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[–]spyder173 0 points1 point ago

:( thats rough. you might be right on switching majors, but what would be the repercussion on your scholarship?

[–]cckynv[S] 1 point2 points ago

I don't have it anymore, that's why I said I'm living off of student loans. :/

[–]spyder173 0 points1 point ago

Darn. Make it with it!

[–]zomboi 0 points1 point ago

look around to see what you want to do with your life. check into vocational schools. check into going part time and working your way through school.

my advice: quit throwing money away, reduce your class load

[–]cckynv[S] 0 points1 point ago

The thing is, I'm really passionate about history and every class I've taken on the subject I've gotten an A in (this is in college, too). But after talking to my parents about switching to history they were firmly against it to the point where they threatened to cut off any money they were giving me to help out with paying for school. Their reasoning (and I understand it w/o agreeing with it) was that if I was paying money to go to school I should at least be getting a degree where I could make enough to pay off my loans.

But I don't know, man. Sometimes I feel like I'm in over my head and that I'm just not cut out for college. But then I get afraid that if I do quit school and find a job somewhere that I'll look back on the decision in the future and realize how much dropping out had fucked me over and how much of a better life I could be living. Idk. A lot to think about.

[–]zomboi 1 point2 points ago

drop out, get a job, go to school part time to avoid regret

[–]snowzilla 0 points1 point ago

You need to decide for yourself if you should stay in college or enter the workforce. First, since you're having trouble getting out of bed, that may be depression and you should seek professional help.

If you stay in college you need to get out of bed, study, do homework, attend class and do whatever it takes to get your grades up. Do not go out with friends, party, or go on reddit until your homework is done. Maybe switch to a minor in history and major in business or some other parentally satisfying degree.

No shame in dropping out of college and working. You just need to have some focus of where you want to be and how you are going to get there. Working a crappy job is the best motivation for this. But continuing to take loans out for school and not pass classes will take you to a bad place.

As far as making a decision, talk to people about this. Talk to friends, parents, grandparents, classmates, and school advisors. It's not that they will have any good advice for you, but the act of you talking out your problems will enable you to find a solution.

[–]cckynv[S] 0 points1 point ago

Thanks for the good advice. :)