Females that attended college, but didn't graduate...?

Question

I'm a doctoral student doing some preliminary research. If you are a female and attended college at some point and did NOT graduate, give me one or two reasons why you chose to leave before graduating. Serious responses only, please. Thank you.

Answer 1

I felt I was wasting my time and money because I wasn't serious about studying at the time. I went to college for several semesters on and off before I faced the truth of the matter. Some semesters, when I applied myself, I did great; but, mostly I was earning what I deemed unacceptable grades. I was having too much fun being a young woman. I wanted to do some traveling and gain some life experience outside of college. I wasn't ready to spend years studying, graduate, then feel the pressure and clock ticking of getting a job in my field. This would only lead to settling down.
I want to further my knowledge and earn a degree when I am able to appreciate my education more. Never going back to college is not an option for me. I am nearly 26 now and I am beginning to feel my own pressure of going back to school. However, this is due to dreadful feelings about aging. I am afraid of waiting too long to enroll. (Do I really want to be 30 when I'm in college?) At the same time, I do not want to grow up. I am anxious about getting older. Nevertheless, I have not accomplished all of my goals that I want to reach before I return to school.
I hope this aids in your research!!!!

Answer 2

I attended one year of college when my oldest two were little. We moved out of state the year I was supposed to enter the nursing program. I didn't go back in our new location because I was not comfortable with the driving in a big city area (we moved from the sticks) and the new state did not offer assistance with child care to attend college like the old state did. By the time they were both in school I was working full time and had no time to go back to college.

Answer 3

Well, I'm a guy, but have a real-life example for you.

My mother left Maryville Collge (Maryville, TN) her sophmore year in order to marry my father, who had graduated.

In 1977, my mother received her BA in English from Virginia Intermont College (was all girls in those days...my brother and I spent many an afternoon in the library pondering why there no men's rooms).

In 1980 my mother received her Master's in English from Webster University in Webster Groves, MO. And in 2005 she retired as an Executive Director of Medical Publications for a major publishing house in Philadelphia, PA.

As a student at Valparaiso University, I dated a few nursing students and always got a kick out of showing them the text books they had, that were edited by my mom.

My mother's reasons for leaving her education mid-term were very personal I think and of course I'm sure that I had something to do with it as well, but of course she did just fine despite that.

Answer 4

At the age of 19 in 1970, I left college after my sophomore year to marry a graduating senior. My father, a self-made business executive (worked for the then-owner of the Houston Oilers and now current owner of the TN Titans in the oil business), had no college training and my mother (an executive with Avon Cosmetics, Inc.) was a high-school dropout. They saw education as a waste of time and money, as they had done quite well in ther respective fields! Since my husband could not afford to pay my tuition, it was decided (for me) that I would not continue college. I became a mother 11 months later, and worked as a secretary, substitute teacher, salesperson, bookkeeper/accountant in my husband's family's business - sometimes holding down 2-3 part-time jobs at a time just to keep my sanity. Another child later, I began to really regret not finishing school. I began attending classes at a nearby community college. After completing a couple of courses, my husband was transferred further away from the area. By the time my chldren were in junior high and high school, I decided to commute to either Baylor University in Waco (60 miles away) or to The University of Texas at Tyler (90 miles away). Since my first two years of credits were from The University of Texas at Austin, I opted to stay within the UT system. Three years of commuting and taking correspondences courses, as well as working and running a household of a hubby and two teens, I graduate with high honors and was selected for several academic societies. I walked across stage just weeks prior to my son's graduation from high school. I went on to get my Master's, commuting and going to night classes, within a week of my son's graduation from college! My situation was a result of the "time" in which I lived: the early 70's, when there were few choices left up to women. By the way, I've been married to that same man for 36 years, and my 35-year-old son and 32-year-old daughter are both college educated and doing well in their chosen areas of business.

Answer 5

my now ex-husband was extremeley abusive and he literally beat me black and blue i was to imbarrased to go it was during my exams so i automatically failed they wouldnt give me another chance so i said screw it.
it ok though because now im better off anyway i recently went back