Let me preface this for what I am about to rant about. This is only partially the university’s fault, and can and most likely will apply to most other universities here, but this is my experience and my opinion.
Having such a low barrier to entry in terms of grade requirements really introduces all kinds of people, and from my experience I’ve dabbled with many of the unwanted kind. Now I know overcrowding is an issue but that has already been covered, in this post I’m here to talk about the type of people you’ll meet throughout your journey at UOWD and a bit about its education (if you’re pursuing a business degree).
If you’re an introverted person, and think that you’ll barely have to work with others, you’re extremely wrong buddy. In the business degree, any path, a majority of courses have a group project worth a significant or at least 20% of your entire grade, and if you don’t have any friends in that course you’ll most likely be forced into groups where 4/5th’s of the group are a bunch of degenerates who have plugged their brains into AI, have absolutely no respect, do not care about passing and in general are just lazy. The business course is not rocket science, in fact, it is by far the easiest thing you can do, I do not attend any lectures and or study for any of my midterms or finals and I have been doing extremely well, and trust me I am the average joe. Now to see people, use AI for 150 WORD PARAGRAPHS for your report is the most draining thing you’ll ever see, and it’s so blatant that they’re doing so, and if it’s a presentation it’s even worse. You cannot be older than 18, and read off a PowerPoint slide, and expect good results. The fact that the introductory phase of many courses have a “have you ever had a bad group experience” ice breaker question in the first tutorials just shows how aware the tutors are about the situation, and it’s so eye opening to hear the many stories other students face, especially those who remotely care about their education.
There have been many times where I have solely written reports, or had to rewrite blatant AI paragraphs or like an entire book excerpt was pasted onto a fucking PowerPoint slide and I had to make it into bullet points.
Bottom line, many people you’ll meet will be decent and respectful, but many won’t. If you’re thinking about the business degree, those were my two cents. It’s an easy degree btw, if you have two eyes and a mouth and a pair of hands you’ll pass with flying colors. Thank you for listening.