<p>I'll try not to make this too long-winded. This is my fourth year in college. So far I've maintained a 4.0 GPA and I've jumped from biology to civil engineering, then to math and now I'm changing to business, most likely for finance. The problem is that I've withdrawn from two entire semesters, have now dropped six classes (the max in my state) and I'm getting ready to fail three classes this semester (dropped the fourth) because I hit a breaking point with math. My parents have been upset about the drops and withdrawals if you can imagine, and I can't bring myself to tell them about the classes I will be failing this semester. At this point I feel like the best thing is just not to let them know until after I've graduated, and maybe not even then, but it is eating away at my conscience.</p>
<p>I think the reason I've had so much trouble is because 1) I've been going for the wrong majors up until now (STEM majors) and 2) I've spent so much time cooked up in my room working my ass off that I've hardly branched out at all in college and have become more antisocial if anything. I'm really trying to be optimistic about changing majors to finance and to look at it as a new start, especially since I feel like it was genuine interest that brought me to it, and because I think anything in business will be much more social than math and make it much easier for me to branch out. </p>
<p>Before I came across finance I was about to throw in the towel with school and pick up a trade. My parents really want me to finish and I think it's probably best too, so I talked things over with them and we decided to renew a year long lease with my apartment complex. So now we're locked in to paying rent for another year and if I finish school it means at least two years of my dad paying my living expenses and tuition. Technically I could still pick up a trade and I'd be able to pay the rent myself, and I think my conscience would probably be cleaner than it is now. But that is one hell of a life changing decision and I'm thinking that if I just finish college I will look back and see this as a hurdle I had to get over to move on in life. </p>
<p>Any feedback, positive or negative, would really be appreciated. I'm posting here because I feel like I could use some outside perspective on all of this.</p>