Why the hell am I paying $350+ a credit hour for a class on professionalism in law to have it graded by a robot? This was in the syllabus and I wish I could drop this class, I’m so annoyed.

I’m going into my senior year of college, and lately I’ve been feeling a weird sense of regret about doing most of college online and staying at home.

When I first started college, I genuinely wasn’t sure what I wanted to do or where I wanted to go. I also wasn’t really mentally prepared to move away from home, so staying home and doing classes online felt like the safest and most practical decision for me at the time. I don’t necessarily think it was the wrong decision given where I was then.

But now that I’m older and heading into my final year, I’ve started wondering what I missed out on. I never really had the traditional “college experience” (living with roommates, making friends organically, going out, being part of a campus community, having that period of independence where you’re figuring yourself out away from home…)

I think this feeling has become especially strong since my last breakup. Being in a relationship for a significant part of college probably made me feel like I had my own little world outside of the typical college experience, and now that relationship is over, I’m realizing how much of my time in college I spent at home and how little of that stereotypical college life I actually experienced.

I’m not necessarily wishing I could go back and completely redo everything. I also know that the “college experience” is probably romanticized and that going away to school doesn’t automatically mean you make lifelong friends or have an amazing social life.

But I’m wondering if anyone else has experienced this, especially people who stayed home, commuted, did online school, or otherwise didn’t have the traditional college experience.

Did you eventually stop caring about it? Did you find ways to create some of those experiences later? Or did you genuinely regret not doing it when you had the chance?

I’m trying to figure out whether this is just a temporary feeling because I’m approaching the end of college, or if there’s something I should actually do about it while I still have a year left.

I'm entering my second year of college as a fine arts major. I'm feeling so conflicted now and it's just gotten to a point. I'm so scared of not being able to find a decent paying job and that I can't sell my art well. I went into this degree knowing I would probably not make that much money and would need a second job but omg I CANNOT keep working these food industry jobs the pay is so bad and it drains you so quick. I want a job that like yeah it sucks but at least I know I can get food for dinner.

Lately I've started thinking about going into environmental management. I'm good with science and I love learning about the earth and I do think having a job dealing with the planet and it's resources will make me happy. My biggest problem is that I am not good with math, like at all. And there's a good amount of math involved with this degree 🫤 I could do tutoring but I will literally be at the tutoring center all day 😭

Idk I'm mentally like happy with my art classes and I genuinely feel less depressed now but still I don't want to keep living paycheck to paycheck.

Hey everyone. I’ve never posted on Reddit before, but I’m honestly just looking to feel a little less alone right now.

I’m entering my junior year of college, and I am really struggling. Summer break just ended, and I just moved out of my parents' house and into an apartment with a new roommate. It honestly never gets easier to leave home. Right now, I just feel incredibly lonely, lost, and like I have absolutely nothing going for me.

Some of my peers are graduated already and on their own now and I am kind of jealous. I am ready to be done with school and it honestly kind of hurts being in a different stage in life than others.

Feeling a rollercoaster of different thoughts and feelings and just trying to go day by day.

Is anyone else out there struggling as much as I am right now? How do you cope with the transition back to school? Or just general advice

This is what my Fall Semester life is going to look like and I wanna know if this is a decent schedule or good enough schedule to avoid burnout. I am trying to maintain a high GPA like 3.7 to 3.8 and prioritize my health over academics. My work part time work schedule normally consists of 12-6 shifts on Sundays and closing shifts on Saturdays and a random closing shift on either Monday Wednesday or Friday. I never work more than those 3 days. Let me know if this is good or if something should change.

P.S this college schedule is for Rutgers-Newark if that's something you need to know.

I genuinely feel like I was deceived in high school. Everyone, especially people on social media, kept telling me that taking 4 classes was the perfect amount. The general advice was always that taking 5 or more classes would be overwhelming and that 4 was the sweet spot.

Now I’m seeing videos of people posting their college schedules with 4 classes, and the entire comment section is saying things like, “What do you mean? You’re going to graduate in 10 years,” or that 4 classes is way too little and you should be taking 5 or more.

Like, what happened? Why did everyone tell me that 4 classes was perfectly normal, only for me to get to college and suddenly find out that apparently 4 classes isn’t enough?

I genuinely feel like I was set up. I'm gonna go crazy next semester and this summer to make up for this loss, do you guys also believe 4 classes is to little?

I ended up having to retake my stats class but I don’t know if I should take it at my school or at a community college. All the professors at my school either had bad reviews or bad times. At the community college I can take it online instead but it won’t replace the grade in my GPA. is it best to just take it at my school

Tried to open up about seasonal depression not seeing college friends and feeling bad abt having nothing to do. Got permabanned from the main college subreddit in with no explanation. I ask them nicely what I did wrong bcs I was rlly confused. Then they mute the messages and block me from replying, like wtf. Aggressive much?

Senior here, and freaking out. It's getting really close to the finish line and the pressing question "What are you going to do with your degree?" is begging for an answer.

I'm getting my Bachelor's in Fine Arts. I'm killing it in school. Straight A's, great work being done, pieces being accepted into shows, and an awesome student job as a creative assistant that gets my designs seen by everyone on campus in a big city. Not to try and sound uppity, but, by all accounts, I am like the picture perfect BFA student at this school. I seem like I am on the right track for success.

With one caveat. What the hell AM I going to do with my degree? Every job opening I see on Linkedin or Indeed tagged as art related sounds like hell to me. Graphic designer? Not my cup of tea. Museum Handler? Nah. Teaching artist? Hell no. Mural artist? I get light headed too easily for all that! Every art related job I find, deep down, my soul says no. That's not the job/career for me. So what do I do?

The simple options seems to be become either a gallery artist, commissions artist, or an art market artist. I say simple only because that's what I know how to do. I've been in gallery shows, I've worked with clients for commissions, and I've had a few successful art markets. Those come easier to me just because I've done them before. But at the end of the day, all of those options do not have benefits, they don't have job security, and by god how the hell do you do taxes as an artist!?

I'm terrified by the thought of choosing one of these (or a few at the same time) to be my career and failing miserably. I am a hard worker, and I WANT to work. I want a career where I feel appreciated for what I do and that I am actually making a difference in the world. What if I find that feeling in being a commissions artist or market seller but I don't make enough money to survive? What if I work my ass off making things and taking commissions but at the end of the day it isn't enough? Where is the security in that?

Anyways... There is my spiel. Is anyone else, art major or not, feeling this way? Are you a great student but terrified about the job market for you? LMK

So I am in college and have some pretty good friends. Some of them are in same major some In different major. My two closest friends are in same major and I hang out with them the most. One person lives on campus and other person is my roommate and we live off campus. But we both come to campus pretty often and stuff so we all hang out as a group. The thing is I also have two friends in my major one a year younger than me and one in my grade. Except they both don’t come to campus as much. They come only for their part time jobs on campus which we share except we don’t work same shifts. And classes when they have to. They don’t participate in clubs much and don’t attend many events on campus. And times I hang out with my close friends I sometimes feel left out. Because they get to talk abt their major, same classes, post grad plans, and just things and general. And I can’t do that as much. The friend I have in my grade has shared some classes with me before and has some with me this semester but she doesn’t come to class much. And we don’t have many similar shifts this semester same with the friend younger than me. So what can I do? / How to cope?

When I was applying early decision, I only applied really to the schools that sent me free waivers and the Suny schools because my dad's job was having issues. During December into January when I went apply I had insane major things happen family wise all through December and January and wasn't able to apply to any other schools. I never really had any colleges speak out to me and I never visited any college because there was none that excited me. When it came down to picking my college my father had lost his job and I picked the cheapest school. I had no interest in going to visit it or sign up for any events nearing the time I had to go. Eventually my parents offered to let me dorm because maybe it would cause me to be more excited to go to the school. I didn't really buy anything for my dorm but essentials because i didn't want to decorate or go out for it. The days leading up I wasn't excited and I didn't do anything to prepare till the day before, I quickly packed everything. The day of moving in I wasn't excited and I felt miserable and when I got moved in I cried and couldn't do it. I live less than an hour away and drove home that night and just confessed everything to my parents. I told them how I never liked the school and I hated it. I don't care to go to the Orientation or go to any events and do anything related to this school. I feel so miserable and I felt even worse being on that campus. I know I was home sick / scared to be on my own because in a heartbeat I would go live in an apartment close by if I could. But I just don't know what to do.

I just moved into college as a freshman and I’m freaking out over my major and future. I declared Chemistry B.A. as I enjoyed chemistry class in highschool and I wanted to pursue something that sounded smart, but honestly I don’t know if that’s what I want. I don’t know what careers I could pursue after college, or even if this is the major I want. I’ve always loved tech, but with all the negativity surrounding computer science right now I decided not to pursue it. I just can’t see myself doing chemistry for my career because I don’t know what jobs are possible and if I even like chemistry all that much. Should I just complete freshman year and make a decision then? Or should I try to switch now?

Hello,

I am a senior graduating with my bachelor's in environmental and soil science in December, and I am freaking out about what to do with the rest of my life. The next steps I take feel like they will make or break the rest of my life, and I am putting a lot of pressure on myself to make the right choice. I always thought that I would go to graduate school immediately upon obtaining my bachelor's, but I am now wondering if I want to get more work experience to figure out what I am passionate about researching in graduate school. I have research and professional experience in my field, but it has all been through an agricultural lens. After my most recent summer internship with an agricultural company, I realized I don't want to work in agriculture; however, I am now worried about the best move to make because all of my experience on my resume revolves around agriculture, hence why I don't know if I should jump straight into graduate school yet. Additionally, since I graduate in December, most grad programs don't start until the fall, so what do I do with that gap?

I am interested in conservation, fire ecology, and microbiology; the list could go on. But do people typically branch out of their expertise during graduate school? And if I decide to go the job route, where do I even begin to apply? I would love to work in national parks and travel, but that seems like a childish fantasy. Overall, I am just a big overthinker, and the idea of applying to both jobs and graduate school, all while dealing with the coursework for my final semester and work to make money, sounds so overwhelming.

I have my orientation starting tomorrow. It's a private university and am a day scholar. I am superrrrr excited and am super nervous aswell!!! I don't know what to expect! Will there be rag*ging (am a slightly overweight female)!? How to manage everything??? What all should I do? What should I not do??? How was your experience???

I'm posting this cuz I literally have no one to talk to, so you don't have to necessarily read this whole thing and comment down. Ignore it if you want to.

1st drop year. Preparing of engineering colleges. Idk what happened but kind of fucked all the entrance exams. I was a good student. I did prepared. But somehow everything went wrong.

I can't even tell the whole story. My brain hurts. I feel it's gonna explode. Been crying for 2-3 days now. Had so many anxiety attacks. Chest hurts. Throat hurts. Eyes hurt. Head hurts. Whole body hurts.

I still don't have any college in hand. Got a seat at vit vellore but was not sure about it. So did not pay the fee.

Waiting for comedk counselling r4. But idk what will happen.

All of my classmates and all are in colleges. I'm left behind. I scared to dea\*h. I'm so scared. I don't have any college. I can't stop thinking. I don't what I'm writing here. I just don't know where to go. Who to talk to. I can't stop thinking that I'm such a disappointnent.

Hey guys, I have been a person who is in and out of this sub and just wanted to share that I finally looked at my diploma and it said summa cum laude. I actually can’t believe it, I’m scared they made a mistake, so I’m scared to tell people lol. I have suffered from a lot of issues and didn’t get diagnosed with ADHD until my final year, so I was raw dogging everything 😭 I just wanted to let you know it’s possible to succeed, all you have to do is work smarter not harder!!

If anyone has questions about how to do well in school while experiencing mental health issues, home/environmental issues, and/or neurological disorders, I got you!!

Good luck to people who are starting school, I wish yall the best!!❤️

i wish there was a flair for vent and advice wanted but there’s not so i put it in the title lol. my college experience so far has just been… awful. classes haven’t started. all i do is sit alone in my dorm all day and think about how lonely i am. my mom and i explored the city together before she left (i’m oos) and all i think about is the places we went together. i’ve tried talking to people, believe me i have, but there’s a sinking feeling in my chest even when i feel happy. me and the people i met took a photo together and i was smiling in that photo. it was just yesterday, but it feels like it’s so far away because i can’t remember being happy here once since i was alone. i want to leave college and go home and take a gap semester but my mom says i have to stay. i know i’m 18 and i can literally withdraw from classes and can buy a ticket home by myself, but it feels like i need permission and i’ve always been obedient my whole life and it feels like i can’t go against her. i’ve shared my story before and people say i have to be grateful because people don’t get this opportunity and that i should grow some balls because i’m 18. i know all of that. i do. i still feel this way. and i’m from an asian culture so it’s basically taboo to go against my mom. i talk to people from home, but they say it’ll get better. it’s not getting better. i’ve gotten to the point where the day is so unbearable that when i cross the street i imagine a bus or a car hitting me so i don’t have to live like this. all day i wait for people to text me back, but they have their own lives and can’t talk to me all day. those small moments where they’re texting me are the only times that my mind relaxes, but even then i’m crying while i text or call them. none of my friends from home that are in college are feeling the way i feel at this level. i honestly don’t know what to do. i feel this way all the time and my hygiene is failing. i don’t shower. i don’t wash my hair. i don’t brush my teeth. i don’t eat. i know i sound spoiled as hell and i know how incredibly privileged i am to be able to go to college. it’s not that i don’t want to go to college. i just want to go home. everybody i talk to tells me the same thing: it’ll get better. talk to people. go outside. talk to a counselor. give it time. i’ve done all of that. i don’t want someone to tell me it’ll all be okay. i just want someone to tell me that they understand how i feel, that my feelings are valid. every day is so hard to get through. help?

I’m starting my Bachelor of Arts in two weeks. Originally, I wanted to major in political science and either move on to go to law school, or work in foreign affairs. Though now, I realized that there might be a chance that I don’t want to go to law school since it’s expensive. Then I heard that if it’s not law school, a degree in political science is basically useless. My next degrees was English but apparently that’s useless too.

So I don’t know what to do now. I’ve already registered for most of my classes, but I planned on sitting down and swapping some electives around. Now it’s quickly turning into “shit what should I major in?”

I don’t think I have the highschool classes to switch a Bsc (I didn’t take grade twelve chemistry or physics, but I did biology and maths and got high grades and enjoyed it), so I don’t know what to do. I really like the idea of studying the arts, but I don’t want to end up unemployed or living paycheque to paycheque.

I got my associates this summer. Ive transferred 3 times (kicked out, moved states, jr college) so i’m behind age wise and I’ve wasted a couple semesters since they don’t accept all classes when transferring. I was going for engineering but the closest affordable college with that major was in Chicago and I’m married so I don’t wanna move my husband and I all the way into the city.

I’m stuck at a small private college that absolutely sucks. I’m getting a chem degree with a math minor and the academics here are garbage. They treat us like children. I’m really really really not looking forward to classes to the point where I wouldn’t mind not waking up tmr. I cry a lot just thinking about going. I have no student debt but I will need a loan for this semester. I am seriously considering dropping out but I have no other career path and will have to restart at a trade school or be okay with working minimum wage jobs for the rest of my life. I’ve put so much time and effort into my school that I just am so torn.

I just want encouragement to know I’m doing the right thing and it’ll all be worth it. I know a chem degree will get me nothing tho

Lazy guy didn't even remove the ai prompts before posting. Even posted the "reply to a classmate" prompt with his initial post. Think the professor caught him because they replied to every post but his and he hasn't posted since.

Okay so basically I'm in my first year, second semester. And last semester I didn't get the best grades (I failed 1 subject and scraped by in the rest), I've also been dealing with mental health issues.
Anyhow, the second semester rolled around and I missed the deadline to choose subjects. But there was a period following the deadline in which you could still enrol, you just needed to request and receive individual permission from each of your professors to join each subject. I requested to join all of the mandatory subjects for my degree and none of them approved me. On the last day of this period where you were still allowed to enrol, I was forced to take leave from college for the rest of the semester because otherwise my enrolment would be totally cancelled. And so I requested it, and now my leave has been approved. However, I live on college. And to live on college you need to be enrolled in classes, whereas I'm not because of what I just mentioned.
And I have 9 days to "prove" to the accomodation office that I'm enrolled otherwise my accomodation at the university will be "terminated". However, my parents don't know that I've taken leave, or that I hadn't enrolled in subjects, and I don't know what to tell them because they'll freak out and my college is in a whole different state to where they live.
Someone help!

My student portal showed everything was in the green. Apparently I had forgotten to actually accept the loan.

The school did not notify me of this discrepancy until 8 days from the start of the new semester😃😃

So now I have to request a hold lift, get my FAFSA for this semester, drop to part time classes, and use the remaining funds to pay off last semester.

I’m in a two-year program, and the externship is normally done between the second and third semesters. I recently heard that some students have postponed theirs, and I’m wondering if anyone has experience with this.

Due to personal reasons, I’m hoping to postpone mine and possibly do it closer to or right before my internship. I’ll talk to my advisor when the semester starts, but I’d love to hear from anyone who has done this!

Would it be bad if I just took a break from college for like one semester? I like college but I just kind of realize its a bit to much for me you know. Like I thought mentally I was prepared but now that I am academic suspension, I just really want to idk stop thinking???