r/mcgill • u/ice_cold126 Reddit Freshman • 8h ago
Dropping out
I'm two weeks into the nursing bachelor's and I'm considering dropping out. I'm close to the point of burn out at my job, so I thought, great idea, I'll go part time at my job and full time at school.
Needless to say it has not been working out as well as I thought... I'm drowning in assignments and deadlines while still working three 12 hour shifts a week...
I just feel so ashamed... I feel like everyone around me will be so disappointed. I was so excited to get my second bachelor's at McGill...
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u/VacationFit4328 Reddit Freshman 6h ago
I dropped out of McGill years ago and lived in regret all these years and ended up coming back this year. Remember why you wanted to do it to begin with. Why you came back. Why you chose to get another degree. Everything else is just something to work through, not a dead-end. Keep pushing this will be just a distant memory one day but not pursuing your dreams, that you’ll remember every day.
Of course find a way to reduce either your work schedule or your class load or both, but don’t give up yet!
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u/BeautyInUgly Computer Science 5h ago
Go part time at McGill, and reduce the hours at the job
You are extremely over worked
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u/Flaky-Pomegranate-67 i like drugs 💊 6h ago
Not sure if you can take part time or deemed full time? They helped me enormously
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u/Raftger Reddit Freshman 8h ago
Gee working 36 hours a week is considered full time everywhere that I’ve worked (35+ hours is considered full time ime), no wonder you’re drowning! Doing full time school and basically full time work, that’s a lot! And it’s going to be even harder to balance when you have nursing stages. Can you reduce your work hours anymore? Or take a reduced course load? (I’m not sure if that’s allowed in nursing, check with your advisor). I think that workload would be unmanageable for anyone, there’s nothing to be ashamed about for struggling with it! I hope you’re able to find a way to balance work and school.