I'm in my 3rd year of college at a school that uses the quarter system as opposed to the semester system. I feel it makes the year seem super long. I hate it here. Before college I was a generally happy person. I hate myself, life and everything pretty much. The only things I don't hate are very few of my old friends (i moved really far away for college) and my family. I miss my family every day and am obsessed about going home all the time. I don't think my grades at that bad (3.544) but I'm really unhappy here. I have no idea why but when I'm here I get depression. I really want to take a couple of months off but my parents think that will just make things harder for me later since I have to come back to this dump anyways. Has anyone else taken time off in the middle of college? do you regret it? do you think it even matters? So i just suck it up like i have the past two years and get the hell out as soon as i can?
I've been in college since 2004. I was on Community college for 3 years, and I'm graduating in Fall 2009. One thing I have found is it is really helpful to sometimes take a break and get your head together. Taking a quarter off to relax after two years probably won't hurt you, especially since you aren't taking school well. But you want to go back to school after that, because if you stay from school too long you forget study patterns and material you learned. You shouldn't quit unless you find a great job because it is wasted effort to go to college and quit half way, having a degree does open up for opprotunities. If you did find yourself in a job that you enjoy and can live off of then you should stick to it, and go back to college at some ambiguous time.
What is it about college you hate? The teachers? the environment? studying? the expense? the students?
OP here. What is it about college I hate? Well the studying is a given I guess. I HATE the expense and i go to a pretty big school so I feel its really impersonal. the professors suck and no body gives a damn. I just want college to be over but I feel burnt out at the same time.
I'm currently taking time off. I got my BA and am going to go to law school in a year. Right now I'm just working a shitty internship and gettin my head on straight.
I really think it is best to do at least once, just so you don't burn out.
Y hallo thar!
I took a year off after BA and now I'm back in uni to get the next degree (next 2 years basically booked). I'm confused most of the time and I don't feel exitment of studying. I think its a mistake that i went back to the university, but i decided to keep on going til i will fail more than 50% and take my papers out then, unless i will get motivated out of nowhere.
The thing is that meanwhile while i took a year off, i wasn't really doing anything else than working, i had 2 jobs and not time to do anything. So now i feel that im not motivated enough to study and im getting concentration problems. Its hard to remember every simple thing (yes afraid of Alzheimer, etc).
But in my situation i would have been the same as if i would have gone to study further straight from graduating the college at first place. Because i just feel tired and I'm not motivated doing anything. Everything seems to make no sense etc.
So basically what i suggest you is to push yourself further and go til the end, as you know you wont have long to go. Only few more quarters till you get your degree and finish with all of this.
Good luck, OP, wish you the best! :)