Bro I dropped out at 20 from engineering due to funds… Anyway, came back at 25 but did marketing and analytics. Anyway, I graduate now at age 27 cum laude. Life ain’t a race bro. I’m just thankful as hell I made it.
Im from india and im 26, i have enroll my self in bachelor of computer science- undergraduate degree. I also once dropout from my previous college; that mistake still gives me a nightmare. Now I am doing my graduation with all my heart and for my pride and ofcourse for the future
I switched out of my first program, ceramics, as I sustained a spinal injury from a work injury and had to have surgery and could no longer keep up with the manual labour of ceramics. I entered my current program, creative writing and publishing, accepting that I was a year behind. There was a girl in my program who I actually went to high school with and I became friends with her in my new program, but she is a year younger than me despite us being in the same year of the program. Now I am in fourth year and we all have to find internships in order to graduate next May, and I almost had one. The company told me they were going to call me on Tuesday to confirm my role, and I told my friends about it. Then they didn’t call. I found out that same day, that friend in my program who is younger than me who I went to high school with, she did an interview with them that day and they gave her the role. I’ve been investing all my energy into this application (I did 3 interviews at this company, wrote writingg samples which they asked for, sent my transcript and have maintained 90’s for grades). I feel completely devastated. I didn’t even know she was applying with them. I wish she had told me before I found out they were giving her the job. She asked me how my co op search was going and sat there and listened to me get excited about this job, and then I lost everything. Now it’s mid terms and I have no leads all of a sudden. I am trying to come to terms with the fact that I might have to graduate even later now. And she’s gonna graduate perfectly on time. I don’t want to be bitter about it, I want to be happy for her that she doesn’t have to worry about this anymore but I really hate this situation. There aren’t enough internships for everyone and I don’t have great people skills but I felt really at home with the company I almost got a job at. I feel pathetic now.
This make dental hygiene school look so much easier than it is. It also makes dental hygienist look like all they do is clean teeth. There is so much more to it that you could still have hit on in a short video.
The advice i can give out is that If you’re gonna go to college make sure you go in with a purpose and execute it when you graduate. Major in something you know for sure it will get you to where you want to be, hell, make sure it even requires a degree! I think being lost during college, studying something you’re not sure about is the worst mistake you can do. You’ll be racking up debt, paying it off, finding it harder for yourself to make a true living. It’s not your fault though people. The system didn’t teach you that part. Even it means graduating late, i think it’s great to rather do that then graduate early and have no plan and work a 9-5 with a useless degree and ruining yourself. Don’t rush yourself. It’s hard to figure yourself out straight after high school as a 17-18 year old, although great if you do. Take the time you need, but also don’t get comfortable.
I’m 28 and just got back in school… I’ll be 32 when I graduate with a BA. Still waffling with what I want to actually do as a career, however education opens a lot of doors.
Thanks a lot for making this video which brought a community of others that also feel left behind. I also failed my first year classes. Took a gap and stopout semester, now doing an independent study due to reoccuring personal traumatic experiences. The shame and fear of judgement from those that don’t understand the sheer pressure and adversities of each person, I am constantly trying to “get over” the fact i may graduate at 25-26. Will dial in! We are living our own personalized paths and truths.
Amazing!! Congratulations! My son has been accepted into the Jaguar Jumpstart program for 2024 and what a great example you are. Wishing you continued success!
