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Anyone here drop out of college?

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TechHead87

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If so, what came about? Did you eventually get a good job? Are you thinking about dropping out?

I dropped out after having a panic attack during Spring finals 2004. Hadn't been back since. I want to go back this Spring, but I'm VERY hesitant. My grades were pretty much shameful, on a good day (didn't really care back then).

Working 40-50 hours per week is getting old to me, and I kinda want to go back....what should I do?
 
I left college and tested out of the rest. Been accepted to a couple grad programs, might work...not sure quite yet.
 
I did.

It started 5 years of hell. I went back last year and got all As for three semesters at a CC. This semester has been rough with me being sick and Katrina and all. I'll transfer to University next year.

Go back, but go back when you've matured enough to care. There will be a lot of crap classes that you won't like, but you have to take.

I work 40 hours while I go to school, which sucks horribly. If you do it, make sure you do it right.
 
Originally posted by: Baked
He said drop out, not finishing undergrad and going to grad school, Jesus.
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I left my freshman year, and haven't seen a classroom since. Isn't that kind of like dropping out?
 
Originally posted by: Chaotic42
I did.

It started 5 years of hell. I went back last year and got all As for three semesters at a CC. This semester has been rough with me being sick and Katrina and all. I'll transfer to University next year.

Go back, but go back when you've matured enough to care. There will be a lot of crap classes that you won't like, but you have to take.

I work 40 hours while I go to school, which sucks horribly. If you do it, make sure you do it right.
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The "hell" part sounds horribly familiar. I was working 40+ hours a week, PLUS going to school full time.

Can we say, "suicidal thoughts?"
 
Originally posted by: TechHead87
The "hell" part sounds horribly familiar. I was working 40+ hours a week, PLUS going to school full time.

Can we say, "suicidal thoughts?"
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Having no direction in life is the most depressing thing I've been through.
 
Originally posted by: aswedc
Originally posted by: Baked
He said drop out, not finishing undergrad and going to grad school, Jesus.
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I left my freshman year, and haven't seen a classroom since. Isn't that kind of like dropping out?
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Where and how did you test out of three years of classes?
 
Originally posted by: Chaotic42
Originally posted by: aswedc
Originally posted by: Baked
He said drop out, not finishing undergrad and going to grad school, Jesus.
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I left my freshman year, and haven't seen a classroom since. Isn't that kind of like dropping out?
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Where and how did you test out of three years of classes?
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http://www.cosc.edu/
http://www.cosc.edu/Advising/StandardizedExamsGE2005.cfm

Came in with 31.5 credits, left with 120 and a degee. Took about five months 🙂

Either sitting for the CPA exam now or entering the MS Accounting program at Temple University...
 
I think dropping out is a very bad thing to do. It really gets you off track. I 'dropped out' of my community college for a semester, and now I'm behind in my degree program after transferring to a 4 year university.

College can be really stressful and suck sometimes, but the way I figure it, it is only 4 years. After that, you have that degree for life.

Right now it looks like I have about another 1 year and a half left. I definately have my eye on that prize (in my case a bachelor's in computer science).

After graduation I don't know if I will go to grad school (if I can get in) or try to get some kind of job.
 
Dropped out Sophmore year when my parents got divorced... didn't know what was going on.

After working in the real world for 6 months, i realized it was a big mistake and went back. So here I am now, 4 months from completing all of my credits. I actually would've graduated on time, but some of my classes are sequential and im paying for it now.
 
Originally posted by: Chaotic42
Originally posted by: TechHead87
The "hell" part sounds horribly familiar. I was working 40+ hours a week, PLUS going to school full time.

Can we say, "suicidal thoughts?"
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Having no direction in life is the most depressing thing I've been through.
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I'm living through that now.

Ever feel like life is a paragraph of sentences that end with question marks? Or worse....this: "??!!"

*edited to delete lude language*
 
my friend dropped out of college from depression. he sought counseling and was put on medication, and he took the rest of the semester off. he ended up going to a different school but was able to fare much better given that he was still taing the meds and ensuring that therapy would continue. if you want to go back, maybe that's a path you'd be best off taking.

good luck!
 
I left Illinois State because a few of the prof's were ignorant of he classes they were teaching. After talking with the dean, I decided that I would be better off without them. Never looked back.
 
I did...I was trying to work full time and carry a full load of classes...basically burned out. I have a job I am happy with, and it pays well, and I managed to convince my boss and her boss to let me telecommute on a full-time basis. I'd like to go back to school, but it's just not that pressing at the moment, especially since I live out in the sticks.
 
i went to college after high school, for about 1.5 years

then i joined the navy, did that for 10 years. i went to night school for 2 years before i got out of the navy and graduated/got my BS the same month i was discharged. it is a lame degree in a field unrelated to my jobs, but it still helped. some companies just require a degree, not necessarily in the field, so it has worked out very well for me
 
dropped out after 1.5 yrs. took a semester off, went to a community college and got an associates degree, worked for 6 or so years, now I'm back finishing up the bachelors, cleaning up some grades from the first attempt
 
dropped out, went back, enjoyed it more the second time around.

but, maybe you should get your panic attacks under control first.
 
Getting a good job is either about knowing someone and getting hooked up or being educated. So don't drop out unless you have connections or you want to start at the bottom and maybe risk staying there forever.

I personally wasted my first year in college and then took a couple years off. My first year I think I signed up for 32 units and only finished 9. I remember actually dropping a class because I wanted to sleep rather than take a midterm. Another class I had an A in but didn't complete since I decided to go to a Smashing Pumpkins concert rather than take the final. Professor called me and asked me to come in late to take the final and I still didn't do it.

I came back strong though and got straight A's and graduated with a degree in Astrophysics and Math. There's a catch though. If you're going to "take time off" be prepared to WANT to come back and then be prepared to spend LONGER in college than you otherwise might have. I don't think most people can just drop out and then pick up where they left off after a year or maybe more. I ended up going back and retaking a whole bunch of math classes and it cost me a good year and a half longer in college. Maybe some people can take all that time off and just jump right into Calculus but I couldn't.

With what I know now I would have dropped out of High school and taken the GED at 14 and then gone straight to a community college for a few years. Then I could have gone to a university and graduated a lot younger. Unfortunately I didn't know what I wanted to study so that didn't work out. Then even after all that hard work in college I didn't want to work in the field and now I do something completely different. Funny how that works out. I still feel good about getting the piece of paper though.

If you think college is going to save you from 50 hour weeks though you're probably wrong. If you're even partially ambitious and want to be better than average then you'll be stuck working over 40 hours in most places. My take on it at least. It seems like those that only work 40 hours a week have those jobs that bore them to death and/or they're not moving anywhere. I'd rather work 50 hours and not be bored than work 30 hours and want to drill a stake through my head. My last job was 47 hours a week and 35 of them were boring. My job now is around the same hours, maybe a bit less, but I enjoy it, the day flies by, and I make more money.

Don't think you need some fancy degree to get a good job though. Anything will do in most cases. It's the principal of the matter and employers simply want to see that you finished what you started and did what they did. Also, many of my friends are very successful with only 2 year degrees. My buddy's sister only has a 2 year certificate in some Dental school and now she makes $350 a day. Not bad. That's over $90,000 a year on a 2 year certificate course. Another friend got an excellent job in Silicon Valley after serving 4 years in the Navy. With his special clearance and technical training he was hooked up right away and then went ahead and got a few of my other friends jobs.

The hard part is knowing what you want to do. Good luck with that.
 
I dropped out about 3 weeks ago.. got myself a job paying well.. screw college. I wasted my time partying and losing my mind. I'm much better off now than I was in college.. that isn't to say I didn't have a good time though 😉 but it is all about having a connection in the real world.. so if you don't have that.. it might not be a good time to drop out.
 
I spent about a day & a half at CUNY & just didn't like it. It felt just like grade school, only with more room for my legs, & less for my ambition.
 
Originally posted by: Evadman
I left Illinois State because a few of the prof's were ignorant of he classes they were teaching. After talking with the dean, I decided that I would be better off without them. Never looked back.
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You never considered attending a different university?
 
i got expelled before my first year ended

i struggled at first, but learned enough on my own

now i make plenty and have the best job ever
 
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