Last Semester at Community College: Feeling Really Unmotivated and Depressed. Need Advice

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So I’m 20 years old I have been in community college now for almost 3 years. It’s currently my last semester, however for some reason I feel really depressed. I started community college a week after I graduated high school and have been taking classes every semester ever since (Including summers) However my GPA sucks. I have a 3.3 GPA overall. I am currently applying to nursing school and I just got an email today from one of the universities asking if I wanted to change my major because I don’t qualify. The average GPA’s for majority of the students accepted is like a 3.8 in their major prep and like a 3.9 overall. I just feel like such a failure right now, that it’s making me really unmotivated this semester. I just really don’t know what to do to make myself feel better? I just feel like I am constantly stressed, worrying about the next application, or if I’m even going to get in.

Another thing that has been probably the hardest for me this semester is the fact that I don’t really have friends at my community college at the moment. I mean I talk to my classmates in the one class I have on campus, and we study outside of class sometimes, but that’s all I do is just study with them, I don’t know them well enough to really hang out with them.

Because I go to community college nearly half my classmates aren’t even around the same age as me so it’s so hard to relate with them… if that makes sense? My schedule is literally go to school twice a week for four hours per day and then stress over teaching myself Spanish and then go home and study. Also, all of my friends that I had in Community College transferred last year and the one friend that I hung out with last semester isn’t taking classes at my school right now, so I’m all alone.

I think the lack of human interaction is really getting to me. All throughout my break before the Spring Semester began, I was studying for my nursing entrance exams, so I only spent two days off with friends before I started Spring Semester. I would stay home ALL Day taking at least two, three hour exams per day, while my dad yelled at me constantly to continue to study. I spent Christmas and New Years Studying as well.

Between the rejection letter, the continuous applications, and the lack of human interaction,I just don’t know what to do to make myself less lonely, or less stressed out. Any advice would really be appreciated.

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I’m at a California CC right now, and the best way to make friends is to join clubs and activities. Get involved with a nursing club on your campus. Join a sports team. Hang out the same places most students do between classes (cafeteria, tutoring centers, student center, etc.) I had no friends going into CC (everyone was “too cool” from my HS to go there, they either didn’t go to college or went to state) and I’m now involved in many campus clubs/activities and I have tons of people I hang out with.

Studying with people is a great first step, though! Maybe suggest that after you guys are done studying that you all pile in the living room and watch a movie/tv, go out to the mall, or whatever it is you guys like to do.

In relation to the rejection letter, I would make an appointment with your GC at your CC and talk to them about what your options are. They should be able to recommend what some schools are that you could apply/get into.

Good luck!

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Move on campus even if it means forfeiting a little bit of freedom and not driving; commuting to and from a university is at least as bad as commuting to a community college. There’s never anything to do at community colleges so at least you’re never missing out on anything. But 4-year universities are awesome; my older brother was a completely different person after he transferred and he was super depressed right before he did. However, he commuted to a 4-year university his first semester and he was pretty miserable until he ditched his car and moved on campus.

Community college is where dreams go to die; of course you’re depressed. The fact that you’re getting out means that you’ve made it and things are about to get better. So get out of there!