EPTLosing interest in college education - Page 3
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fight_or_flight
United States3988 Posts
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ish0wstopper
Korea (South)342 Posts
its not like if ur pre med you have to stick to being a doctor or something you can use a science background for other fields, private or public sector | ||
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HeavOnEarth
United States7087 Posts
now i feel bad  | ||
Jibba
United States22883 Posts
You're not always going to like every class/job/situation but you've got to learn to man up and push through if you want to get somewhere, even if you don't know what that somewhere is. Move on, never stay still. | ||
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sp4rki
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 ), but I had to register to answer the OP's dilemma. First of all I've been in the same situation you're in. I first took Civil Engineering, then Computer Science, Accounting, Global Business and Finance and Economics. I'm still doing the Finance and Economics courses. But since in my country we basically do trimesters, I generally do one and take the next one off. I graduated a good school, and I'm well off. Even though I had great scores in school I never really took it seriously. Now in college its the same thing. The classes I pass I do next to nothing to pass and the ones I don't, it's because of lack of participation on class dynamics or me not going to the class enough.Anyways, right now I'm a decent looking 24 year old male. I get all the women I need (or want for that matter), I have a decent job and I make decent money. It's funny how I'm not happy with my current income, but I'm still making more money than my friends from school who have college educations and masters degrees. It's even funnier the fact that my dad can't believe I'm already making more than 2 thirds what he makes being a surgeon. Also I've had two businesses, that didn't actually work out at the end. I got 2180 in my SAT's a few years ago If I remember correctly. At this point in my life I'm doing better than, all those people that where supposed to be making the truckloads of cash. I have a lawyer friend with a masters degree who makes one third what I make. WTF is that? My point? For most people it's true that you need a college education to make the best of your professional life and open the doors to financial freedom. But, if you're smart enough, or have the discipline required, you don't need it. You wont make money doing a 9 to 5 at the local architect firm. Unless you become a partner 10 years from now of course. You make money investing. You make money creating a product. You make money creating a need for your services. No college will teach you how to be successful. You want to drop out? Fine drop out. But don't go work for the closest McDonald's you've got. Do something with your life. And when you really know what you want to do with your life, go back to college and take the courses required to get a degree that has to do with your newly acquired direction. I'm still one and a half years away from graduating college, and at the rate I go might as well make it 2 or 3 more years, but I'm fine with that. I'm fucking making the money all my friends wish they could make. I'm getting my college degree to be able to say I accomplished getting a piece of paper that taught me nothing, but I fucking got it nonetheless, cause real men don't quit. PD: It took me 5 major changes to get to the college career that suited me. YMMV, but you're still young enough to be able to make this decisions, cherish that. Edit: Hi everyone  | ||
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Raithed
China7078 Posts
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haduken
Australia8267 Posts
On December 20 2008 07:33 Elvin_vn wrote: 1- suspense ur study 2- go for work for 1 year 3- go back to college and treasure every seconds you spend I couldn't fucking agree more. Kid you need to have some fucking real perspective on life. What the fuck are you doing in a good college without some sort of career plan from the very fucking start? College isn't your fucking high school. Why the fuck do you care what the prof says to you? I can't even fathom how you can even think like that. Why the fuck do you care which fagly ass Taiwan actor you look like? why the fuck do you worry about your height when half of asia is below that height? Are you fucking having second puberty or something? what the fuck? Look, you need to spend some time working and find out exactly what you want to do then go back to college and fucking learn everything you can! It shits me that I'm saving every spare cents for my postgrade and you are sitting there being an emo. On the bright side, you are what? 21? Half the people that i know didn't even start university until they are that age. I will say this one time, you can post here now but if you post this shit again five year later, NO ONE and i mean NO ONE will give a shit about you, not even anon TL.netters. | ||
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