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<p>And your degree is worth jack **** because you have no respect for others. Good luck.</p>
<p>@#24,</p>
<p>I avail of substantial family financial aid, plus I work a bit so it keeps me afloat.</p>
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<p>that is SOOOOOO CUTE</p>
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<p>thanks bro!!!</p>
<p>@UKdude</p>
<p>you ever watch the CollegeHumor video about graduate school?</p>
<p>[A</a> “Real” Grad School](<a href=“A "Real" Grad School Ad - YouTube”>A "Real" Grad School Ad - YouTube)</p>
<p>lol</p>
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<p>F’ing hilarious. </p>
<p>Grad school is a sweet existence. Esp with the recession and all. I loved my MA, the PhD is just cos I cant be bothered to get a job. XD</p>
<p>man its spring break, ugh so tiring, I think I’m gonna take a long road trip during the summer.</p>
<p>Insideman -</p>
<p>I’m a mom so my perspective is a little different. My oldest son, who is 21, hated college. He tried 2 different ones and after accumulating a grand total of 14 credits in 3 semesters, I let him quit, come home and go to work. He now says that he wants to go back to study photography. I said I’m not paying for that, you can just take pictures if you want… My H minored in photography and went to law school after that.</p>
<p>Your situation saddens me. I, too, hated college. I had to live at home and work days and go at night because of my family’s financial situation. Unlike you, I saw college as a means to an end. I wanted to be a lawyer, I wanted to support my own family better than my parents had been able to do for me. College was the way to get where I wanted to be. </p>
<p>You need to think about what you want to do. I would suggest talking to a counselor at school - you will not be the first student who hates their school, their major or the entire idea of college. If you really hate it, take a leave of absence, go home or stay there and work instead. Then decide what to do. Talk to your parents - if they’re paying for your schooling, you owe them that discussion.</p>
<p>Take care of yourself…</p>
<p>Joan</p>
<p>I don’t blame you for feeling like this. College isn’t for everyone. That’s why I have repeatedly said in the past, taking away peer pressure (aka society telling us that we need college to succeed) college isn’t for everyone. I think it’s normal to feel this way. And lets be honest, how many people would go to college if they found out that there was a shortcut to get them to their desired career goal?</p>
<p>College is overrated. Yes I do agree college is what you make of it, but for society (family, friends, HS, etc) to hype it up to be this “ughhhhhh-mazing 4 year experience that will be the bestessssst 4 years of your entire life” is ridiculous. College isn’t all that great. I don’t see what’s so amazing about constantly stressing about problem sets/exams/papers. I’m a freshman and I can’t wait to graduate. And while college is the last chance to “socialize” (like you can’t do that outside of college because you do know everyone who didn’t go to college are hermits <em>rollseyes</em>), I won’t miss it. I’ll miss the small perks (going to the gym for free, not having to worry about food/housing, etc) but that’s about it. We all have to grow up at one point, so I’m fine with moving past college years.</p>
<p>Awesome, mods delete all the posts informing the OP that he picked a useless major. Way to go mods.</p>
<p>I think people’s college experiences are as varied as people themselves. There are so many factors you can’t really make any sweeping generalizations. People unhappy with college may be at the wrong school. They may not be putting themselves out there enough. They might be in the wrong major or have the wrong friends. In my opinion, if you’re unhappy, it’s a lot better to try to do something to make things better, whether that’s transferring or making a different group of friends, than just saying that college is awful.</p>
<p>I think for most people college has the potential to be a really amazing time - life is wide open, you’re on your own, you have less responsibility than you’ll ever have, you’re surrounded by so many people close to your age from all over the world, you can explore any interest you want. The options are pretty endless, and if your school doesn’t give you what you want, you can go somewhere else. Of course, it’s just like any life experience, and there are going to be people who flounder, academically or socially. </p>
<p>Personally I would never think college is overrated. I’m deliriously in love with it. I love where I go to school, I think it’s the best place in the world and I wouldn’t want to be doing anything else. I love what I do, I love my friends, it’s completely perfect and even better than I thought it would be - and I thought it would be pretty great! I hope it’s not the best four years of my life, because I wouldn’t want the peak of my life to be happening this early, but it’s definitely possible.</p>
<p>How I see it is college is basically a set of circumstances that is conducive to a lot of fun and a lot of growing as a person. It’s up to you what you do with them.</p>
<p>Like your thinking! LOL</p>
<p>Maybe college just isn’t for you. I agree with the suggestion to take time off. If you really discover that the university experience isn’t what you want, maybe you could try going to a tech school and learning a trade. You would be out in two years with a marketable skill.</p>
<p>I agree, college is great despite the workload but I do not see it being the best four years of my life. I mean I am just too young to reach a peak ( or a peak in general when considering what the media call the golden ages), and for most once graduating college they have just turnded 21 which is a large beginning to endless possibilities etc… Though I do notice that there are many who do not socialize in college and although it is likely they may succeed in earning higher grades it does somewhat take away a experience to socialize with others different from yourself. Then there are those who always party and forget that it could damper their nightlife as a mature adult by struggling for success in the adult world ( which will be worst than getting bad grades).</p>
<p>I already lost a grip of money, come on the art supplies, the books, that mess adds up way beyond any other major. </p>
<p>well like I said I figure a long road trip is the way to go. As far as money being involved though I seriously think its a waste on either end of the spectrum but I’d rather not go into details or else someone will get bummed out or upset.</p>
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<p>The OP has a useless major.</p>
<p>woody seriously, dude shove off, you know whats really useless when I hear dudes like woody mouthing off…actually to be completely honest all majors have zero value…but that is a whole different debate but good grief…</p>