EPTI dropped out and I worked a sh*t job as some low level IT in an engineering firm. Getting trampled over by dumb yet educated people all day made me realize that, like yourself, I'm not an idiot but I had to find something that interested me. Why the fuck would you learn something you don't care about? Education for the sake of knowing shit is useless if you don't care about said shit, and education for the sake of getting yourself a career is useless if you'll hate your job. Not to mention the immediate financial incidence to your parents.
.750 GPA in college, ya its possible. - Page 2
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
I dropped out and I worked a sh*t job as some low level IT in an engineering firm. Getting trampled over by dumb yet educated people all day made me realize that, like yourself, I'm not an idiot but I had to find something that interested me. Why the fuck would you learn something you don't care about? Education for the sake of knowing shit is useless if you don't care about said shit, and education for the sake of getting yourself a career is useless if you'll hate your job. Not to mention the immediate financial incidence to your parents. | ||
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XDawn
Canada4040 Posts
It's either you do it or not. Clearly you do not put in 100% effort. Think about your future man | ||
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SlayerS_BoxxY
United States64 Posts
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Chronald
United States619 Posts
On January 13 2013 12:04 metbull wrote: A word of advice from someone who has been in your shoes. Drop out of school this semester. What?!?!? WHY? It honestly doesn't sound like you are mature enough to handle college at this point in time. Perhaps you need to get a job and work 40+ hours/week for a few years. It sounds like you have very little discipline. Mayhap's your lack of motivation is the reason why you do not care about school. Either way I recommend not wasting your parent's money, on another semester of tuition. Like I said I've been where you are now. It took me maturing, learning discipline, and figuring out what is that I want from my life to get myself to go back to college. And after a 10 year break, between full-time college, I'll be graduating this semester. Don't recommend doing that to anyone unless you know them personally. Just because you were unable to mature at the needed rate doesn't mean everyone will fall into the same shoes. You also don't know nearly the entirety of his story, to say you have been in the same situation is ridiculous. Jumping to such generalized conclusions so rapidly is not beneficial in any part of life. Didn't need my degree to know that. EDIT: I got below a 1.00 my first semester, changed majors and attitude and graduated with a 3.7 as a computer science / interactive media dual major. So I have 'been there' too. And it didn't take me any extra time, just 2 semesters with an extra course. | ||
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metbull
United States404 Posts
On January 13 2013 15:27 Chronald wrote: Don't recommend doing that to anyone unless you know them personally. Just because you were unable to mature at the needed rate doesn't mean everyone will fall into the same shoes. You also don't know nearly the entirety of his story, to say you have been in the same situation is ridiculous. Jumping to such generalized conclusions so rapidly is not beneficial in any part of life. Didn't need my degree to know that. EDIT: I got below a 1.00 my first semester, changed majors and attitude and graduated with a 3.7 as a computer science / interactive media dual major. So I have 'been there' too. And it didn't take me any extra time, just 2 semesters with an extra course. Thus it was all about you maturing as a person and figuring out what you wanted. Until OP does that college is a waste. Mature fast or mature slow, but gain the maturity before wasting any more time/energy/money. The OP doesn't, from my perspective, sound like he/she really wants to be in school (sorry OP). | ||
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ihOpe
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On January 14 2013 05:05 metbull wrote: Thus it was all about you maturing as a person and figuring out what you wanted. Until OP does that college is a waste. Mature fast or mature slow, but gain the maturity before wasting any more time/energy/money. The OP doesn't, from my perspective, sound like he/she really wants to be in school (sorry OP). It is more the social setting in school. A couple of my friends were talking about how their gpa's were shit coz they had 2.0's. I feel VERY VERY VERY uncomfortable saying that I have a .75gpa and that I'm on academic probation. I posted this on TL to see what some responses would be, and suffice to say, if this is what I get online, I don't want to know how people are going to judge me about it in real life | ||
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
On January 14 2013 05:46 iheartEDM wrote: It is more the social setting in school. A couple of my friends were talking about how their gpa's were shit coz they had 2.0's. I feel VERY VERY VERY uncomfortable saying that I have a .75gpa and that I'm on academic probation. I posted this on TL to see what some responses would be, and suffice to say, if this is what I get online, I don't want to know how people are going to judge me about it in real life People here don't know you, they judge you off of incomplete info. It's the interwebs. You can expect your RL folks to have more of a grasp on what you should do. | ||
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triforks
United States370 Posts
and guess how i felt over xmas break? fucking awesome. that feeling from summer had returned.no worries of classes or retakes or anything on my mind so now im 2 weeks into the semester and attending every class and actually putting some real effort in. and i still feel great. tl;dr the feeling of success is fucking awesome , that feeling alone could be my sole motivation. | ||
haduken
Australia8267 Posts
Or flipping burgers till you are 30, that would surely make you realize what you were missing. | ||
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TOloseGT
United States1145 Posts
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frogmelter
United States971 Posts
If you can't handle the beginning, you won't be able to handle the middle, let alone the end. Go to a community college for 2 years first, then transfer to a bigger college IMO That, or find a job Either way, I don't think staying in college is the right decision now. Anything short of getting amazing grades won't help your GPA, and a college degree with a bad GPA is still a difficult sell in the job market | ||
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dongmydrum
United States139 Posts
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ihOpe
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Trainrunnef
United States599 Posts
EDIT: Deciding whether to continue or not (100% effort required) is a decision you need to make soon. The classes get harder but dealing with it gets easier, you realize your limits, you choose classes more wisely, you manage your time better, and you understand what does and doesn't motivate you. Dont quit on yourself before you are sure of the direction you want to go in life. | ||
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Adila
United States874 Posts
You will be forced to take a semester off if you do badly while on probation (that was the case at my school). | ||
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ihOpe
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triforks
United States370 Posts
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metbull
United States404 Posts
On January 15 2013 07:09 iheartEDM wrote: I have already made the decisoin that I am staying in school for the rest of the year. Im going to be on top of my homework and everything, but I agree I need 100% effort here Best of luck iheartEDM. I hope you do commit to really work on school; but more importantly, yourself. If you need suggestions on building good study habits, I know that the TL community would be more than willing to offer suggestions for what has worked for them in the past. | ||
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