An Analysis of Benefits and Challenges in University Life

This essay delves into the multifaceted aspects of university life, exploring both the advantages and the difficulties faced by students. It highlights benefits such as the carefree lifestyle, networking opportunities, development of communication skills, digital fluency, acquisition of professional qualifications, formation of new friendships and mentorships, and the experience of healthy competition. Simultaneously, it addresses the challenges students encounter, including adjusting to a new life, academic pressure, financial constraints, health issues, time management difficulties, choosing a major subject, potential conflicts with peers, and homesickness. The essay draws upon various sources to support its arguments, providing a comprehensive overview of the student experience in higher education.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Benefits and Challenges of being a University student...............................................................3
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

MAIN BODY
Benefits and Challenges of being a University student
According to point of view of author (Alruwais and et.al., 2018), Being a college student
one of important fact that makes the college life easy is the carefree lifestyle in which university
students are at ease in their behaviour and study process. Students work on their patterns of
lifestyle while studying alongside. They are able to manage their life accordingly. In which
students attend classes whenever they feel to. The lifestyle they lead also makes them
concentrate on what is being taught in college. Hence, they university students prefer that they
leisurely work on the grounds of being comfortable and to makes college life memorable.
As stated by the Author (Habibi and et.al., 2018), Students are able to make opportunities
by networking. For this, they interact with other students, make connections, build relationships
which helps them grow on the larger levels. Networking becomes important for university
students as it makes the process of finding the jobs easy and many such career chance are opened
widely to them. And due to this, networking for students become an integral part when they grow
in their career they meet many such other students who are successful in what they already set
for the future goals.
As Specified by the Author (George, 2019), Students learn good communication skills
which serves as a benefit of being a university student. Debates, speeches, group discussions and
various other activities makes communication skills of the students improve at its best level.
Communications skills both written and verbal helps the students specially in Universities where
they communicate on the level of their understanding and knowledge leads them to know more
about themselves and others perspectives.
As denoted by Author (Alruwais and et.al., 2018), Digital fluency is one great benefit
which is acquired by University students. This ensures that students who study for higher
education in university are more open to technological advancements which have been in
progress. Students are engaged in online classes and platforms and are exposed to various
software. This tech — savvy knowledge helps the students to keep them updated for their future

career goals and objectives they wish to achieve. Technology is a changing factor which helps in
demonstrating the current trends and techniques which helps students the most.
According to Author (Habibi and et.al., 2018), University students gain professional
qualification which helps them build their career and makes them analyse their inner capabilities
and capacities through which they achieve certain goals and ambitions. Students qualification is
also respected and recognized worldwide to wherever they make their career and in which field
they prosper more. Students education becomes the most important aspect in growth of the
career because that sets the path through which they will reach their goal.
As per Author (George, 2019), Benefit of being a University student also ponders upon
creating new friends and mentors which becomes future contacts and colleagues. This aspect also
helps the students to make more relations and contact while they are in University. The
behavioural aspect of students is concerned with how they manage and create new relationships
with their classmates and teachers. Friends also help in maintaining such relationships which
lasts long and stay strong in the college life and after life.
According to Author (Alruwais and et.al., 2018), University students acquire a benefit
that they indulge into healthy competition. This enables them to face different calibre with their
peers. It helps in analysing the strength and weakness which one possess. This phase teaches the
importance of hard work and honesty which makes the student assess own capabilities and skills
during education process being taken from University. Healthy competition also encourages and
motivates students which brings them altogether to compete with other students whether it be in
studies or any activities which are being framed by the Universities.
As per Author (Habibi and et.al., 2018), The efforts of teachers and mentors focus is on
how to help University students sharpen their skills and abilities so that they are able to identify
their capacities and boundaries to which extent they can grow and what are limits they are bound
to. Sharpening the skills and abilities deliver best of what student acquires. And help them grow
in what they have been desiring to achieve in their behaviour and personal life. Students abilities
and skills define their knowledge and aptitude which make them analyse their true self. Students
varying with different skills and competencies adds to value of University's reputation and
increases chances of more student enrolment in University. Students abilities also helps them in
job placements in their desired fields helping them make effective career for long run.

As specified by Author (Lattie and et.al., 2019), Adjusting to a new life is the biggest
challenge which University students face. Students fear the change that they might not like
University culture, or they might not adjust to the environment or surroundings of the University.
For students, it becomes difficult as they enter into the college life. And so in first year they try
to adjust themselves according to the surroundings. They face uncertainties which demotivate
them towards their college life. Adjusting to newer college environment becomes difficult for
students who are introvert and open themselves towards new surroundings slowly and gradually.
As per Author (Pessoa and et.al., 2017), The second challenge which is common in
University life is pressure which arises from studies. Students face difficulties in following the
University course circulars. They find it hard with educational levels being set by the University.
Therefore, students face the course structure difficult, and they are unable to cope up with studies
in different course structures. As University study defines the course in which students are
enrolled in, it also refers to the capabilities of students to analyse their true potential towards the
education process which they are studying.
According to Author (Murray, 2018), Education cost worry the students of University as
they choose their career and course in which they wish to excel. As good the university is, more
is the education cost while studying in the University. Students encounter financial problems
while choosing the college of their choice. Many financial constraints become a challenge for the
students to get themselves enrolled in top Universities. And along with that staying cost also
counts in students expenses which are the major concerns of students for studying in college.
As denoted by the Author (Lattie and et.al., 2019), Students in University also face
sickness or illness challenges. Students face poor self — care, inadequate sleep and heightened
stress which results in poor health. These factors also affect the performance of students in
exams. Therefore, health being the primary factor for students has many difficulty stages in
which students find inconvenience due to the over — burden of studies and other environmental
factors which directly affects the health of students.
As specified by Author (Pessoa and et.al., 2017), Time management is also the major
challenge which students face. The difficulty they face is maintaining a proper balance between
personal work and studies. Time management is such a management which requires stability of
both personal and professional life in which students fail to understand it. Therefore, time when

not managed by the students results in poor day work activities and nothing is done on time
without planning effectively and efficiently.
According to Author (Murray, 2018), Choosing a preferred major subject becomes a
challenging factor for students who have enrolled in the University or college. When it's time to
select major subject, lot of pressure gets attached to the choice been taken. It becomes a
challenge deciding what is best at that time of selection of subject and what is the best suitable as
career. Students find it much more difficult when they have to choose between two options
benefiting both University and College on large educational scale. Therefore, this factor becomes
more challenging towards attainment of goals and objectives when unable to decide what is the
long — term achievement.
As specified by Author (Lattie and et.al., 2019), Difficulties may arise between new
friends being made which contributes to being a challenge as different perspectives and mind
sets may create conflicts between the students. This can be the same problem with room-mates in
which there can be clashes which results to gap in communication and misrepresentation of ideas
to be accepted by the other students and room-mates. These problems also affects the behaviour
of students with the other students and may degrade the exam results overall. Therefore, personal
factors can also cause difficulties in the overall student life or an individual life affecting
behaviours and personalities largely.
According to Author (Pessoa and et.al., 2017), Some students who stay way from their
home and study abroad or in different cities face the difficulty of being homesick which denotes
that they cannot stay away from home for long time period. This affects their career, and they are
unable to take decisions on their own. This becomes challenging for students studying in college.
They face this difficulty and which overall affects their performance in studies and their belief or
attitudes towards life. This homesickness factor degrades the value of perspectives which lead to
positivity in life and leads to poor thinking ability towards personal and professional life.

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