 What's the biggest difference between school and uni? Referencing. That really hit me in my first year. It's a lot of freedom at uni. You can do whatever you want, you can wear whatever you want. The biggest difference for me was flexibility. All the responsibilities put on you. Like, you'll be more independent, but at the same time you're probably going to have a lot more fun too. You control your own learning. At uni, nobody's really forcing you to be there and nobody's really forcing you to take the classes. I found the biggest difference to be the freedom. I was really able to find myself and find what I wanted to do. Everyone wants to be there and everyone's trying to achieve something by being there.