Is my uni degree really worth my mental health? (UK)

Bit of context, I've done 3 years of Art & Design, 2 years of LVL 3 and 1 year of Foundation Art & Design (part of a LVL 4). When I completed my first 2 years, the degree that I'm currently on was highly recommended to me, however I declined, as I wasn't 100% sure it was what I wanted to do, so I took the year doing Foundation. Then again when I finished my 3rd year, it was recommended to me again, and given the fact that they have offered me a place twice, it seemed silly not to take them up on the offer. So I went through the whole application process and I breezed through the interview. I was set to start my degree in October 2018, but I was totally oblivious to just how different my educational life would be on this degree. Not to mention that I would be paying £27,000 for the whole 3 years, along with other payments needed just to survive. Now I know that you only start paying the loans back after you are earning £21,000/$27,000 a year, and even then it's only £450 a year on your loans. But money will come and go so there's no point stressing about it.

I'm 4 months into my course and I want out. It has killed the passion and the fire in my belly that I once had. My course is under-staffed, some tutors moan about how much work they have to do, my timetable is a guessing game, and I quote,"this timetable is just a rough idea of where you might be". Oh well that's fucking brilliant, I'm paying 9 grand a year for a course that doesn't even know where we are going to be. I have spoken to some 2nd and 3rd year students and they say it doesn't get any better. They get results back with sloppy feedback, points of improvement that are present in their work if they had just looked properly.

I don't see why I should have to suffer at the hands of my tutors due to their own shortcomings. I'm sorry but I'm worth more than that, I don't want my family to have to bury me because of the monumental amount of stress, anxiety and the depression it causes me. I have a multitude of other issues which I deal with every day, but coupled with the mental health issues that the last 4 months have caused me, I can no longer continue on this path.

I am very interested to hear from you guys, just want a fresh perspective.

Submitted February 28, 2019 at 04:19AM by Dr_Q_PhD https://ift.tt/2Uc4RPB