Im a senior in college and i want to quit...need help?

Question

I have always hated school. Its never been my thing. I really have no idea how I have gotten this far. Im smart, but the only thing that interests me is art. But just majoring in art kindof scared me so i majored in fashion design because i love fashion and i could use my artistic qualities to design. Only fashion design is not quite all about designing. Actually its all about sewing. And i hate sewing! All my teachers are foreign and you cant understand a damn word they are saying. Basically i teach myself. Im in senior level classes and they are ridiculously hard. I am so behind and I just find it hard to push myself anymore. My parents have put out all this money and i know it would be stupid to quit now when i only have a semester 1/2 left. but im falling apart. everyone says your nothing without your degree. but im starting to not care what i look like on paper because im so miserable. the classes you have to take to get your degree dont even make sense! i hate school!

Answer 1

I know it sucks, but you are almost finished!!! Tough it out, please. If you do it now, and get it over with, later in life you will not have to go back to school to finish your degree as an adult. Going back as an adult is even more difficult, trust me.

Suck it up, get a tutor, and graduate! If your interest is in art, that is great. But, trust me you will someday wish you had the degree if you decide to quit now. It will go by fast, and you will be proud of yourself when you are done!

Good luck!

Answer 2

I know it's going to sound trite , but everyone goes through this in their senior year, either right before graduation or just at the start.

You're tired... you're not sure you're doing well, but you've made it this far so you can't be that bad.

Can you talk to your parents and say you know I think I need some time off, I'm hitting the wall and I'm confused. Promise them you'll go back and finish the degree next spring or summer or fall, but why not take a semester off to figure out what you want to do?

Talk to your professors, you must have found one you like at some point or a hr person /counsellor in the counselling department about what you're feeling.

Everyone has aspects of their career that they hate doing , but they have to do it to learn.

I promise you, sweetie , in ten years from now you'll look back on this and wonder why you were freaking out.

Talk to your parents , your teachers and your counsellors, work with them and be honest and upfront about what you're feeling.

A semester isn't going to kill you, if you don't graduate with your class. Take some deep breaths and relax , this WILL work out . It's not hopeless. Good luck.

Answer 3

So let's see if I have this right:

a.)  You are a senior,
b.)  Your degree program is a subject you hate.

The big question is:

c.)  If you get this degree, what will it do for you?

If it only leads to jobs you'd hate and you'd have to switch careers anyway, switching to art NOW might be your best bet - IF you can transfer enough credits to make it worth your while.  If the degree in fashion design might improve your prospects even if that's not what you will do, a semester and a half might be worth it.

Your parents have been paying for this, they're parties to it.  Talk it over with them.

Another issue is depression (you sound depressed).  If some Zoloft or Prozac will get you through this instead of throwing away a huge pile of money, go for the meds.

Answer 4

Sweetie, dont quit....pleeaaszzzeee!!! Look at it this way, after you finish this half semester, you graduate, right?? Afterwards, move on to bigger and better things, enroll in a fashion institute, or do a post internship in New York, take a trip to reward yourself. You can't give up becuz you're tired.That should be a way to hurry up and push your way to the stage. I know how you feel, you're a senior and you feel a "f**k it" attitude comin on...well after you graduate you can say it as much as you would like. You can do this, honey, you're almost there. I was once in your shoes, but you have do it. Push yourself, it is tons of people out there dreaming they could get a degree, but you have an advantage, you are 2 steps away from glory. Push it sista....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 5

Can you change your major to a Liberal Arts one so that you can graduate without these last classes? Might want to look into it. You are putting alot of pressure on yourself. Do you have a good relationship with your parents that you can be honest with them? Can you sit out the semester and then come back. But let me tell you that once you quit it is sooooo much harder to go back. I worked for a University and I know it is hard to find someone to talk to about this, but look and look. Maybe someone in the Registrar's office can help. I'll be thinking of you. good luck

Answer 6

If it helps to know this, MOST college students go into a slump senior year because it's the "so close yet so far syndrome." So don't psych yourself out thinking that you're "not a school person" or whatever. You will SOOOO hate yourself later if you get this close and then wimp out with so little time left. Don't look at it has having to make it to the end of the year. Break it into smaller parts.."if I can just make it to Thanksgiving break" and then "if I can just make it to Christmas break" and then "if I can just make it to spring break." Really, graduation will be here before you know it, and you'll be SO glad you hung in there. You can do it !!!

Answer 7

Change your major. I know you hate hate school but if you change your major to something you like maybe even love it will not be so bad.

At least try something else. Try some internships and see how they work.

Answer 8

Hang in there buddy. You don't want to quit man. You might end up eating out of dumpsters. you don't want that man!