I'm in the 2nd year of a science degree. I'm one of a tiny minority of mature students at my uni and the only one on my course with children.
Since starting my degree life has kept getting in the way - trying to work as well as study, children having issues at school, two bereavements........I've ended up feeling depressed and exhausted. I can't focus or concentrate and in lectures, it all goes in one ear and out the other. I gave up my part time job but I'm still struggling. I don't know what to do. The uni are not tremendously supportive of mature students, and suggested that I either take a year off (but didn't know how this might affect my fees/funding) or drop out altogether.
If I take a year off or drop out, I will be back at square one - unqualified and unemployed, with no job prospects except for basic admin or retail.
I've just been gritting my teeth and hanging on in there as I've only 1 more year to go....but currently I have exams looming and I'm sure I'm going to fail them. I'm trying to revise but can't concentrate at all, and can barely string a sentence together when I try to write. (I used to be really good at researching info and writing essays). It's like my brain just isn't working properly.
I feel quite alone and pretty miserable. My experience has left me feeling that I've chosen the wrong uni and the wrong course, but it's too late to change it now. Of course on the open day they really sold it to me, and implied that they always have plenty of mature students on the course when I asked. What are my options?
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SleeplessByTheSeaside · 30/04/2017 15:37
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