DS has just finished his first year at Oxford. He really enjoyed the work he studied, and found it super interesting. He had some problems with bad teaching/pressurising tutors in his first year but he has made friends.
He told me he worked really really hard, but he still only got a 2.1 in his exams.
He’s been looking at his old school
mate’s experiences at other universities like Bristol, Edinburgh etc. His mates have all had much more ‘fun’ than him, clubbing, time for a job, an all round uni experience and have come out with firsts in their first year exams without many hours put in. (Of course no one knows for sure if they are telling the truth!)
But ds has found himself on the cusp of 2nd year wishing he went to a normal university. Where he’d have a “life” and the work wouldn’t be so hard.
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DS wishes he didn’t go to Oxford
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citrusbleach · 04/08/2019 10:52
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