I go to a private university, it costs a lot, thankfully I have scholarships, financial aid, and loans to cover the cost. Definitely concerned about paying back those student loans. I have lost interest completely in school, in the education system, etc. and I think that my university is corrupt. That may be besides the point.
This is my 5th semester in school and I still have a lot of core courses I need to complete in order to get a degree, however I am not interested in taking any of these courses. My interest has moved away from the university life
so, I am seriously considering dropping out. Is anyone else considering this, or has anyone gone through with dropping out? I’m trying to figure out what I should do, I am worried if I drop out people will think it was a bad decision and will have bad things to say.
College isn’t for everyone, and I don’t like how the grade school system pushes it as though it’s the only path you can take in life. Obviously this isn’t something you should rush into, and I think you need to talk to others about this (in person, who know you better) before making decision, but if you honestly feel college is a waste, then go.
Do you have a job prospect lined up, or skill-based schooling that you can complete to get a job? Make sure you know that if you don’t finish now, that it will be 10x harder when/if you have a SO, kids, a job, etc.
Its my second semester and im tired of it already.
Why don’t you like it?
Is it what you are studying?
Are you depressed?
Have you talked to your advisor?
Have you talked to the counseling center?
Have you talked to your parents?
What is your plan?
Would a couple more years of college allow you to have an increased income for the rest of your life?
Is it only this school? Would another school be better?
I felt this way after my sophomore year. I think it was at that point that I took action and dropped all of my friends who were bad influences and made better friends who were more ambitious. I don’t really know how I made it those first two years with zero studying. Some of the teachers expressed concern about me. There were a lot of things that made me snap on my head straight. One, I had lost sight of the goal to try and transfer to my girlfriend’s university. I was royally screwing up my chances by doing mediocre because i was not studying at all or giving a crap about academics. So, I motivated myself to do well for that. Second, I motivated myself to do well because I also needed to transfer out of community college or I was going nowhere. My plans to become a pharmacist at the beginning was a good goal, but I realized I wasn’t good at chemistry, even if I was barely studying. Something I don’t understand is that I somehow tutored my girlfriend through her chemistry class pretty well and helped her get through all of her science classes her freshman/sophomore year with A’s. I realized I needed to change my plans. I told my dad that I was going to be a lawyer instead.
Well, I get into her university but I didn’t have enough money to go there. I end up going to another university with the new mentality that I was going to study and nothing but study for the whole time I was there. Yeah, that didn’t happen. My first quarter went terrible. I ended up getting a D in a class and had some serious discussions with my dad about whether I was going to be able to make it through to graduation. Well, that whole semester I had basically blew off class and expected to do well. I did study around exam times, but it made me feel horrible and worthless to not get good grades that quarter. I kicked it up a notch the next quarter and was able to pull out some decent grades, but there were still classes I was apathetic about (operations research I). I wouldn’t attend Operations research II regularly the next quarter but more often than not and did better. As for the rest of my time there, a lot of the classes I ditched I was the best student in it. Some the teachers would tease me for not coming to class and really drill me on the material, which displayed I knew my stuff, but I wasn’t committed to sitting there listening to them talk about the same stuff in the book.
My senior year i realized I would be taking the bulk of my classes that are hard in my major. well, i got my best grades my last year, but it was a lot of procrastination and hardcore studying binges. it also helped that after my first quarter of my senior year i started hanging out with engineering majors who studied all the time and that influenced me to study more. I also realized during my last year that what I was majoring in wasn’t even what i wanted to do with my life. i gave up on becoming a lawyer. i started to think actuary but turned my back on that. my sights are set on becoming an engineer.
i graduated and started working. working has definitely given me some perspective on what i want for myself and what i do not want for myself. i think I’m at that point now in my life where i would be able to sit there and study when i need to. i guess it just took my brain a while to mature and realize that i need to study more than 3 hours a week if i want to do well. i had very poor time management skills all throughout college. i definitely realize that i don’t want to be a programmer forever and my boss is aware of this. he thinks I’m going to be leaving as soon as possible to work as an aerospace engineer. i turned down a logistics management position and am still waiting to hear more details on a mathematician job that the employer said they would contact me about.
there is a coworker on my team who dropped out of college and started working. he is one of the brightest programmers i know. now that he’s 29, he told me he’s definitely more mature enough to get a degree. funny enough, he wants to get his degree in mathematics, not computer engineering like 98% of the company got theirs in. i think he wants to move into actuarial work. i’d say if you need some time to get your crap together, you should take some time if you didn’t take out student loans. student loans can be a real pain if you’re not making very much.