Should I drop out of university?
University can severely impact mental health through isolation, distance from home, and misery, leaving students unsure if they are strong enough to finish. This paralyzing doubt makes it difficult to weigh career pivots, living arrangements, and the regret of staying versus leaving without an unbiased outside perspective.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
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Should I drop out of university?
- 1studying for professional accounting exams while doing the bare minimum to pass current university classesDid this help you?
- 2trying to switch university majors or transfer to a school closer to homeDid this help you?
- 3finishing the current degree first before pursuing a different career pathDid this help you?
- 4Writing a pros and cons listDid this help you?
- 5Asking strangers on Reddit for an unbiased perspectiveDid this help you?
- 6Considering switching from in-person to fully online classesDid this help you?
- 7Finishing the degree to work in a less traditional or non-clinical roleDid this help you?
- 8Figuring out how to monetize the creative skill before making a final decisionDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“But I don’t know what to do. I’m currently renting a room so I don’t pay for the outrageous rent prices in the area, but I also have a house in the same city where I was offered the job. This eliminates the cost of living in my current city, but I’m not sure if taking the other job is something I should do”source ↗
“Trust, I did the pros vs cons list but I’m biased. I needed strangers POV’s.”source ↗
“Actually this is why I’m on Reddit. I needed a non biased POV, cold perspective from somebody that doesn’t know me.”source ↗
“Should I quit my film degree to pursue ACCA + a finance related masters afterwards?”source ↗
“now at about to be 20, I REALLY regret my decision.”source ↗
“university makes me so miserable, I feel so isolated here, and regret picking a university 4 hours away from home. My mental health has really been impacted here and I find it hard to get through day to day.”source ↗
“I don't know if I am mentally strong enough to stay here and get through it.”source ↗
“The thing is i like making paintings and i am good at it too but this thing i realised quite later that i am interested in being an artist and not a doctor”source ↗
“Sometimes i get the thoughts of drop out med university but next i think of maybe i can do something non clinical”source ↗
“But I'm just so confused what to do please give me some advices!!! 🙏”source ↗