<p>Any tips for combating senioritis? I'm taking my final 5 required classes this semester, but I have no motivation to do any work, especially all the boring readings. I can't stand reading textbooks.</p>
<p>I also have no job lined up after graduation, which is depressing. My college career center is useless to me as an out-of-state student. My parents have suggested looking in the local newspapers for job postings; I find this similarly depressing, inconvenient (from out-of-state), and pointless (bad economy). Under the current circumstances, there's no way I can get a job I would want or even one I would have expected after an expensive private university education (and after being such an overachiever back in high school). Unfortunately, all summer internship postings are only targeted at college juniors (rising seniors). I skipped my junior year, so I have fairly little job experience and no FT offers that carried over from internships.</p>
<p>How can I focus better academically? And how can I avoid being the only person from my overachieving class to graduate unemployed and drowning in student loans? I don't even feel like doing anything fun with friends anymore. The only thing I care about now is getting out of here. What's supposed to come after college? Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>I am kind of in the same boat as you. My major is somewhat useless without a graduate degree (which I’m planning on getting, but I wanted to take a year off school first to work and save up money… which has turned out not to be exactly the best plan). But I can’t find any jobs! Not even basic crappy retail or service jobs which require no experience, because of this stupid sh-t economy right now, no one is hiring. I especially can’t find jobs/internships pertaining even remotely to my major, because they are almost all 1) unpaid or have minimum stipends and 2) in other states, and I can’t afford to go unpaid especially if I will have to move to another state!
My parents don’t really help me out much (my mom does what she can, but she is on disability and thus doesn’t have alot of disposable income) so I basically live off my scholarship money and pell grant at school (plus a crappy on-campus job where I get paid about $64 every 2 weeks). I’m not sure how I’m going to live when I graduate!
I will probably end up moving home for the year I’m taking off, to save rent money (fortunately it is only about 45 minutes from my college town so I will still be near friends), and hopefully getting SOME sort of job there. Seriously, I’m about ready to work at McDonald’s or Wal-mart if it means I’ll have some kind of income. I would hate to mooch off my mom for food and gas, in addition to being rent-free, esp. on her and my grandmother’s limited incomes. </p>
<p>All of this was just to let you know that there are plenty of people out there like you, you are NOT the only one having trouble finding jobs or internships I promise.</p>
<p>PS for the senioritis, you just have to trudge through. Thankfully I am taking mostly interesting classes this semester, even though they are all required for graduation. I am sick right now though, so doing schoolwork is slipping drastically in the “What I want to be doing right now” list, it’s pretty much at the bottom, with Sleep, sleep, food, sleep, and more sleep above it.</p>
<p>Thanks for sharing your story, AUlostchick. Good luck in your job hunt! I’m definitely going back home after graduation to mooch, but hopefully not for too long.</p>
I’m definitely going back home after graduation to mooch, but hopefully not for too long.</p>