All Universities, no matter no how big or prestigious they are have issues like a lack of computers in the middle of the day, poor IT support, the most popular books are always checked out and you have this general sense you’re -just- a student.

I’ve heard the same criticism drawn towards ex-polytechnics, tiny universities, big universities, expensive universities, cheap universities, prestigious ones and bottom-of-the-barrel ones. Many people feel that way, I’m not lying.

The idea behind going to university is not the score you get – at the end of the day, nobody really cares about the grade. What you are doing at university is proving to the world that no matter what crap happens and no matter how hard the work gets, you stuck with it. You proved to everybody that you had the patience and inclination to work at something and get the job done.

When I was a student, I struggled all the way through. There were several times that I felt like I was drowning in the work, a few times I thought to myself ‘what’s the point? I should just quit’. Many times I felt like I was the only one who was suffering, and too times I was up late into the night trying to get something complete. I almost failed 2 years of one course. I didn’t have a single friend on my course to talk to. People around me were telling me that I should give up. BUT I DIDN’T. I looked at all my options, decided that to hell with other people, I’m going to get this degree to prove to the world I can do it!

I talked to the university advice people, talked to my former and current tutors, and got myself back up again. I left university with a 2-1, and by god I was proud of it! I struggled and pushed and I damn well thought I deserved my degree!

Seth, I think you’re great and so do all the guys in TermiSoc. I know you’ve had a hard lot over the years, but this is your moment to shine. JEven if the work is boring and uninteresting and your lecturers are all prats and your university is a pain, you should say to yourself ‘I don’t care, I’m doing this for ME!’.

I vaguely recall something about the eduroam login being slightly different when you’re not at your home university, the username changes to something specific (possibly something along the lines of username@institution, possibly with something else odd in there too)