In general, do you have any uni regrets?

Joseph41

For example, in retrospect I sort of regret not double degree-ing in Arts/Education or Arts/Science or something instead of straight Arts. I loved Arts, but it seems like a pretty good deal to me to get another degree for (relatively) not that much more time.

I think this would be a common one, but I also didn't really get involved in anything until the last year or two of my degree.

How about you?

JerryMouse

Hey Joseph41,

Long time no see.

I started uni this year and I regret studying something which I really didn't enjoy.

I chose IT because I looked more at the practical benefits instead of what I truly enjoyed. IT has job stability, good pay and a lot of flexibility. Unfortunately, this year has been nothing but grinding for me. Now I'm switching to Business next year as I've always been more of a humanities enthusiast but even then I'm not 100% sure about Business as I really don't know much about where each major can take me.

In regards to 'getting involved in anything', I've already been to many uni events held by clubs and societies and have participated in some volunteering. I've heard from so many older students who've all told me that they wish that they'd gotten involved earlier on in their degree. I'm thankful for having taken this leap early on because every time I go to an event, I'm pretty much going out of my comfort zone and learning new skills at the same time.

Thanks for the question,

Kind regards
JerryMouse

Owlbird83

Probably studying the straight Bpsych (but i also have had 3 years of opportunities to transfer to to science but haven't because by the time I realised I don't want to be a psychologist it was just easier to stay). Since I don't want to do psych in the future anymore I would have preferred to have the flexibility of the science degree because there were so many cool-sounding physiology subjects I would have wanted to do.
I originally picked the Bpsych partially because I heard most people need to study something more specialised after science to get a job, not realising psych still requires study after too which could be approached through a science degree (with an extended major) anyway.

Ashmi

Definitely not being careful with my subject selection and my poor timetabling in first year. I wished I picked other electives in first year that were from other disciplines (e.g. computing) to complement my major rather than taking as many subjects relating to my major surprisingly. I learnt that there was a limit cap for first-year subjects way too late and that sucked.

I also wished I was careful about my timetable in first year, as arranging it right the first time would have saved a lot of stress! I'm much more careful these days haha.

tiredandstressed

Probably put more of an effort to socialise during online classes (considering my final two years were online 2020/2021) as now I have lost touch with the few uni friends I did have.