I'm trying to go to college (Tidewater Community College) last minute and I DONT KNOW WHAT IM DOING!!!?

Question

I decided a few nights ago that I will just be wasting this semester if I don't go to college. I graduated January 07' (one semester early) and haven't been doing anything productive. I don't know exactly what I want to do, but I figure I might as well start all my General Studies courses and definetly take some music courses. But whenever I go to a college website it's extremely overwhelming. What should I do first? Can I get everything ready before classes start on the 23rd? What makes it worse is that I recently had a mechanic mess up my car and now I have to take him to small claims court too. So I got to worry about that too. And loans, and books and everything. What's the best way to handle all of this?

Answer 1

Take real college classes not music unless you are making a career of music then go to Juliard.
Take English, Speech, Math and Humanities classes the first semester if you can. Pick a degree to shoot for and take the first class by the second semester, keep taking that subject unless you know 100% you want something else.
I took accounting, never really decided on something else so became a CPA if I didn't ever decide on something and just took whatever with no degree in mind I would be nothing since nothing grabbed me.
Take a degree with a job at the end like accounting not something like social work were there aren't really jobs at the end except a few that don't pay much.
You can go study music, social work and other fun subjects later after you have a good job.

Answer 2

Join the Army or Navy, grow up for a couple of years first and get your head together, then go to college after you are discharged! It sounds like you need to grow up before anything.

Answer 3

You will be limited on what courses are still available. Your first step should be to check with the college. Their guidance staff can advise you. I think you can do it, if you really get on the ball. Your other life crisis stuff will just have to fit in...that is the real world. I'm glad to see you are working to improve yourself. Good luck.