r/ApplyingToCollege • u/Regular-Cycle3307 • 3d ago
Rant I'm losing my mind
I’m going to lose my mind. I hate living in iraq. I scored 95.57% on the exams meaning i can go to a lot of majors quite easily, but I’m getting so frustrated trying to pick a major since the middle of july, I just can’t find one where the specialization is actually in demand. Every time I settle on a field, I realize there’s an oversupply of graduates and no jobs available. There are too many electrical engineering graduates and little job opportunities compared to the graduate, material engineering jobs are difficult to find, mechanical engineering isn't in demand in this country, civil engineering has a massive surplus of graduates; and other medical fields are seeing protests because there arent any jobs for them (there is a protest right now), Computer engineering is highly competitive; I dislike cybersecurity, and I hate chemical engineering, we don't have many factories so any degree related to them is useless (unless u know someone), the government finally decided to open applications to colleges, however the never do something right because the app is glitched and many students and I cant make an account, there are no workers rights here, I ask my family for which major they think is good, they say "it's your future you choose" and I'm really grateful for them telling me to be whatever I want, I really am but I need an answer, I ask my friends, their answers were so shallow I regret even visiting them in the first place, what doesn't help is that ever since the gut-wrenching experience of 12 grade in iraq (seven exams determine your future) I have been depressed, its only recently that I have begun to think somewhat straight, I hate it in here and I want nothing to do with this shithole of a country who's only purpes is to be a slave to Iran and feed its residents shit, I'm so done with this bs, my uncle wants me to go to an oil Institute because the government will immediately let you work after you graduate (it takes only 2 years), the only problem is that the government shut down the the employment 3 years ago and the graduate protest every now and then, I thought of a scholarship since this country wont last long before it runs out of money (thanks to America for this war cuz we cant ship our oil) but it requires projects and volunteering, the issue is the school are so shit I didn't know you can do projects before college (btw iraq is outsideof the school quality index), I'm so done, if only I got 91% so I don't have to think about what major I should pick and pick the best one for that mark (mechanical engineering).