University VS Social Life

The struggle between balancing your social life and gravitating towards getting your degree can often lead to a bleak road.

Individuals may question wether the sleepless nights, junk food overload and passing up the opportunities to go out and have a good time is worth all the time and dedication it will require for you to get the grades you want.

Students may often feel as though the light at the end of tunnel is nowhere to be seen as the constant studying and pulling of the hair can sometimes get the better of us. So how do students manage to balance both fulfilling both social life and student life.

Upon my research I interviewed many university students and asked how they manage to prioritise their social life as well as being a student.

20-year-old Savannah Thomas who studies Pschycolgy at the University of Goldsmiths states that "At first I'd be at every fresher event as the workload wasn't too much. I'd still manage to complete and hand my work in on time and still got reasonable good grades so I didn't think University would be as stressful as everyone else says it is".

The universities site UK reports that in the years of 2015-16 2.28 million students were studying at a U.K. Higher level education institutions. Thomas then goes to to explain that " gradually as I started my second year the workload changed drastically I wasn't really able to

Go out as much as I initially did in first year as I'd always give myself a pep talk at remind myself that study must come first"

Majority of the students I interviewed said that they set theirselves deadlines on when the fun would end, whereas others weren't much of the going out type so giving up their social life wasn't a problem.

20-year-old Sade Phillips who is in her final year at the University of Greenwhich also said that at times she had to miss out on having a social life in order to get to where she is now. "I wouldn't class myself as a proper going out girl but I do love few drinks here and there with my loved ones. You need to remember that once you become a student you have to learn how to prioritise your workload whilst wanting to have fun. I was able to do this by making sure I'd at least complete some to m it work before going out to have my fun so that I wouldn't feel to bad about letting my hair down on a good night out".

The concept of learning how to juggle both personal life and teaching towards your goal is easy. Set yourself deadlines on when you will complete a certain assessment required of you. Depending on you as an the individual you will know how much stress you can bear. For example, if you know you won't complete any work if you go out then don't, we are all in charge of the things that take place into our lives and must suffer the consequences of our actions.

Being a student doesn't limit you to go out and have fun although students must learn how to balance the two. Think about it this way, education is key but being a student doesn't decrease the value of that and you can still have fun but be realistic. University is about learning how to priorities your time and knowing how to attend to the things that need attending to.