Should I finish my last year at college?

Question

I'v growen bored of the course I'm doing and i want to leave but so many people have told me to stick it out as there is only 1-2months left. I really dislike coming in and often don't show up 2 lessons. Anybody who don't know me help would be great.

Answer 1

I am in exactly the same boat, I do not enjoy my course and know I am not going to do too well.

But I'm not going to quit, I'm going to see it through.

To hell with quitting.

Answer 2

Yes, finish your degree:

1) No one can take your education away from you. It's all yours!

2) Many employers require a college degree. In this day and age, many will ask for your college transcript so you can't fudge on your resume and say you have a degree even if you are a credit or two short.

3) You feel it may not matter now - but what if 10 years down the road you want to embark on a new career path that requires a college degree. Life has a way of getting more complicated as you get older (marriage, kids, bills, mortgage, etc.) so you might not have the time or financial resources to go back and finish your degree if necessary.

Bottomline, finishing your college degree is the only course for you. You will regret it down the road if you bail out just prior to its completion.

Answer 3

Pull yourself together as I know what its like. I too easily became bored of the course I’m doing and left. But I regretted it and luckily was accepted back and I had a whole year to go. You've probably got exams now so get your head down and think of the positive outcome. What have you got to loose if you sit the exams and complete the course? At worst you'll get low marks but it's something. Get your head down and concentrate and it will become of some worth and add credibility to your name.

If you just drop the course with two months to go, you'll have wasted the years you've put into the study with nothing to show for it and no credibility for it. Had you said you had a year left and you were able to get something from what you've already done, I would have advised something different altogether (not necessarily to quit but it would have been a different answer). Get your head down; go to the library and at least five hours work a day till your exams are over. You will feel much better and won’t have to live with regrets like I've been doing.

And like I said you'll gain credibility and that’s a lot in itself. Think about if you sign onto another course and were interviewed, or you went for a job, and not necessarily in the field you are studying at the moment, they will question what you did this year and why you have nothing to show. I find it hard now when ppl ask me about what I have done in the last two years and think S**t it's hard enough explaining it to ppl in general what am going to say at my job interviews and how will that reflect on me?

Think about it and make your study your main priority till your exams are done after which you'll be hassle free. Don’t take on other priorities where possible as that will put more on your plate that you don't need.

I hope you make the right choice for you, and one that benefits you whatever your decision.

Good luck.

Answer 4

It is easy to become dispondent with education after a period of time. Know from personal experience.

However, you only have a few months left and then it will all be over. Don't quit now, you have come so far and soon will have the qualifications that you have worked so hard for.

Another aspect of this is to think about what you will do if you do quit. What are you options? Gain a job, most likely will be low paid as you will be under qualified. Gaining employment is not as easy as it sounds considering only 15% of jobs are actually advertised. Or there is unemployment. But if you quit you will not be entitled to any benefits (UK) for 6 weeks.

Then there is your long term plans and your self esteem. How are you going to feel when you look back to this time, how hard are you going to kick yourself for dropping out.

On a positive note, think of how you will feel when the course is finished, when you all go out to celebrate your personal achievement, that you have passed and you and your friends are all equal...... all together having passed your course.

Please don't give up now. You don't know what the future holds and its hard to claim back the past.

You are nearly there, the light is at the end of the tunnel. Be strong, be happy and succeed. Praise yourself for what you achieved, feel good about yourself.

Good luck.

Answer 5

You've made it this far. Just grin and bear it.

Even if you don't like the coursework and don't plan on using your degree for a particular job, the fact that you *have* a degree will help you immensely when you do start looking for a job.

Plus, a potential interviewer will probably ask you what you've been up to the last few years. If you say college, but don't have a degree to show for it, they'll probably make the assumption that you like ambition.

What people are telling you is right. If you were just starting college, I'd say switch majors. But with only a couple months left, just get that degree!

Also, think of all the money you've somewhat wasted if you don't finish school!

Answer 6

With only 1-2 months left, by all means, stick it out and finish. Get some discipline and get yourself to those classes! Even if the course of study is turning out to not be what you want, finish and get the degree. It will be easier to pick up a few other courses more suited to your interests to add to the degree later than trying to go back and finish just to have a degree.
Quitting this close to the end will also not look good to future employers.

Answer 7

If you've only got another couple of months to go, it would be a shame to leave now. I know it can be tempting to just jack it all in and say,"Sod It!" but you could regret it later on, especially when applying for jobs in the future. If you tell a potential employer that you almost completed your course, it won't work in your favour. And if you don't get a good job, you won't earn enough money and this will have further, far reaching consequences too. So, stay on for the remaining few weeks that are left, get your qualification (even if it's a crap mark/grade), then, once you get your qualification, if you choose to do bugger-all for the rest of your life, you'll have a 'safety net' in place to fall back on if you feel doing something productive is in your best interest.

Answer 8

As someone who finished college...barely...then had to finish a master's program that I ended up hating by the end of it, let me tell you the degree means a lot in terms of commanding salary and jobs of decency in the real world. Short term you may feel like it's not making much of a difference, but when you're down the road and realize that instead of doing less than a month of school you now have to redo those classes and possibly more in order to finish your degree, you'll wish you had. Find a way to motivate yourself so that you can reward your attendance or work in that class. If you can at least scrape by with a C, then you will NEVER HAVE TO SEE THAT CLASSROOM AGAIN. Otherwise there's a good chance, as many many of my friends who took pauses or stopped all together with their college education learned the hard way, that you'll have to go back there and do even more work to get out this time. Hang in there!

Answer 9

if there's only a coupl of months left, u might as well finish it, i mean u' ve already done more than a year, what's a couple of months more? after u finish this u can do whatever u like, at least than all ur work up till now would pay off, cuz u'll have a valid qualification...so go oooooonnn....stick it out!! :-)

Answer 10

Education is always good. Stick it out for a bit longer as it will all be a waste. You have a long time to live ahead of you and qualifications will always help with getting a job. Don't be a quiter!!!

Answer 11

You should absolutely finish out college. You would be foolish to let all of your hard work and paying for tutitution be for nothing. Not to mention that you will have a harder time to find a good paying job with out your degree. ALSO it would be harder and more expensive for you to finish the degree later in life when you may be interested in learning again.

Stick it out =-)