Should I stay in school?
I am a junior Econ major right now, and will be a senior at the end of the semester. However, for the last two semesters I have felt like dropping out and just working for a while until I want to go back to school. All of my friends and my brother, all seem to know what they want to do for a living and I have no idea what I want to do. I really hate school, and am sick of doing around 4 hours or more of homework a day, only to have more assigned the next day. I just feel helpless, like it does not matter what I do or how hard I work because I am just going to have more work the next day anyway. For my money situation, I currently just have enough to barely make it til the end of the semester and then I have to find a job to pay for next yr. (I have already been looking for employment now), but the job market is so terrible right here in MT that I don't even know if I will find a job this summer. Both my parents would be extremely upset if I did this I already know, but I am just not interested in school anymore, I mean they already picked my major for me, I wanted to major in History because I find it interesting. I went to the career fair on campus yesterday and talked to some employers (Wells Fargo, NW Financial, .etc..) about Finance positions and the more I learned about working for those places, the more I realized that I dod not want to work in any Economics related field. I also talked to US Customs, and the Border Patrolm and their jobs sounded fun and like something I would not get bored from. The Border Patrol did not require a college degree, and paid more than the Banks and Investment firms did too. I really just feel like doing that instead of going to school because the recruiter said that some of the agents do attend school, albeit 1 class at a time, but you still are going to school nonetheless. Also, if I can't find a job this summer I won't be able to be in school anyways since I will be out of money and FAFSA is just out to screw the middle class and claims that my parents have $13,000 just lying around for me to go to school, which is crazy since I am paying for my own school. My parents can't afford this because they still are paying off their house, saving for retirement, paying car loans, and I am sure there is more. Anyway, what do you all out there think I should do?
Public Comments
- In my experiences, people who stop going to school for any amount of time usually fail to go back.... ever. You are SO CLOSE to getting an Econ degree. Don't stop now. Employers don't much look at WHAT you studied, just that you made a commitment and actually FINISHED what you decided to do. DON'T QUIT SCHOOL, YOU ARE ALMOST DONE!!!
- Don't make any rash decisions. Maybe sit and write out a pros/cons list and whichever is longer go with. If you decide to stay in school, it doesn't mean you necessarily have to go into finance. Maybe you could even somehow get a masters in economic history and become a beardscratcher pondering the current economic trends versus previous economic trends merging your love of history with your econ training. Whatever you decide to do, just make sure you don't do it on a whim. There's no shame in dropping out, plenty of people make good without bachelor's degrees anyway.
- well, i'm in the exact same boat. except, i'm not as close to being done. that's the only thing that makes me root for you to just get it done. it sucks that it's not even a subject you're interested in, but honestly i think you just need to get it. so many people are going back to school because they didn't get a degree and now are laid off. this way, at least you'll have something already. I know how student loans go - again they think my parents just have even 10,000 to help me out, but nope i'm the typical starving college kid because all my money is going to school. anyways, if need be, take one semester off, but just make sure you go back. just to get it and be done. there is nothing worse than your parents saying they're not mad just disappointed... good luck, hope you get the money and decide to return.
