I'm so done with college

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<p>Hi everyone...</p>

<p>So, I've been having a lot of issues with school lately. It's at the point now where I guess I've mentally "checked out" and I'm not even really trying anymore.</p>

<p>I'm trying to get accepted into a selective program. I won't be able to be accepted until Fall 2014, but I'm taking the prereqs now and I want to apply after this semester. The thing is that I may not be accepted anyway, and then I have no idea what I'll do. Plus the more I think about working in that field, the less appealing it seems... low pay, long hours, very stressful. But it's the only 'real job' I can think of doing that I think I would probably enjoy. (Really, I want to be writer, and maybe start a business, but I know that's really hard to do).</p>

<p>It also doesn't help that I have a D right now in one of my classes because the professor is impossible. The class averages on the last two exams were 61 and 58. Everyone is doing poorly in her class, and she's blaming it on us not studying enough. This is obviously discouraging and I don't even want to bother trying anymore.</p>

<p>I really just want to work. I have a job that I love, but it's only part time, and they aren't hiring anyone full time right now. And I couldn't move out or live on my own with how much it pays. I never really wanted to go to college in the first place - at the very least I wanted to take a year off, but my parents didn't want me to - but it seemed like a better option than the 'real world.' I hate that nearly everything I'm "learning" (*memorizing) will be completely useless anywhere else. I always did well in school, but I hated all the memorization of pointless facts.</p>

<p>Pretty much the only thing keeping me in school is the fact that I'll have to start paying back my loans if I drop out, and my parents would most likely make me start paying rent or kick me out if I wasn't in school. I don't know what to do. I'm just so done with all of this.</p>

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<p>i would talk to a counselor at your school. they have more experience with situations like these. they will probably be able to help you sort things out. good luck!</p>

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<p>First of all, I think you should reevaluate your notion that everything you are learning is going to be useless. If you are just memorizing things, then you’re not really engaging in college the way you should be. Part of the purpose of your classes is to turn you into a critical thinker - someone who can function in a democratic society; someone who can evaluate options and make rational choices. That’s part of the purpose of a liberal arts education. It’s not simply to get you a job, although that is part of it.</p>

<p>I agree with the advice to talk to a counselor. But just some things to think about:</p>

<p>-Most fields have related fields. Explore some of the jobs in fields related to the one that you really want to enter, and see if they have better pay, fewer hours, or seem more appealing to you for another reason.</p>

<p>-Visit your college’s career center. They don’t just exist to help you find a job; they are also there to try to help students find their passion and figure out what they want to do. You may also want to read some career help books like “The Pathfinder” or take the RIASEC online (if you search for it, you will find a free one). Things like that can help you identify some preferred career paths.</p>

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<p>Even if all the stuff you’re learning right now is not going to be used later, you still are learning other related skills like wisdom, discipline, etc., although I understand that the frustration is still really difficult to deal with</p>