transfer or gap year?

Transfer Students
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i’m currently half way through my third year of college at a community college, however, i feel frustrated with how my life is going.

i still have no clue what to major in. i was thinking of getting at least an AA in general studies (sociology) since that is the one i can pretty much get an AA for right now or transfer for BA in communication studies. however, i don’t really particularly enjoy those subjects, maybe sociology a little bit. i’m more interested in studying international relations or studies or at least asian studies, which obviously i would have to go to a four year college for.

but really, the thing is, i have no interest in school either. i had always hated school, but my family pressures me into going to school and it doesn’t help they all went to elite schools and my cousins’ smart and i’m a complete failure. i had to drop out of sdsu because i was pressured to go there but could not afford it and i hated it there. i thought about maybe getting an AA and then a gap year to see if i want to go back to college for a BA. i also considered vocational school but i’m not sure if i could match anything in those area.

a little about me - i’m pretty much all rounded in every subject, gets A in pretty much all classes except English because English isn’t my best language. I don’t love science though and I think my best fit would be some sort of humanities area major. i had already talked to counselors at school and taken assessments but the counselors at the community college i’m at is known to be sucky with an attitude and they hadn’t helped me so far. my assessments have different result every time and it’s because i can never make up my mind and always have different answer.

any advice, recs, or ideas to something that i may not had considered?

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Finish your AA in general studies or whatever it is that can get you that AA quickest.

Go to the counseling center at your CC and get some help with considering your career options. They should have a whole bunch of interest tests you can play with. Work with a career transitions counselor, not an academic one if the academic ones are ineffective. Talk with the counselors about the tech ed programs that your CC has availalbe. Maybe a certificate in solar panel installation could get you a green job that makes you happy.

Take the gap year, years, decade, whatever you feel like you need, after you have your basic AA. Work for a while. Save some money. Get a couple of promotions. Then if you find there is a reason to go back to college, and you have something specific that you want or need to study, that will be the time to transfer and finish off a four year degree.