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Whether it's for financial, family issues, or whatever, has anyone on here done it? How was it? Did you end up going back to school or did you discover something else you should have been doing with your time and quit school altogether? I just sat back the other day and looked at I was doing with my life and I realized I'm a %@*@+%$ bum. I stay up till 4 AM, sleep all day and then just lay in my bed listening to music on my laptop, smoke, just doing absolutely nothing productive.
I'm in my second year so I was set on declaring my major as Mechanical Engineering since I figured I would make the most out of college with that degree since it's something that can earn me a decent salary right out of undergrad. I talked to my advisor at the beginning of the semester to see if I could get switched in to Mechanical Engineering now since I was currently classified as "Exploratory Engineering" at the time. She basically told me the department has to wait till the end of the semester to see how my grades look since I have already used all my drops for my first two years. I thought that would motivate me to work extra hard this semester but it definitely didn't and I don't know what will.
I have a Calc 3 test tonight that I know absolutely nothing about. I just worry, worry, and get nothing done in the process and I can't help it. After every test I bomb, I leave the room thinking "OK, time to buckle down and study everyday so I don't have to do through that again." Nope, same thing happens again when the next exam rolls around. I've been going to school year-round, every semester including summer, since I graduated high school. Just a combination of stress from school, my living situation, friends, drugs, and everything is just overwhelming me right now and I feel like I have no one to go to about it that will understand every aspect so that's the reason why I'm posting here because I figure that atleast one of you have dealt with these issues. I'm awlays fine by the end of the day when I talk to my best friend and hear the stuff he's going through right now at home and working full-time (he had to take a semester off for financial reasons) and it makes me feel better since I realize "whatever, it's life, just move on" but then the next day it's just the same thing again.
Cliffnotes:
- I'm stressed, %@*@+%$ up in school and have no motivation at all
- Should I take a semester off to just relax and re-energize myself?
I'm in my second year so I was set on declaring my major as Mechanical Engineering since I figured I would make the most out of college with that degree since it's something that can earn me a decent salary right out of undergrad. I talked to my advisor at the beginning of the semester to see if I could get switched in to Mechanical Engineering now since I was currently classified as "Exploratory Engineering" at the time. She basically told me the department has to wait till the end of the semester to see how my grades look since I have already used all my drops for my first two years. I thought that would motivate me to work extra hard this semester but it definitely didn't and I don't know what will.
I have a Calc 3 test tonight that I know absolutely nothing about. I just worry, worry, and get nothing done in the process and I can't help it. After every test I bomb, I leave the room thinking "OK, time to buckle down and study everyday so I don't have to do through that again." Nope, same thing happens again when the next exam rolls around. I've been going to school year-round, every semester including summer, since I graduated high school. Just a combination of stress from school, my living situation, friends, drugs, and everything is just overwhelming me right now and I feel like I have no one to go to about it that will understand every aspect so that's the reason why I'm posting here because I figure that atleast one of you have dealt with these issues. I'm awlays fine by the end of the day when I talk to my best friend and hear the stuff he's going through right now at home and working full-time (he had to take a semester off for financial reasons) and it makes me feel better since I realize "whatever, it's life, just move on" but then the next day it's just the same thing again.
Cliffnotes:
- I'm stressed, %@*@+%$ up in school and have no motivation at all
- Should I take a semester off to just relax and re-energize myself?
