Why It’s So Hard to Find Things at University Anymore

It’s hard to find things at university, and not because nothing is happening - but because everything is happening at once.

Events. Societies. Group chats. Pub nights. Career talks. House parties. Discounts. Opportunities you only hear about after they’re over. University life isn’t quiet - it’s fragmented.

And somehow, despite being surrounded by information, students keep missing out.

Too Much Is Happening, Everywhere, All at Once

University information lives in too many places.

Instagram stories you miss because you blinked. WhatsApp groups muted for your own sanity. Facebook events no one updates. Emails no one reads. Posters you walk past every day without noticing.

None of it is centralised. None of it is complete. And none of it talks to each other.

So you end up asking the same question over and over: “Wait, where did you find this?”

The Paradox of Choice at University

The irony is brutal. University offers more opportunities than ever before, yet students feel more disconnected from them than ever.

When there’s too much going on, decision-making shuts down. You don’t choose the best thing - you choose the easiest thing. Or worse, nothing at all.

That’s how exciting events turn into missed nights. That’s how societies lose members. That’s how people end up bored in their room while something great is happening five minutes away.

Social Life Shouldn’t Feel Like Admin

Finding things to do at university shouldn’t feel like project management.

Students already juggle lectures, deadlines, work, friendships, money, and mental health. Having to hunt across five platforms just to figure out what’s going on tonight is exhausting.

The result? People stop trying. They stick to the same routines, the same circles, the same plans - not because they want to, but because it’s simpler.

Why Uni Life Feels Smaller Than It Should

This is where university quietly fails a lot of students.

Not academically - socially.

When discovery is broken, community shrinks. People don’t mix. Groups don’t overlap. First-years don’t integrate. International students feel invisible. Opportunities stay trapped in bubbles.

University is meant to be expansive. Instead, it often feels oddly narrow.

This Is Why I Built Uni-Chat

This is why I built Uni-Chat.

I wanted to build a social hub that pulls everything together, and personalises it for every student using Polly AI. Polly understands you, but more importantly Polly is that friend that knows anyone and can introduce you, knows what's happening at all times and who's going.

Uni-Chat is about discovery without friction. About helping students find things as they’re happening, not after they’re over.

University shouldn’t be about missing out because you didn’t know where to look.

It should be about showing up.