College Dropout Debate

I want so badly to leave college.It's very difficult to stomach the $20k it's costing my parents. I'm not having fun. I'm not making many connections. I'm not learning much in the classroom at all. I feel unchallenged, I feel bored, but the worst of it is I know I could be working harder somewhere else, and learning more in the process.I should have had the foresight to know the interest I had in highschool for programming was not going to be shared by all of my cl

Are you in college? If so, I’d recommend you at least try and enjoy those four years first. It’s an experience you can’t reproduce later.

This advice might sound a bit "old-school". I would recommend you stick with college for at least another year or two. Being a recent graduate myself, I can understand how the stuff you learn in college seems pointless and may not be applicable to what you really want to do/accomplish. However, college really helped me learn how to learn things fast. And that, is a valuable skill to have.

I wish I took this advice in highschool and college but I'm still young (23). I was completely focused on getting my Bachelor's degree and eventually getting a good job (succeeded btw) over having much of a social life so the cons that come with that is a bit obvious...But yeah, maintain balance.

Stick it out, if it's only 2 years.Don't take refuge in the "I'm smarter than all of them, they just don't understand me" excuse. Take what is offered, and learn what you can, where you can.It may not seem like it now, but 2 years is a really, really, short time in your life.If you're bored, spend more time on interesting projects, but also spend enough time on your coursework to get decent (though maybe not top) grades.I started University 3 years early (skipped 3 grades). I failed

It seems to me that you are experience that "lostness" sensation every teenager feels. I reiterate zaidf's advice. Take a year off or so, travel the world, enjoy your life. Having 18 is a great time to travel or do other stuff that you probably won't have the guts to do again.In due time, you will probably feel the need to come back to get an education. Just don't let the education completely out of your life, in my experience having a degree is great both personally (you acquire alot of skil

You should finish college. Believe it or not you learn a lot on college, not only from teachers but from your classmates. It's a great experience and you have your whole life to work. Give college a chance, you won't regret it.

Definitely continue with school. You can most likely test out of certain classes, but the main benefit of attending university is not necessarily the piece of paper you get at the end, it's the experience, the people and the ideas you get exposed to. Don't hurry to join the workforce - you can always freelance, do consulting work, and summer internships while you're in school - but at no other time in your life once you join the workforce will you be able to focus so completely on learning and d

As a sophomore in High school, I cannot agree more. Up until my freshman year, I overachieved and excelled in academia, but had nothing to do outside of my school subjects. I would argue with people who thought school was pointless and try to convince them that each subject was necessary. After getting deeper into coding and entrepreneurship, I slowly started realizing that the time I spent on schoolwork could be used better with something more pertinent to me and my career. I started disagreein

We’re all living on borrowed time. And the past is immutable, the future is ever changing with too many variables to calculate. There’s nothing productive from regretting enjoying your youth. I’m around your age and got into programming as a junior in high school. I would program on the side and play video games with friends make movies et cetera. I loved all of it, i still enjoy playing games with friends though it’s not as frequent now.You’re in college, enjoy it use it to learn computer sc