Essential Essex : why come to uni?

You are bound to have heard people describe their time at uni as the best years of their lives. Don’t think this is just a cliché because a lot of them really mean it! Uni is a life changing experience which can open up and provide loads of amazing opportunities. So if you're still umm-ing and ahh-ing over whether you should or shouldn’t go, even after finding out about what life is really like here at Essex then may be these last few points with help you make a decision!

1. You have the chance to study a subject you really enjoy in further detail.
2. Having a degree gives you better career prospects and means you can earn more money! Over the course of a career, graduates earn approximately 20% more than non-graduates, that’s about £150,000!
3. Some people use uni as a way to escape their parents and move out of home; you can go as far, or as near as you want!
4. You get the opportunity to meet loads of new, interesting, like-minded people from different cultures and backgrounds.
5. There are loads of different things you can get involved with at uni, whether it means continuing an existing sport or hobby, picking up a new one, doing volunteer work, or gaining valuable work experience for your CV.
6. University also gives you the opportunity for personal development-making new friends and being in a new situation allows you to work out who you really are!