<p>On the other hand, I also agree with the people that have mentioned that he is bothered by stupid things. Why the hell does he care that students are late to class or txt message each other? Thats just insignificant and by the other things he said, he is just not socially able to enjoy college. He says that other students are constantly thinking about going to bars/clubs and getting laid. Well ***<em>, Sherlock, isnt that what your supposed to be thinking about too? Or if that isnt your thing (I dont know how but ok...) so then you should look into *something</em> that interests you and pursuit that goal. For some, it is to get laid, maybe for you its something different.</p>
<p>You sound like the guy that goes against the current. Turn around and swim the other way.</p>
<p>u ever think that the problem is you????? I mean who hasnt heard of text-messaging????? Your obviously very weird, and I suggest that unless you want to remain a virgin, and I guarentee ur a virgin, u should try and adapt to normal college standards, u rush limbaugh wannabe</p>
<p>It looks like everyone else is telling you to transfer, but really....I would think long and hard about what specifically it is about your college that you don't like. If it's that you think the student body overall isn't as intellectual as you'd like, or as conservative as you'd like, or you don't like the classes and the work, and so on....then look into transferring, and make sure you research things very thoroughly so you don't end up at a school that's similar to the one you just left. </p>
<p>If what really bothers you is the fact that people come to class late, have their phones glued to their faces, go out and get drunk on the weekends, etc....well, students are like that everywhere and transferring will not help you. In all honestly, those things irk me too but it just goes with the age group and there's nothing you can do about it. If I remember correctly, didn't you say at one point that in high school your closest friends were all older? (Or maybe I am thinking of someone else.) </p>
<p>If it's just the case that you don't like any of the people in your age group for whatever reason, and you have exhausted all other options in terms of finding people with similar interests through clubs and whatnot, maybe you really should just look at school as a 'job'...show up on campus for class and then leave again when it's finished and just live your life as if it's something you happen to do on the side sometimes. Since you're already there and doing quite well there's no reason to throw that all away by dropping out over something pretty silly. There are always going to be dumb and annoying people everywhere, no matter what you're doing.</p>
...that I may be best suited to drop out of college?</p>
<p>Here's the situation. I'm doing pretty well. I got a 4.0 the last two semesters taking relatively easy gen eds and some psych classes. This semester I have two A's, an A-, and a B. Not too bad considering I can pull that B up to a B+ or better. (I always shoot for B+ or higher).</p>
<p>However, I am very unhappy with college life. I hate my classmates--well, 95% of them at least. There are six people on the entire campus that I get along with, and only one of them I'm actually close with--we went to high school together. The kids on my campus are rude, horrible drivers, talk on their phones during class, let phones ring during tests, use that stupid text message or whatever it's called during class, and are always talking about going to bars and clubs and getting layed. They also like to come to class late--in fact, of all my semseters in college, I've had one kid in at least one class every time and she's only made it on time to a class once. They're absoulte idiots and in my opinion have the mental capacity of six year olds.</p>
<p>I no longer have anything to do on the weekends. It used to be I could be guaranteed to call someone up and chill or even just chat. Now I have to sit in my basement all night.</p>
<p>I'm in a few clubs, but the people there aren't the kind I'd chill out with--I am like the only conservative one on campus and if I have to hear about global warming, racism, war protesters, or Darfur one more time I'll have to shoot myself.</p>
<p>Basically, I am NOT HAPPY whenever I'm at college. On the contrary, I am very happy whenever I get to go to work. I work with a bunch of older people (30's and 40's) and we all get along great. My mom stopped by and said she hadn't seen me that happy since high school and my co-workers said that I'm always upbeat when I'm there so it's not just my imagination.</p>
<p>My options are to work jobs like receptionist all the time and just hope for raises/promotions for good work or to become an apprentice to a carpenter or something so that I would eventually become a contractor. I also haven't ruled out being a custodian at my alma mater.</p>
<p>Whatever the case, I really don't want to go back to college after spring break or ever. My mom thinks I'll get nowhere without a degree but I said that I am willing to live out of my car for the rest of my life.
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<p>There's a few factors at work here. Firstly, obviously you're academically well adjusted to the school you're currently at, and doing quite well.</p>
<p>As if it weren't clear, the obvious problem is your interactions with your fellow students. And in this case, reading your post makes it seem like the problems are there, but almost certainly not as serious as you think they are. I'm going to tell you my honest opinion of your problems, and then move on to solutions:</p>
<p>It sounds like you have some issues with feelings of superiority, and also have difficulty with perspective, and knowing what things actually constitute legitimate issues and what things are totally innocuous. For example, your very strident complaints about people texting during class and showing up late to class come across as if you're one of those people that just won't sit back ever. How exactly does it affect you at all if someone is texting or shows up late? (It doesn't) Also, for example, your complaining about bad driving seems to me naive. There are tons of bad drivers everywhere. Get used to it.</p>
<p>Now, you also do have some legitimate complaints. For example, the rudeness (though I feel, given your other complaints, that it may be somewhat imagined), the cellphones being talked on in class and ringing during tests; these things are problems. Also, if people aren't letting up on you, because of your conservatism (I'm assuming you're not actively starting arguments), then that's a problem.</p>
<p>So given all of that, here's my advice:</p>
<p>Firstly, lighten up. From your post, I can already tell that you're almost certainly not perfect yourself (I would bet you're probably too introverted, and that makes you difficult to approach, which combined with your obvious disdain for your classmates would make it hard to strike up friendships), so you should really take a look at yourself before you go blaming everything on everyone else. You have to understand that some things are really problematic, while others aren't. If you don't understand that, you'll have a very hard time dealing with a lot of things in life.</p>
<p>That done, take a very close look at what exactly bothers you about the school. If it's the lack of intellectual curiosity among the student body, or the political confrontations, then that's one thing, and you should probably consider transferring somewhere else. On the other hand, if what's really bothering you is the partying, drinking and cellphone use, get used to it - it happens everywhere, at every university, and in a great many other life situations as well (though I'll admit that the in-class and in-test talking/ringing is a little egregious).</p>
<p>Finally: DON'T DROP OUT! Your college degree will get you a lot of things in life, and wasting the opportunity simply because you don't like your fellow students (even if it's terrible), is not worth it. As Blah said, if you truly can't change your perspective or find enough of a niche to be happy, look at going to school as a job to guarantee a better future for you. I'll tell you this much: in years to come, if you drop out, you'll look back and wish you hadn't. 3 years of irritation is easily worth a lifetime of better earnings. Easily.</p>
<p>Hey the best thing I ever did was to leave "Big State U" and go to an urban commuter campus. I worked three days and went to school two days. The "real life" was just what I needed! Your post really reminded me of the way I felt a long time ago. Best wishes to you with your plans.</p>
<p>Consider Indiana University of Pennsylvania and its Robert E. Cook Honors College as you will get in state tuition with more serious but practical students. Duquesne is also an option. Grove City College is an excellent school for serious students who are conservative. Hillsdale College in Michigan is also very conservative- they accept no federal funding whatsoever- may be an option. You are definitely at the wrong school! It is not you, although none of us are perfect, and your concerns seem valid. Pennsylvania is loaded with great schools and serious students. Look at Franklin & Marshall College or Muhlenberg. My gut feels that the Robert E. Cook Honors College at I.U.of Pa. is for you.</p>
<p>perhaps you're not best suited to be a college drop out, but instead be a transfer student. Your grades show that you are of decent intelligence... but if you're unhappy, you just need to change schools.</p>
<p>who cares what other kids are doing in class. mind your own ****ing buisness. nothing bugs me more than ppl who cant mind their own buisness. if you're that much "above" other people than you should be able to ignore them and actually focus on what is going on in class and what the prof is talking about. let those other kids be dumbasses and fail.</p>
<p>It seems to me that the OP just doesn't like his classmates and finds them immature and unintersted in school. It is like he is at a big party school, but would rather be in a more academic environment (like Swarthmore, Chicago, Reed, etc). If the OP can handle a harder college with a much larger emphasis on academics, go to one of those schools I mentioned. If he just wants more conservatives or drunks or partiers, he should transfer to BYU. There is no drinking and I don't think everyone is obsessed with sex. If BYU is too liberal, try BJU. I can't believe that I just recommended Bob Jones to anyone...</p>
<p>I would suggest that you strongly consider transferring. If you are freshman, you might want to drop out and go to community college for a year. You have good grades and would basically get into the school of your choices.</p>
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I'm in a few clubs, but the people there aren't the kind I'd chill out with--I am like the only conservative one on campus and if I have to hear about global warming, racism, war protesters, or Darfur one more time I'll have to shoot myself.
<p>"My advice to you is that you start drinking heavily." Seriously, though. Try going to parties, and you won't even have to drink to have fun. Drunks love sober people. Learn how to interact with your peers. That will take you a lot farther than your GPA.</p>
<p>Foremost, I'd say transfer to a real college and move out of your parents basement.</p>
<p>This entire thread is the most ridiculous thing I have ever read.</p>
<p>Kids are like that everywhere. The kids at my school can't count to ten while some are awesome. I am only good friends with my roomate and a small group of kids from my HS. Everyone else is pretty much dumb.</p>
<p>Um if you have a great idea or want to start a search engine (cough cough Steve Jobs cough cough Bill Gates cough cough) then go ahead. Why not. The guys that started youtube out of their dorm rooms are probably wiping their butts with $100 bills.</p>
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Um if you have a great idea or want to start a search engine (cough cough Steve Jobs cough cough Bill Gates cough cough) then go ahead. Why not. The guys that started youtube out of their dorm rooms are probably wiping their butts with $100 bills.
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That is terrible advice, that just gives reinforcement for people not to go to school, when in truth Gates was attending Harvard and Jobs attended Reed. It is not like they weren't intelligent people.</p>
<p>Hey school's not for everyone. I don't know but I wouldn't have the mac I'm typing on or the iPod that I listen to music off of in my car if Steve Jobs didn't drop out of Reed.</p>
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Maybe you just have to put your head down and "git it done" as the saying goes. It doesn't have to be your social outlet. Consider it a job and do it. I commuted to college and worked my way through. I only had a few friends on campus but many friends at work. School was my job.*</p>
<p>Listen to sax's advice. Just think of it that you're working 2 jobs. Don't transfer (too much trouble), and don't drop out (too much trouble, no motivation), and you'll probably find out that in order to get into higher positions at work, that you'll need that degree.</p>