd year at the mo, there's too much theory in film course not enough pratical. If anything i dont think i needed to go uni to do what i wanted to do, i just didnt fancy the idea of being a runner fulltime that's all.

your going to have a big shock then

[JWP]

Most times when people drop out of uni it usually turns out that they didnt think it through properly, i.e didnt plan out exactly what they were gonna do after they drop out, or planned to do something unrealistic such as "record tunes and crack america in 6 months" then they end up regretting dropping out in the first place.Also, in most cases people who go to uni just to get a degree and end up doing any mickey mouse course just because it sounds entertaining may end up being in the same category as drop outs eventually anyway.