iop, stick it the fuck out mate. Seriously. I've been in your shoes before. I know how much it sucks and how strong the urge to quit is. Don't do it. Right now, I could hop on a plane and do copywriting in Asia if I wanted to. But I also have the option to make good money sitting in a climate controlled office - an option I would not have without a degree. And I didn't even study anything half as useful as accounting.
Life is full of possibilities when you're younger. As you grow older, you inherently lose options. Why limit your options on purpose?
Wholeheartedly agree. Additionally, you'd be surprised at what kind of exceptions can be made if you pull the depression/family issues card. Bonus points if you actually burst into tears. A friend flunked his first year because he partied too hard. He walked into the admin office beginning of second year with some BS story about domestic abuse/entire family died in a car crash/dumped by his gay lover for a transsexual (I have no idea what the actual story was). Got all of his failures erased. All he lost was a year's tuition.
Malcolm Gladwell relates a story contrasting Oppenheimer and the allegedly smartest man in the world. The latter lost his scholarship and had to drop out because he filed for renewal a day late. The former managed to sweet talk his way out of an attempted murder charge (he tried to whack his TA and only got half a year of probation). There's a reason why you've heard of the first guy and the second guy lives in a shack in some flyover state.
Life is full of possibilities when you're younger. As you grow older, you inherently lose options. Why limit your options on purpose?
Quote: (01-13-2015 10:07 PM)The Lizard of Oz Wrote:
1. Go to the Financial Aid office and beg/plead/beseech them to give you another chance to make "adequate academic progress". Tell them you've had personal issues, depression, anxiety, whatever, that prevented you from taking the classes you needed to be taking.
2. If they can't give you the deal you had before, ask them about other possibilities/resources/"any way at all they can help you". Say that you are committed to getting this degree, you've straightened out all your problems and can they please work with you to find the resources. There are many grants and government/state funds out there... but some counselor has to think of it and say, "oh yeah, I guess we can do XYZ...". Get them to work with you by emphasizing that you had a hard time but are now bound and determined to do the work you need to to do.
3. Once you get some kind of a deal, get off your ass and actually take the classes you need to take to make "adequate academic progress" and get your f'ing degree.
Wholeheartedly agree. Additionally, you'd be surprised at what kind of exceptions can be made if you pull the depression/family issues card. Bonus points if you actually burst into tears. A friend flunked his first year because he partied too hard. He walked into the admin office beginning of second year with some BS story about domestic abuse/entire family died in a car crash/dumped by his gay lover for a transsexual (I have no idea what the actual story was). Got all of his failures erased. All he lost was a year's tuition.
Malcolm Gladwell relates a story contrasting Oppenheimer and the allegedly smartest man in the world. The latter lost his scholarship and had to drop out because he filed for renewal a day late. The former managed to sweet talk his way out of an attempted murder charge (he tried to whack his TA and only got half a year of probation). There's a reason why you've heard of the first guy and the second guy lives in a shack in some flyover state.