I'm in my fourth year of college majoring in construction engineering and I'm really far behind. Every quarter it is getting harder and harder to get into classes because of the size of our department. I feel like dropping out because I feel like I am wasting time and money every year. A lot of the people I started college with are graduating in spring. I am only 21 but I feel like I am too old and way too far behind. It's embarrassing to not be graduating after four years, it feels like I am one of those kids who gets held back in grade school. I was told that most people who take this major or any other engineering major usually finish in five. I was thinking of transferring to a university where it would be easier to get into classes but my grades are shit. Is transferring worth it or will doing that make it a longer process?
23 year old dropout here
transfer or don't, but finish.
transfer or don't, but finish.
people won't care how long it took you to finish college as long as you finished it
I'm 27 and i'm finishing a second degree. I didn't finish my first degree until i was 24 (i started back when i was 19-20 btw). I was working full time and refused to take loans or put myself in debt. Age has no relation to learning. Regardless of anything finish. You will have better odds in the job market, show that you are willing to "stick with it", and is 21 the new 52 or something?
You have far to much time ahead of you and people go to college / universities even at ages of 40+.
Get used to it. If you want to stay up with technology, ethics, and other things. You will not stop going to college. University will just lengthen out your process unless you are going for a higher degree. Abuse the shit out of colleges and their programs because going up just costs that much more.
I guarantee if you go off and work ditching it, you will feel even more behind when you either dead end or are getting passed up by the guys who did finish their stuff up.
P.S. In most fields a C is as good as an A. Know why? You passed and that is all that matters. Same goes with certifications. So what you passed by a couple points. You are certified.
You have far to much time ahead of you and people go to college / universities even at ages of 40+.
Get used to it. If you want to stay up with technology, ethics, and other things. You will not stop going to college. University will just lengthen out your process unless you are going for a higher degree. Abuse the shit out of colleges and their programs because going up just costs that much more.
I guarantee if you go off and work ditching it, you will feel even more behind when you either dead end or are getting passed up by the guys who did finish their stuff up.
P.S. In most fields a C is as good as an A. Know why? You passed and that is all that matters. Same goes with certifications. So what you passed by a couple points. You are certified.
Pretty much all what Apollonius said. You have over 60 years of life ahead of you, you are nowhere near to be to too old to graduate. And personaly I can't find any fucks to give at all about my grades, all I need is to pass fields, if I pass with the lowest grade posible then it means I put the exact amount of effort on it and nothing more, which is good.
Rethink your goals, don't compare yourself with your friends, just set a personal goal and go for it.
Rethink your goals, don't compare yourself with your friends, just set a personal goal and go for it.
If there's one thing postsecondary taught me, it's to never compare yourself to other people. You could do it in high school just fine, because there were always people worse off than you. We're wired to make comparisons, but in the postsecondary environment there's a lot of stellar achievement going on, and it'll just make you depressed. You can finish a paper on god damned plants, and the next thing you know, you get to read about some guy who's the next Erasmus Darwin or something. It's just how it goes.
You are who you are, and trying to hold yourself to some arbitrary and slippery standard is going to be a pain. It's trite advice, but just keep moving forward and finish that major in however long you need to take, not according to how long someone else needs.
You are who you are, and trying to hold yourself to some arbitrary and slippery standard is going to be a pain. It's trite advice, but just keep moving forward and finish that major in however long you need to take, not according to how long someone else needs.
At my school it's considered standard for engineers to take 4.3 years or more (people don't like taking 4 classes and instead take 3, quarter system). Really doesn't matter so long as you get the degree, though it'll cost you more money. 4 years in is really way to deep to back out now anyways.