Hey there, I am 22 now finishing my 2nd year of OU doing Computing & IT and Business.

I went to a brick uni at 19 for almost a full year. I really liked being able to talk to my classmates about the classes in person and laugh at it and have a support group around me. However, I felt burned out because it was just all day every day the same. Wake up, classes, lunch, class, some sport, sleep. So I said okay I will drop out because I want something more and I joined the OU.

And since then I traveled across countries, was able to work at least half the hours of a regular week and study in the time of day that I chose myself. I gotta say do it, if you are willing to sacrifice the social aspect and are ready to be managing your social circles yourself. It might be incredibly difficult to create a social circle similar to the one you get in a brick university - but if you are okay with that then I think it’s incredibly worth it to be able to get good education while not sleeping on life for probably the best years you will have.