Being left out : experiences and experiences of young people who cannot enter university

Résumé

his article analyzes the experiences of applicants who tried to enter the National Autonomous University of Mexico undergraduate degree who were not admitted and who, based on this fact, participated in the Movement of Aspirants Excluded from Higher Education (MAES ). The social experience is conceived, from the proposal of François Dubet, understood as a work carried out by the actor to give meaning to his work. Through an interpretive study, based on in-depth interviews, it is about knowing what their expectations were to enter the UNAM, how they felt in the exam, how they lived the results and the strategies they deployed. With this, it tries to account for the processes of selectivity and exclusion carried out by higher education institutions. The results show the hard work of young people in the transition process from high school to university. From the point of view of social experience, the lack of integration into educational institutions makes them feel vulnerable. Their first reaction is self-blame and, gradually, a process of subjectivation takes place, through which they distance themselves from this position and are outlining new strategies. This process is marked by multiple attempts to enter different institutions and, as a last exit, they glimpse their participation in the MAES. Their first reaction is self-blame and, gradually, a process of subjectivation takes place, through which they distance themselves from this position and are outlining new strategies. This process is marked by multiple attempts to enter different institutions and, as a last exit, they glimpse their participation in the MAES. Their first reaction is self-blame and, gradually, a process of subjectivation takes place, through which they distance themselves from this position and are outlining new strategies. This process is marked by multiple attempts to enter different institutions and, as a last exit, they glimpse their participation in the MAES.