<p>As the title says, I'm completely apathetic about going to college. I'm not excited or happy. I'm not worried or nervous. Just nothing. I'm not really sure why, but that's the way I feel (or don't feel, I suppose).</p>
<p>Did anyone else have this before going to college? If so, how did it turn out?</p>
<p>I felt like that for a long while. At first I was depressed about leaving, and then it wore off to plain apathy. I’m not actually in college yet, but I’m at my university taking college classes now. Once I got my schedule, I got… vaguely excited. Being here, so long as I put myself out and explore, finding the good parts of college freedom, the apathy wears off a bit.</p>
<p>Not much to offer, sorry.</p>
<p>it’s alright,
it doesn’t make you weird or anything :)</p>
<p>it didn’t really hit me that i was going to college
until the day i went to the airport
and then i was like “holy crap”</p>
<p>I’m in the same situation. About to go to college in the fall, and I feel the same way. Don’t care at all. Its weird because everyone around me seems really excited, but I feel like it’s “Just Life”. I hope I change though.</p>
<p>I’m not sure how common this is, but I was definitely apathetic. Thirteen years of school, then four more? Eh, whatever. After a year here I wish I had taken the time off to work, travel, and experience independence. I’ve talked with a couple of people who feel the same way and some who actually did take time off. You may be able to defer your admission (if you’re happy with the college you plan on attending) for a year, but there’s always the possibility of being unable to defer, being a weaker candidate for admissions to another school later on, and eventually realizing some years down the road that you never actually attended college. The job market is about as welcoming as a slaughterhouse after dusk, but there are ways to get by.</p>
<p>That said, there are plenty of interesting and worthwhile things you can do in a year! It’s something to look into.</p>
<p>Your “apathy” is “overwhelming”? A bit contradictory, it seems.</p>
<p>i think i would feel pretty badly about college in general if i didn’t get into the school i wanted, or didn’t have any ambitions/desires that going to college would help satisfy</p>
<p>i dont think its weird, but it is unfortunate.</p>
<p>I feel the same way about things right now. Just graduated high school and it was very unemotional. I’m still not that sad and I don’t think its hit me yet that high school is over. Still just waking up like its any other day. I didn’t even get that high you normally get when summer vacation starts!</p>
<p>I’m actually really looking forward to college, but I’m not exactly jumping up and down. It’s all just another chapter in life, haha.</p>
<p>I read in your other thread that you don’t live with your parents, have no support from them, must pay for college yourself and can’t afford a physical. Because of your financial burdens, college will not be the stereotypical 4 years of giggles a lot of people idealize it to be. You’ll likely be working a lot and maybe feel isolated so i imagine you’re not looking forward to it. It sucks, but it’s not unusual in your situation. </p>
<p>I was really excited about college because I was going away from home and I was lucky my parents could send me to a pricy school, I had 4 years of fun in Manhattan to look forward to. Plus I love my major and was excited about studying it and doing research and stuff. </p>
<p>You might wanna take a 1 semester or a year off, during which you can evaluate your long term goals, what you wanna do, what major you want and the direction you’re going in. You can also use that year to work and save money so you won’t have to work as much in college, it might make things easier in the long run. Just a thought.</p>
<p>I’m not excited either. But then again, I’m going to my 3rd choice.</p>
<p>I was super excited to go. You probably just graduated HS within the last 2 weeks or so, give it time. If you aren’t going far for college then that might be the reason for your apathy, if you have to go far then I don’t know what is wrong with you.</p>
<p>The aspect of moving might actually contribute to my apathy. That is, I’ve moved so much over the past year and a half, that moving a thousand miles to college doesn’t seem like that big a deal. Once I’ve moved to college in August, it will be the fourth place I’ve lived in a year. Moving has become the norm to me.</p>
<p>Maybe, subconsciously, you don’t really have a desire to go to college??</p>
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Maybe, subconsciously, you don’t really have a desire to go to college??
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<p>Seeing as he realizes he is apathetic about college, I think it is safe to say that he is not only subconsciously, but also consciously, not desiring the experience of college.</p>
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hah, I thought the same thing.</p>
<p>I currently feel fear that I’ll flunk out</p>
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<p>It doesn’t mean he’s overwhelmed. It means his feelings about going to college are almost entirely feelings of apathy.</p>
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It doesn’t mean he’s overwhelmed. It means his feelings about going to college are almost entirely feelings of apathy.
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<p>the last time i checked the dictionary, if something overwhelms you then you are overwhelmed…</p>
<p>Well, if we’re going to make this about grammar…</p>
<p>To narkij: I’m guessing you haven’t checked the dictionary recently, nor, apparently, did you read the title of my initial post. I didn’t say I was overwhelmed with apathy. I said I’m overwhelmingly apathetic. Overwhelmingly is an adverb and in this case describes the degree to which I’m apathetic, as ThisCouldBeHeavn said. If I said, “Wyoming is overwhelmingly white,” that doesn’t mean the state has descended into chaos because there are so many white people. It means the population of the state is primarily white.</p>
<p>But anyway, it’s not that big a deal that I’m so apathetic about college since I realized I’m apathetic about most things I do.</p>
<p>Three snaps in a Z.</p>
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what does this mean?</p>
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To narkij: I’m guessing you haven’t checked the dictionary recently, nor, apparently, did you read the title of my initial post. I didn’t say I was overwhelmed with apathy. I said I’m overwhelmingly apathetic. Overwhelmingly is an adverb and in this case describes the degree to which I’m apathetic, as ThisCouldBeHeavn said. If I said, “Wyoming is overwhelmingly white,” that doesn’t mean the state has descended into chaos because there are so many white people. It means the population of the state is primarily white.
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if you were trying to describe yourself as being primarily apathetic, then you should’ve used “primarily apathetic” or an equivalent of that. contrary to what u say, “overwhelmingly x” is not equivalent to “primarily x”. “overwhelmingly x” suggests that x is overwhelming in effect or strength, or something equivalent to this definition. check any dictionary (e.g. [overwhelming:</a> Definition, Synonyms from Answers.com](<a href=“http://www.answers.com/overwhelmingly]overwhelming:”>http://www.answers.com/overwhelmingly)) if u have trouble with words like this.</p>
<p>hope this helps