I am thinking about it. I just don't have a clue what I would do for a career. It scares the shit out of me to think that I may be just another flunky that works a 9-5 job making shit money. At the time I don't have a plan to prevent this. Everyone and there fucking mother is going to college these days. I hear it everyday and I am beginning to really believe that a degree isn't worth what it used to be.

I was an IT major for 3 semesters, got great grades mildly enjoyed the classes but was appalled by the idea of spending the rest of my life in front of a computer and knew that with the rapidly increasing technology in the world today my 4 year education might be useless in 10 years or less. After that I had the nifty idea that money wasn't too important to me and that archaeology would be great fun. I was wrong on both counts there, money means alot to me(I guess I am a bit shallow) and archaeology is funking boring as hell unless you are Indiana Jones. Right now I am taking business courses looking into marketing for a major. To be completely honest I don't even know why I am doing it. I am not interested in the least in business and most of the stuff I am learning now is common sense or completely useless. Yeah, I like money but I don't want to be a fucking slave to it. I hate these classes with a passion.

Bottom line right now is that I feel like a waste. I have been in school for 2 and a half years switching majors around like I am playing hopscotch and I have nothing to show for it and no idea of what I REALLY want out of an education. I just want a fucking job that I can enjoy and won't be making a miserably salary. I am a sharp witted person with an amazing ability to adapt and learn new things but when it comes to school where I feel like I am not accomplishing anything I have no motivation.

Anyone else feel this way? Anyone have any idea of what I am going through... any advice?

I am doing alot of whining here I know so feel free to call my a pansy and all that jazz but it is my future and my money I am spending on University so I don't want to waste it.

EDIT: It should also be added that I am going to a commuter college now and live with my rents. One of my goals in general is to get out of this town. Not because I dislike my parents or even dislike living with them, they are cool as shit and I love them to death. I just want to get to a bigger city where I would feel I had more oppurtunity and be more successful. Another huge part of me not wanting to drop out is how much I respect my mum and care for her... my older brother graduated from college in four years and I could tell by the look in her eyes how proud of him she was. She almost expects more of me because she knows how easy high school and college have been for me because I never struggle academically it just clicks for me... It would kill me to make her ashamed of me for being a dropout or a failure.

My brother graduated with a wildlife management Bachelor's degree or something like that and is currently employed making minimum wage but gaining good experience and gets paid for living expense. He isn't going to be making alot of money but he loves his job and is in good position to go up the ladder. It suits him perfectly I am jealous/proud of him in some ways because he is someone who knew what he wanted to be and did it.

I think this post is too long I am not expecting many replies, anyone who reads through all of this gets my sincere thanks though. I appreciate you taking the time and any advice you can give no matter how small will be appreciated.

Don't worry about what your mom wants for you, worry about what you want to do with the rest of your life.

Have you considered opening your own business? You couldstart e restaurant or open up a franchise if your parents will co-sign for you.

I might be faced with a similar situation. Right now I'm not even supposed to be enrolled because my grades are so bad they wont even let me have a loan. If I make straight As in all my classes I can get off academic suspension. If I dont make that, I cant possibly go next semester.

I dont even know if I have what it takes to get off AS. My courses are either interesting or piss easy and I still dont think I can keep focused enough to make it count.

I hate having my parents think I should be more capable. I went to private school and finished more curicullum than they offered. I had worked through two separate math courses self-taught out of a Saxon math book. In all, I had 29.5 credits and a 3.45 GPA. I made honor roll every quarter. I graduated two years early. Now I cant even make over a 2.0 in college. I'm a fucking nervous wreck and totse is the only way I can talk about it.

At least you have a reason to want to drop out. The way the industry is going, your job would probably be outsourced to India before you made it two years out of college. If you want to stay in the technology game, go with engineering. Computer, electrical, or mechanical are the way to go. Embedded stuff is really hot right now and can only get hotter. So far, America's secondary school system hardly recognizes embedded. All they care about are being Java mills, so the industry is really hurting for more people. At the worst you could be outsourced to Japan for a career making mad money.

At least you have ambition. I'm so burned out I barely give a shit about anything anymore.

I dont know what I'm going to do if I cant make the grade. I'd probably really enjoy working at a garage or something. I'm really passoinate about my microprocessor projects, but anxiety and shit from classes makes it hard to stay focused. Right now I'm working on software for a digitized instrument cluster for the Fiero. I can sell those for some mad money, but whipping my ass all the way to the finish line will be a real challenge.

It will still make more than a HS diploma. That is unless you are a programmer which is being outsourced & insourced (indians and pakis comin here on visa) so business/marketing or going for more could work. Personally, I doubt I will even use my degree to get a job lawl.

you said you don't want to end up in a shitty job, so what are you going to do if you dropout?

if everyone has at least a 4 year degree, then what does it say about you if you do not?

i'm facing the same problems with picking a major and career path myself, and i know how it is. sometimes you can get so absorbed in reading up on "OMG HOT CAREERS" that you think if you choose this or that you won't ever make shit or be able to find a job. but people are rich and happy in every field out there. you can't let trends run your life.

have you thought about grad school, aka the new 4 year degree standard?

most college students change their majors and few finish doing what they said they were going to do originally. i haven't officially declared a major yet, but in my mind i've gone from biochemistry to nutrition to economics to finance to aviation to criminology back to economics to international business administration to international studies, which i plan on declaring in the near future. but i view this whole major thing as a nuisance, because i want to go to law school, for which there are no set requirements.

So a M.A. M.S. degree is the new 4 year standard?? Afaik that would only be the case in a few things since:

-MA MFA isn't going to make as much as an engineering degree in something that can't easily be outsourced.

-Doctorates are only good for science or law unless you want to be a professor...

I dropped out last week. Going to look into trade schools and learn a skill rather than have to go to 4 years of bullshit classes to get a bullshit degree in something I dont even like. My friend went to a nursing program for about a year and is now making 30k+ starting. I'd be fine with that.

Just follow a career or degree in something you're interested in.

I'll probably make far less money with my Automotive Design degree than I would have done if I had completed my History degree, but I'll enjoy the job far more. And if I balls up at that, I'd happily train to be a mechanic.

So a M.A. M.S. degree is the new 4 year standard?? Afaik that would only be the case in a few things since:

-MA MFA isn't going to make as much as an engineering degree in something that can't easily be outsourced.

-Doctorates are only good for science or law unless you want to be a professor...

i was speaking in general terms, as generally people with more education make more money. our parent's generation went to college because suddenly everyone had a high school diploma and it wasn't special anymore. now more and more people are getting their 4 year degrees. if you want to stand out from them, a higher degree is a good option.

point still remains if he drops out his opportunities go down.

I've been thinking about dropping out of college too. I just hate it so much, and I have no idea what i want to do at all, I have no interests, hobbies, talents or skills. I tried signing up for majors i might like, and then tried signing up for something easy, nothing is easy in college, my grades aren't good.

I just want to find something that makes me happy and that will keep my interest, and its just like "why am i spending all this money to go to college when i have no idea what to do with it, or with my life or anything'

I've been thinking about dropping out of college too. I just hate it so much, and I have no idea what i want to do at all, I have no interests, hobbies, talents or skills. I tried signing up for majors i might like, and then tried signing up for something easy, nothing is easy in college, my grades aren't good.

I just want to find something that makes me happy and that will keep my interest, and its just like "why am i spending all this money to go to college when i have no idea what to do with it, or with my life or anything'

That's the main reasons I dropped out. And not being able to study because my parents are fucking insane. Plus I hated everyone in my classes and my professors.