Uni isn't for everyone and can be a massive waste of money. Think about what you want from life . if you're not sure then don't push yourself into it. Work might be better for you. And bullshit is uni easy and relaxing
It really depends on the country and the university, though. Here in Japan university is ridiculously easy (people call it "人生の春休み" - The spring break of life), presumably because getting into uni is so difficult, students have to take a break once they're actually in.
Going back to uni in the UK, which actually is quite difficult, is going to be a big culture shock for me, I think. I've got used to slacking off at uni and devoting all my time to other, extra-curricular activities instead.
Universities are easier than college. This much I agree. I go to a university myself and didn't think it would be this easy. The only thing you gotta be good at is composing your essays because you will be writing those like a madman. For the level 300 classes, I write between four to eight page essays. I know the level 400 classes will go as high as twelve or fifteen.
College just seems to be more work at the cost of paying less. I went to two different colleges and I hated them.
At least this is what I can tell in the United States.
I thought universities in Japan are harder?
You need to remember that to you Americans, college means something totally different to what it means to most of the rest of the world - so I don't really know what you're talking about. I *think* what you would call college would just be university to me though.
Though how tough is getting into in uni in japan compared to India I wonder. Getting into a nice uni is kinda tough but manageable though a good majority get into a normal uni here.
You know how Japanese school kids are famous for working ridiculously hard? That's purely so they can get into a good uni. A student wanting to get into a decent uni will, most likely, be part of a club activity - a sports team or whatever - which will have practice after school most days of the week, as well as Saturdays (and sometimes Sundays too), plus official matches. Then after club, they will go to cram school (again, most days of the week), where they will study for a few hours more. Then when they get home they will do all their homework, and maybe study some more as well.
All of this is so they can apply to a good uni. Once they have applied (I think they can apply for up to 5), they then have to take the centre exam, in their third year of high school, which is a kind of standardised university entrance exam, plus any other extra exams held by individual universities. These exams are known for being extremely difficult for the top universities, so a lot of people fail. Their applications will then either be accepted or rejected based on these exams, their academic record, any interviews etc the university may have held, and so on.
Also, they may also work equally hard in junior high school, in order to be accepted into a top high school with an good reputation, to improve their chances of getting into a good university. Or maybe they'll apply for a high school affiliated with the university they want to go to. My uni, Yokohama National University, has it's own high, junior high, and elementary schools for example, and if you're a student in one of those, then the requirements for progressing into the next one, and ultimately into the university, are lower. Some parents enrol their kids in the elementary school affiliated with the university they'd like them to go to when they grow up, in order to maximise their chances of getting in by progressing through the affiliated school system.
I don't know what it's like in India, so I can't compare, but I can't imagine it's nearly as bad as Japan.
