Dropping out

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<p>I'm gonna do it, I just don't know how I should go about it with my parents. I've been in college for 4 years. 1st year was a major I didn't like. I switched. I was 18 back when I switched. Now I'm 21. I'm tired, I'm always stressed out and worst of all, I have a real hard time doing homework assignments and an even more horrible one studying for exams, especially finals. Now, I started my own little buisness. It hasn't been booming, but it has been good enough. I make ends meet just fine. </p>

<p>The decision is made. Any suggestions?</p>

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<p>Just do it. If you are making ends meet on your own, who gives a crap what your parents think?</p>

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<p>College is WAY too expensive to be miserable, if you aren’t there mentally, absolutely drop out. Are you in any way financially dependent on your parents?</p>

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<p>Did you eve read what he said, noleguy33?</p>

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<p>Make sure you file any needed withdrawal paperwork at your university so that you can be easily readmitted later to complete your degree if you ever decide to do so.</p>

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<p>How many classes do you have to complete to finish your degree?</p>

<p>If you only have 5 classes, then you’re stupid.</p>

<p>If you have 50 classes left, then good luck to you.</p>

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<p>Have your parents taken on debt for or paid for any part of your education? If they have, you should offer to pay them back.</p>

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<p>Yes, making ends meet could be interpreted to mean several different things.</p>

<p>Car insurance?
Health insurance?
Cell phone?</p>

<p>I’m just inquiring what he means by making ends meet. I apologize for not being more clear for you in my question to him.</p>

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<p>If I were your parent ,I would want you to tell me before you made any sudden decisions</p>

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<p>Sabbatical.</p>

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<p>My husband dropped out of college as a senior. He was an education major and decided he couldn’t stand the politics in schools. His parents didn’t freak out too badly. He ended up hitchhiking all over the US, then lived on communes in Mississippi and Alaska. He worked as a teacher’s assistant, carpenter, and lumberjack. He learned a lot of valuable skills that have come in handy over the years. His “sabbatical” was six or seven years long, then he went back to grad school to be an engineer (his curiosity had been piqued by wondering how to size log beams in long-span structures in Alaska).</p>

<p>It was a good thing he wandered around, because when we finally met in grad school, he was 30 and I was 22. If he’d gone straight through, we wouldn’t have met.</p>

<p>Anyway, it worked out well for him, so I wish you luck. You do NOT want to be stuck doing something you hate!</p>

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<p>dOOd90 : The heck with it all : Join the Army - new Wars are coming.</p>

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<p>Hello CC! First post here, but to the OP: DON’T QUIT, just stick with it and push through!!</p>