Is college really for me? What should I plan before Fall 2019?

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Answer to your reply. Yes, it may be a long reply:

  1. I doubt I’m depressed. Apathetic and uncaring would be more appropriate terms in this case. I’ve seen people talking about being depressed and being mentally unstable at college, but I don’t think I have issues with these.

  2. I always asked my professors questions but they barely helped me understand the material. I get what they’re saying but then I easily forget what they’ve said after I come home. However, couldn’t get a tutor somehow.

  3. It has a 65% acceptance rate. High school GPA was around a 3.5-3.6. Not exactly, but approximately. No APs or honors courses whatsoever. It could have been lower. SAT score was 1000 (450 Reading/Writing, 550 Math). It’s a “state school”. I was placed in remedial English as well due to placement exams, but not remedial math.

  4. My parents never went to high school, let alone college. My father is 68, my mother is 58. They have no clue what they’re doing right now. They never had a real job either.

  5. I honestly don’t know. This is why I want to know why the world was created, who created it, how, and why (again). And yes I meant to say minimum-wage jobs. I’ve had a couple of job interviews already but they never called me back and some already rejected me. Stay in my bedroom doing nothing. That’s what I like to do.

  1. I doubt it. If I can't do college, I can't do trade school either.
  2. What do I do at the military? If I ever leave college, I'm not going back at all.
  3. 10 to 15 minutes. I can't drive at all, so my sister usually sends me to campus; A taxi sometimes picks me up and sends me home.
  4. Stay at community college for only a year? I've already had enough of transferring schools in my previous school years already.
  1. I just did. Here are my thoughts on each of one of the tips:
  1. That’s what I’ve done throughout this semester.
  2. I always asked my professors questions but they barely helped me understand the material. I get what they’re saying but then I easily forget what they’ve said after I come home (see number 2 above).
  3. I never had issues doing my homework, but when I start doing exams I keep seeing different questions for some reason.
  4. I couldn’t find friends in high school, let alone college.
  5. Other than two semesters of calculus, I haven’t taken other STEM courses. I was too scared to take classes such as General Chemistry and General Physics because I’m weak at science classes and I have no clue about labs at all.
  6. I never had the time to go to other places and I only go to my classes if I’m at school.
  7. Where am I supposed to get one? This is somewhat similar to number 3.
  8. I have trouble reading books that are not school textbooks. I don’t know why, but I’ve always had this issue.
  9. I should have withdrawn a class, but that would’ve cost me money and my family doesn’t have a lot of money.
  10. Most of my final exams weren’t cumulative, except for one. Why should I go back to the material that won’t cover in later exams unless the exam is cumulative?
  11. I had homework for some courses, while for others I barely had any at all. I rarely get 100$ in my homework though.
  12. I don’t play sports, I don’t own a video game console, I have no clues about the parties at my school, I don’t know anything about the fraternities/sororities at my school, I’m not involved in any clubs/volunteering, I’m currently not employed at all, I never watch TV or listen to music, I’ve never skipped class before. All of the things I mentioned just don’t appeal to me at all. Why am I not doing well at college if I never do any of these activities in the first place?
  13. Nothing urgent happened so I have no answer here.
  14. I get obsessed reading the syllabus on the first day of class. For some reason, I have a strong memory for due dates and exam dates, but a weak memory for class material.
  15. I log in 10+ times a day. I’m not even joking. It’s just how often I access it for the resources and assignments our professors give to us. I didn’t have any missing assignments either.
  16. I’ve done that before and I didn’t get anything above 90/100. I got 38/100 on my economics essay and I followed the entire rubric.
  17. I could’ve gone more often like maybe every day, but I really didn’t.