It's taking me a while to graduate from college...Is there something wrong with that?

Question

I'm still trying to get my bachelor's degree in Business. But it is taking me a while. I am getting bery frustrated and not knowing if I will pass my classes in order to graduate. I hate having to wait another semester each time.When do you know if college isn't right for you? I am so close to graduating yet I am so close to giving up on myself!

Thanks everyone for the answers! It is just very frustrating because all of my friends finished a year or two years ago and have good paying careers and I am still struggling. I feel like I am not going any further in life and the wheels are just spinning in the mud! I am just frustrated and somewhat disapponited in myself!

Answer 1

Don't give up man...I felt the same way at one point in my collegiate career. It took me 6 years to graduate. You don't need to finish it in 4 years or less. Take your time and pace yourself. After all it's YOUR education that matters.

Good luck man.

Answer 2

Depends how many credits u have already earned. If you earned at least a quarter of the total amount of credit you need for a degree, you are probably going to have to keep going no matter what until u gain enough credits, just imagine how much time you just wasted by dropping out, if you started u should finish, once u get the degree, that's it no more school, however, if you are a freshmen and already flunked a lot of courses then mabey u should rethink it.

Answer 3

It sounds like you've been working really hard and it has to be really difficult to be so close and yet not quite there. But if you're this far I would hold out for one more year. Buckle down, do the work and enjoy your classes. It took my sister seven years to graduate but she was so happy when she did, I definitely think it's worth it. So yeah, give it one more year, try your hardest and if it's still not working then take some time off and reassess.

Answer 4

I failed general chemistry 4 times. It took me 10 years to graduate! If you're that close to graduating keep going. If you're getting frustrated make a list of all the positive things about getting your degree, and a list of all the positive things about not getting your degree. It is a big feeling of accomplishment when you finally get that diploma.

Answer 5

You're so close, so gut it out. The notion you have to enter and graduatewithin 4 years is no longer the case. So, take a semester off, orjust take 1 course next semester. Live your life as you see fit, don't tie it to a schedule someone else has made.

Answer 6

I had a friend who took 6 years to finish an engineering degree as a full time students. He took the math classes until he got the info. Now he is a very successful engineer. If business is really what you want to learn, keep going until you succeed. You are not in college to be approved, you are in college to learn, if something is difficult for you to learn, it doesn't mean that you shouldn't learn it. It means you will need to work harder to achieve your goal.

Answer 7

are the classes too hard for you or challenging?

i suggest switching to a much much easier degree such as liberal arts or history...maybe psychology. whatever classes you have taken most of. that way you can get your bachelors out of the way.
most people dont care what you graduate with anyway. just as long as you graduate.
what counts is grad school and by that time you'll be more focused with what you want and even if u want to go to grad school.

its too easy to give up.
stay with it. you'll be glad later on in lfe that you got it all over with.
and dont take semester off. it will be hard to go back. trust me.

Answer 8

College isnt a race....sometimes life gets in the way and other times its ourselves...keep on trudging