I only have three classes and almost halfway in the second week and I feel really overwhelmed. My online math class had us do over 100 math problems, 6 lecture videos and doing a quiz in the first week. Apparently quizzes have to be at a extremely specific format and requires me to print them out. I don't have a printer at home and the printer on campus requires a bunch of steps I can't figure out. (The link to download the app required doesn't work).

I had to leave at the beginning of a film editing class because I was completely lost. The hard drive I had to use didn't have the cable to plug into the computer and I missed out on the lessons in the beginning. The teacher was explaining important things and I couldn't remember the link to access it. The teacher kept going and everyone else on class had no trouble while I was completely lost. I left out of fustration and cried in the bathroom for an hour. Especially since I want to become a film editor and I couldn't figure out the basics.

Parking is a nightmare every day. I have to start the school day with stressing out with finding a spot on time. And on top of all that, I got a bad sore throat and brain fog that makea it harder to focus. I'm super overwhelmed right now and I'm kind of considering dropping out

I can understand not wanting to do work in high school, no one likes mandatory schooling. But, most if not all people choose to go to college. I just started community college last week, and the stories that teachers have told us is insane. In one of my classes theres a lot of group work as well, and I already know who to avoid being in a group with because they're on their phone 90% of class and don't participate. I guess the only scenario I can see is someone being pressured into going to college by their parents? Idk, its just baffling because classes fill up fast and someone else could've taken your place who actually wanted to be there.

I enjoy my classes and my friends why do I just want to zzzzz even with enough sleep. It’s only the second week, aaauuuuuuggh

Somehow they made learning any new information frustrating and unbearable. It's also really cool that if you click the read about concept option, the worst highlight in the world makes it so obnoxious and hard to actually read anything. Absolutely seething that I have a million fucking assignments to do with this dogshit program.

So, I study in France and the university restaurants here are a mess, I stay like 40 minutes only on the line and I have to eat super fast because there are also lines to leave your dirty plate, we got 1 minute late for class and the professor didn't let us in. It's just seems so abusive, I wish I could eat my own food but the university restaurant is only 1 euro which is such a huge help financially...

At this point I understand Latin more than his handwriting

i (20F) have spent the last 2 years working towards getting into a funeral services program at my college, since being an embalmer was the career i picked out for myself in my senior year of high school. i got into said program this fall, and today was my first day.

while completing the prerequisite courses for my program, i never had this feeling of dread and nervousness like i've had a week before today. something is telling me this is not the choice for me, and i'll be wasting my time/i've wasted my time doing this.

additionally, ever since i was little i had a passion for marine life - specifically sharks. i've always told myself that some path in marine biology would be a "back up plan," but it's starting to seem *way* more appealing than my current program. and that's not to say i'm not fascinated with the process of embalming just as i was in high school, but it's starting to creep up on me that this might be just a fascination and not a passion for a career.

another aspect of this is that my college is paid for by a fund my grandfather has had set up since i was born. if i were to suddenly drop out OR swap career paths, i know he would think less of me and say i'm "wasting my time" or "wasting his money" (things he's said to me before when i was taking too long for his liking.)

what do i do? do i just finish this semester then drop out? do i finish the semester, leave the program, and switch? i'm worrying myself sick about this

I hate all these stupid assignments and stupid exams and I hate my stupid major. I'm a final semester senior and honestly I hate what I'm doing now because all these classes have ruined any passion I had for the subject.

I hate my professors and how they all expect me to prioritize their class while I try not to burn out for like the 5th time. I know that if I push myself a little more then I can do better but I'm just so exhausted with trying to obtain this stupid degree.

I honestly wish I would just get hit by a bus or something so I dont have to do this anymore and I know other people don't have the same opportunity as me but I hate it so much I'd rather die than be here.

I am someone who LOVE feedback. The good stuff motivates me to keep going and the bad stuff helps me improve. I thrive on it.

Over the summer, I took three classes. Two of my professors gave amazing comments, they praised my writing, arguments, and insights but also let me know when I missed something or didn't quite hit the mark. The course calander was full and I knew exactly what was expected and when. I loved it.

Fall semester starts and all my professors have said basically, "you're not being graded on your ability or even the content, just that you're doing the work." What?! I'm a college junior, not a kindergartner. Grade my writing, my understanding, my efforts, leave me feedback! And the calendar? Don't even get me started. It's freaking blank! I like to be able to look at everything I have to do and make a plan, how can I do that without a calendar?

I hate this fluid, do the work and get the A thing. I don't want to feel like I could do the bare minimum and pass. I want to bust my ass and put in the effort AND get the feedback!

Also, one of my professors seriously doesn't understand how much work she's giving us. Especially since she's not grading the content. I think i just reazlized the problem I have with this semester. It feels like it's all just busy work. Read the massive amount of shit, write your discussion posts, reply to two classmates, now do this assignment that will only be graded based on if you turn it in. What's the point if you're not grading it based on substance? I hate it and these classes are making me regret even going back to school.

Thanks for letting me vent.

I am in the fall of my senior year and unfortunately I am going to have to cope with the fact that I have no friends.

Making friends is something I have never been particularly good at. After a point (I think it was around sophomore year of high school when we were able to go back to school after lockdown) I just was never able to find connections like I used to. I shriveled into myself and that kinda was the end of it.

I tried, I really did. I went to parties, hung out, did internships, went shopping, went to clubs, did all the things, the only time where I actually able to talk to people like a human was when I was drunk or high. But not once did I feel like..."Yeah these are my people."

I don't laugh anymore, not with people anyway. I don't go out unless its with my boyfriend, I don't smile. When I talk it feels foreign, like ive forgotten how to talk to people. It comes out awkward and dry.

I don't blame others for not wanting to be my friend as I know it's my own fault. I'm not a easy person to like. I'm not a happy person. I'm not funny, social, or even smart.

Idk man, it just sucks that when I graduate I will have to do it knowing I did it alone. And when my family asks me where are my friends at? I'm gonna have to look them in the face and tell them

....I don't have any.

BUT HEY, I'm getting that degree bitches!​

I completely screwed my first year of college. 2.2 gpa, as low as 1.3 in one class. Am i screwed? It’s at a community college too, and i need to apply to transfer schools this fall, is anyone going to take me?!??

So today was my first day in college my college started on 20 august but I joined today so I didn't have any friends there everything was confusing classes and seeing groups and friends laughing and I was just standing alone and had just 3 to 4 Convo only from 3rd sept regular classes are going to start but I am still nervous

my train got canceled last night making me unable to go back to college (3H 30MIN) and I got a reschedule for today in the morning so I could make it to class. I booked the first morning ticket so I can get to campus ASAP, but then right as the train was about to arrive, a tree fell on the train.

This tree is currently blocking the railroad (so they have to remove and cut it), and it shattered the windshield on the train and making the engine unable to run. At first, it was a 30 min delay, then 1 hour, then 1:30, and now 2 hour. There is no other alternative to this train and I cannot take any other car to college and make it back in time. The quickest alternative to this is to take the shuttle at 6PM (4H 30MIN) and by then, I will arrive on campus after my classes

Is this a excused absence? Or unexcused

I wanna go to a college party really bad which is sad maybe to admit lol but they sound fun as someone who has never been and I consider myself pretty extroverted and carefree. I just transferred to this school as a senior though and its only the second week of school, and I don’t even live on campus I have my own apartment so I feel like it’s really hard to get included in stuff. anyone have any suggestions?

its a genuinely fun job and i know im insanely lucky to have gotten. im at the point where im breaking and i spend more time crying instead of studying. i might ask if they could reduce my hours under the minimum as an exception idk. but im really disappointed in myself for not having the time management and stress management abilities to do it. i think i'm just below average in those areas unfortunately

Hi all, for a quick background, I switched my major from CJ to environmental science last March so this is my first semester with classes for my new major. My geology prof has three AI assignments that are each worth 36 points. The class has 800 points total, meaning ~13.5% of my final grade will come from them.

The dilemma: I am very anti-ai. Mainly because I am an artist and environmentalist. I refuse to use it. For these assignments I have to use ChatGPT (I cant even use Ecosia's AI, which is my browser of choice because of their positive environmental impact).

The goal of one of the assignments is to teach us that we cannot trust everything AI says/provides and to help us think critically about AI results. Another assignment's goal is to help us identify rocks. The third is supposed to demonstrate how you can use AI to brainstorm, learn new things, and improve your life.

What really pisses me off: this professor claims to "stand with all movements that seek to end injustices, uplift people, promote diversity, equality, and peace, and create a just and more equitable world to live in. If you are making an effort toward these ends and think I can help, please let me know..." Yet requires us to use ChatGPT and doesn't mention anything about alternative assignments for students who feel uncomfortable with AI use. He also provides AI prompts to help us create study guides but says that we can only use content from the class that we upload into the prompts. If I cant use any outside sources, I definitely dont need a bot to make me a study guide. I dont care if it takes me longer to put together.

Maybe Im just too black-and-white, or unfamiliar with traditional (rather than social) science culture surrounding AI, but this does not sit right with me at all. I plan on talking to him about how I feel about these assignments. I refuse to sacrifice my morals for a class covering a topic that I'm not even interested in pursuing.

What do you think about this?
Has anyone encountered a situation like this before? If so, how did you handle it?

I'll take input from anyone (students, professors, developers, pro-AI, anti-AI, literally anyone). Give me your unbiased or at least less biased opinions. I know I am biased against AI, so maybe I'm not seeing the benefits these assignments could give me.

If you can comment your tips for managing your mental health in college for me or for other people, that’d be awesome

Currently struggling a lot with depression and ideation. It makes it very hard to keep going with college.

So many of my professors are youngish to the point that I would've thought they'd remembered being in college. I thought some would avoid making college expensive, but most professors dont even seem to make an effort.

I understand forcing your students to pay for a textbook if you're teaching a math or chemistry course or something, how else could you learn? In my case though, I feel like it's a bit ridiculous to require every student to throw 100 dollars at an Ebook for African film of all things. No offense to all the film professors out there, but really? Do I really need 100 dollars to be gone from my bank account so I understand how to watch movies? They couldn't have found a single way to teach that with free materials?

In a different class, my professor demanded students pay for 7 paperback or hardcover books from one author because fuck us I guess. Even though ebooks work fine she just was so desperate for us to annotate on the book itself.

Im just so sick of this ignorance. Why do professors hate being reasonable? None of them consider "hey maybe 100 dollars on a book someone will never use again is a bit much." Is it that hard to be considerate?

I graduated from uni back in 2022 I went to a state school that was nearby where I lived and I chose this specifically because it was close to where i lived. I didnt have a car so I was able to take public transportation to school. However, since graduating ive regretted going to this school and this decision will haunt me the rest of my life.

Even tho i graduated with a business degree the job market has changed so much that it made it nearly difficult for anyone to get a decent job. It also made it insanely difficult for a college graduate to get entry level positions. I spent 3 years after graduating going from dead end retail job to dead end retail job. I currently work at a car rental agency maintaining cars and handling the counter which might help me resume but only time will tell if this jobs actually improves my resume.

Socially tho my school was pretty much dead. It was a small commuter school most of the clubs were cultural clubs or frats. I tried joining a frat but left because I hated the pledging. Then when covid happened all classes were made online. Eventually when covid restrictions loosened classes were made a hybrid of online and in person but most people chose to stay online.

Now years after graduating i deeply regret where I went to school. I have a useless degree, tons of debt, no friends were made and nothing to show for my time at school. Time and money was wasted and now im left with a lot of what ifs. What if I chose a bigger school or a school farther away?

I recently turned 30 and now I see most people my age are getting married, farther in their careers and doing a lot better than me. Now I feel like im playing catch up the rest of my life because I chose a shitty school to go to.

I went for about 2 years and then dropped out because I was genuinely just very unhappy with everything so I didn’t go last year. Had a change of heart and went through the process of reenrolling and started today and I already feel i’m behind. In my first 2 years I was pretty quiet and barely made any friends or even connections. Walked around campus for a bit and went to 2 of my classes and there’s either groups of people that are already formed or in one of my classes basically nobody talked (cs major). It sucks because I genuinely don’t know what to do about it, it’s only been a day and i’m assuming there are some opportunities to meet people on campus and I’ll probably get to know people in my classes as the semester goes on but that’s also just not guaranteed

this is a new record for how fast a professor can piss me off! i’m actually impressed! barely answering emails, giving people an attitude for asking basic questions that could be attached to the syllabus but oops! there’s no syllabus to be found! And when class is supposed to start, he replies to no email.

does this class even fucking exist? Then my other Professor has an AI slop syllabus that could easily be identified as ChatGPT. It’s like he didn’t even attempt to edit out the emojis at the end of practically every sentence and this shit is barely coherent and he won’t even respond to the emails either. The slop claims that the text book is accessible and easy to find but the only trustworthy source sells a copy for 300 fucking dollars. great!

I’m a first year student who just moved in this saturday to college. Like most students, I was thrilled for this opportunity to live on my own and learn myself. After I said my goodbyes to my family, we begun icebreaker stuff with our orientation groups. I was doing fine during this and having fun. Eventually, dinner time hits and students all go to the dining hall to eat. As I stand in line, a wave of emotions hit me. Homesickness, anxiety, sadness, fear, all at the same time. I’m unsure what to do but I compose myself and eat.

A little while later i’m back at my dorm getting prepared for bed and I can’t hold back anymore. I call my parents violently sobbing on the phone about not wanting to be there and needing to go home. I calm down after a while and get to bed. Little did I know the next day would be worse.

Throughout the entire next day I cannot control myself. I’m constantly crying and having to leave whatever activity i’m in to go to the bathroom and cry on the phone with my mom. I reach out to my orientation leader who is very nice and I begin talking to a counselor lady about how I feel. For the most part they are all very nice and considerate about how i’m feeling. After this discussion I go to my dorm and sit outside, contemplating leaving the campus. Eventually, after hours of tears and phone calls with my family, my brother drives to come pick me up and bring me home.

This is where I am now. At home typing this looking for advice. For some extra detail, I have had general anxiety my whole life and i’m medicated in Zoloft for it currently. Also my family is a big support system for me and I appreciate all of their help right now. I guess what i’m looking for possibilities going forward as I am stuck with what to do.

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Hi, I am 20 going into 3rd year. I grazed past high school with my highest grade in graphic design.

In college, I did fashion and flew by. It was the first thing I have ever been good at, and the only thing I found more interesting than plants plants.

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University has been crushing me, I wanted the independence but now I'm treated like a child by my teachers, no matter how much of my soul I pour into my work I get in the 50s at best.

I am barely passing, but I don't want to waste my money by quitting when I'm about to finish 2nd year. What can I do?

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I have spoken to all the careers advisors made a million calenders then got lost in them, so I made one but couldn't keep that up, I take every note in class, turn up unless I'm down with a cold.

(it's quite often I got sick recently since I moved out, but I've quit my job, meaning more rest, and I haven't changed my whash and clean routines. Doctors told me I have hayfever to the university area I'm in, which I think is stupid but kept up with the useless tablets they gave me for hayfever)

I spend alot of time on my work or at least what I can as I do get burned out so I go socialising, I thought my work life ethic was good at preventing stress but now I'm totally lost at how I'm a total failure at my degree..

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This was all I have, I'm terrible even at cadets and school and sports. All I have ever enjoyed was sewing, but all my new teachers hate everything I do.

Is there anything I can do to fix this or at least move on in life and have a decent job as a sewist or something.

My hands also shake for pattern cutting, so that's out the question, but I'm good at embroidery and machine sewing, I love working sketches and designing, but designing is not a stable work plan.

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TLDR: has anyone on here switched majors completely as a junior before? How was it? What motivated your decision? Did you graduate on time?

Hello everyone. I’m feeling really lost (have been for a long time) and would appreciate some advice. Some background: I’m currently a junior in college studying finance, business analytics and math. I chose to be a finance major in college simply because my college is best known for its finance program, and as a directionless kid, I just wanted to apply for the highest ranking program.

After I got to college I decided to add my other majors. Analytics I am one class away from completion. Finance two away. Math I am many away. The last math weeding class is this semester so I will learn now if I’m built for finishing this major or not. I have a very milquetoast GPA of 3.7 and several unimpressive finance roles under my belt (think campus role / mass hiring remote roles).

The main thing I’m debating though is the finance career. For those unfamiliar with how finance recruiting works, the junior year summer internship is essentially the entry level job and recruiting for it starts as early as sophomore fall for the most sought after positions (in high finance). As a sophomore I had no idea what I wanted to do still so I recruited for investment banking like everyone around me. I also had some family connections there so I had an extra incentive. Instantly I realized I wasn’t built for this shit at all due to my social anxiety and piss poor social skills. The actual work in banking sounded extremely unappealing but everyone else recruiting for it feels the same way, so that’s nothing out of the ordinary. Despite all this, I kept at it because I thought 1. I’d improve over time 2. I have no idea what I want to do anyways, but I need to be doing something. Might as well continue what I’m already doing.

Long story short, even with family connections my bum ass did not land the internship. Maybe that’s a good thing since I was never into banking anyways. I did end up getting drastically better at interviews and networking, but since my baseline was so low, I currently am average at best compared to other finance majors.

Since banking recruiting wrapped up I’ve had a very slow trickle of interviews for various finance internships and have consistently failed to land anything concrete despite making it to final rounds rarely. A major reason for this is that after 2 years of studying this shit I still have 0 interest in it and it kinda shows. The concepts and theories taught in class are interesting but I never try to read financial news or learn about what’s going on in the real world. I try to catch up from time to time but I’ve just been struggling with motivation tbh.

The thought of pivoting to a different field entirely was always at the back of my mind but as I finished more and more of my degree I just pushed the thought away and believed it was too late anyways. Plus the job market is piss poor everywhere so I wasn’t trying to come in and compete with these more experienced students for internships as a complete newbie. I really am not trying to add more years to my degree.

But just the other day my family said something that made me actually reconsider switching fields. However the logistics of it would be pretty difficult. Now I’m truly halfway done with only two years left. And the top thing that caught my interest (engineering, which I admittedly know very little about) won’t even work out since you cannot transfer into the program here and need to start off as a freshmen. God I just have no idea what to do. I could continue to struggle in finance and interview and potentially land a job, potentially not. Or, I could try to discover what I really wanna do that also doesn’t require grad school or a masters. and that I can finish in two years..

Another route I could go is that my college offers degrees for people who work full time and it’s a bunch of wacky majors with fully online classes that are easier, and much cheaper to take. Could get one of those in a discipline I wanna go into and just self teach myself from there if the online classes are unhelpful. By graduation they remove that mark from ur paper so it looks like you graduated from the regular branch. So then I can afford to explore and job hunt for longer ina Totally different field while not breaking the bank. However I’d be teaching myself everything and doing everyone on my own since it’s all online and there’s virtually no student resources. the stuff is from what I’ve heard not challenging so nothings forcing you to hold yourself accountable and actually learn. Meh.