<p>Here's the deal. Attending Brandeis University; half-way through junior year, decide I can't take this anymore, drop out midway through the semester, fail a class. I'm from NJ originally, contemplating transferring to Rutgers to start afresh and, more importantly, relieve myself of the progressively layering debt I've been accruing at Brandeis.
Question is, do I do it? The thought of dropping from a top 30 private to a whatever ranked state school is making my stomach churn. Am I going to feel the burn if I decide to make this transition? Phychology/History BA's, so basically nothing on the job front as is, only saving grace may be the decision to attend law school, but even that's been significantly affected by my recently botched GPA.
What do you guys think? Brandeis or Rutgers? Honestly not thrilled about either, at this point. Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>Rutgers is a fine educational institution that gets a lot more respect from adults than from high school and college age students from NJ. It is OK to finish your degree there if you want or need to.</p>
<p>But probably what you mostly need right now is time to clear your head. So find a job, and work for a year or so, and think through all of your options. You probably have more options than just Brandeis and Rutgers.</p>
<p>that’s pretty good advice, methinks. no one says you have to finish college in four consecutive years. you’ll get a taste of what that Brandeis debt tastes like during that year and know whether you want to add significantly to that debt in order to finish your education. But before you go back, figure out what didn’t you like about Brandeis besides the debt acquisition. It’s hard to maintain one’s mojo throughout high school, work to get into a good school like Brandeis, and then carry that mojo for four more years without a hiccup or a break.</p>
<p>You sound like you’re suffering from burn out.
First: Ask how you can make up that F - often, you can retake the class and they average your two grades, and in lucky cases they erase the first grade and replace it with the second one. You’d have to do it at Brandeis though. So after you’ve asked, write it down, set it aside, and get a Leave of Absence. This way, if you wish to stay at Brandeis, you can without having to reapply, and if you don’t, you can leave.
Second: find a job. Work for a while. Clear your head. See what matters to you.
One downside is that you’d have to start repaying your loans from freshman and sophomore years.
How much debt are you accruing? how much did you borrow so far to attend Brandeis, and how much would you have to borrow still?
BTW, it’s not true there aren’t any jobs for people with History degrees but you have specific steps you need to take.</p>