The Workload of College is Overwhelming 

Lyndsey Olsen Why am I laughing so hard 🤣

this comment = perfection

Ahahhahah my therapist

The irony is going to uni to study psychology and then ignoring all the things we are taught to be mentally healthy in order to graduate

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“fun“ fact from Germany: unpaid internships are illegal here. Unfortunately that means that companies will not hire interns anymore unless those internships are absolutely mandatory for something like university degrees (with very very few exceptions). And most degrees don't require more than one three week internship, so you can imagine the kind of real life experience that uni graduates here have. However companies still require a certain amount of work experience for you to even be invited to a job interview. (Exceptions to this conundrum are jobs that require two university degrees and an additional practical education in fields like law, teaching, psychology, pharmacy and medicine- in those cases the government will pay for the practical degree)

its not illegal?????

@@kristbjorgh.th.4875 Sadly... no. In fact it's common.

@@DimaRakesah ohmy, it's illegal where I live.

@@kristbjorgh.th.4875 I wish it were illegal in the entire USA :-/

louie farias exactly it’s so stupid

The difference is, showering is also beneficial to other people (because then you don’t stink and bother people) When you take time off to take a nap, its for you and people tend to associate this with selfishness (even if they don’t outright admit it)

TheLadyDiii I would argue that when you are sleep deprived you are more irritable and irrational and it does in fact affect those around you. When someone else is in a bad mood, it usually puts you in one too.

My therapist had to DRILL this out of my head. I was addicted to studying until 1-2am and was exhausted from not sleeping. Along with insomnia from anxiety, I couldn’t sleep because I was always thinking of assignments due, test dates, deadlines, etc. I drove myself crazy. I told her that I always fear that I could be using my sleep time to do “productive” things. Finally, my therapist told me that sleep isn’t optional, and most of all: sleep is the most productive thing to do for your brain. I now HAVE to get at least 8 hours of sleep to function. I’ve actually been doing a lot better grade-wise because I don’t feel like I’m going to have a mental breakdown any moment.

Oh you have never been to my side of the tracks! It's literally a point of pride not leaving the computer building for 3 days straight. People literally being sleeping bags and food containers. You can smell these people from across the room. If you've ever heard of gamer's stink its literally that. The whiff of some of these guys can make your hair curl its so bad. I've heard boasting about only leaving to go to another class for two weeks straight. It's ridiculous and disgusting,

The same thing happened to me, it took me five years to get out of the mental health nightmare I was trapped in. Thankfully I didn't commit suicide, but I was on the verge of doing it plenty of times. I got the help I needed and at 23 I'm on my second semester of college, loving it so far! I hope everything turns out well for you too.

@@eurekamreum5458 Really related to this. I hope everything goes well for you (and me, cause I'm going through the same thing)

I'm meant to be going to uni in September and I feel like I'm going to experience something like this. Luckily in the last couple years of high school I became more responsible in terms of work and I genuinely do want to do well at uni, but I'm definitely still scared about drowning in work and not being disciplined enough to get through it.

dude literally me right now. i just finished my second semester with two Fs, a D, and a C, because as the semester came to a close all the work we had to do for finals was so fucking stressful that I didn't do any of them. since i wanna work in an art field and luckily art related jobs care more about portfolio pieces and skill than if you have a degree or not, i could drop out, freelance for a bit, work on my portfolio, find small time jobs, and be fine, but even if i wanted to i can't because my mom would never allow me to stop being in school even for a second and thinks wanting nothing to do with school makes me lazy. she's already pissy that i took a gap year before my first semester because my senior high school experience was brutal and i wanted a break before college.

Same, just in my 2nd year of college. I still haven't graduated after 9 yrs. I am working full time now, but I still feel like a failure in life for not getting my degree "on time". There should be classes about how to learn in elementary school or at least middle school.

Seriously it’s so hard not to feel this way

Same. And it breaks my heart to see this kind of mindset with my friends, too. People constantly overcommitting and being all work work work - that's not something I VALUE in a friend. It just worries me!

Yes! Capitalism really sucks.

Yesss, I hate myself so much if I dont have a productive day, to the point where it is like, I feel like I can't wear a nice outfit because I will have a bad day.

Given how the retirement age is constantly rising I don’t think the gov even wants us to live past then lol

Agreed! I went to college in France, Canada and the US, it’s exhausting everywhere (or I don’t know how to organise myself 🤷‍♀️).

sleep deprivation is linked to alzheimer. just sayin'...

That's the kicker... We won't

I’m Canadian and I’ve studied a little in Italy. It might be the same work load but you don’t have to worry about finance as much as in the US... So there’s that! And for sure you need to be organized! Change your whole world when you start to organize your work and stop procrastinate!

I find it's a case of grabbing a 20 min coffee here or even a 5 minute chat there and messaging each other a lot. I'm about to go into my final year and I have zero classes with any of my friends the entire academic year, luckily I'll be living with three of them which will help but it's definitely tough. It's the same when you're working though, unless you both work the same days and hours it can be pretty hard to find the time meet up. I feel like we really take it for granted how easy it is to see your friends when you're in school.

@@woodnymph01 just wait -- it gets worse as you graduate and you all spread out and no one lives in the same town anymore. even when you go back to your hometown all your childhood/high school friends either move out of town or never come back...then everyone starts working... getting engaged...married....kids... You really have to work to even keep updated on each others lives let alone see each other

Welcome to adulthood lol

I agree college is hard but drifting away from friends is naturally what happens as you get older, college or not. I dropped out 4 years ago, and see my best friends (pretty much my only friends lol) maybe once a month if I’m lucky, usually once every couple months. Your true friends will be the ones you can go months or even years without seeing and pick up right where you left off. It’s nice to see your friends all the time, but with true friends you don’t need to see them everyday to stay friends.

You're not supposed to have friends! Study and work. Sacrifice.

Everyone has their moment where they become the woman in the subway scene from Possession (1981); but instead of being possessed by the devil, you're raving because you can't take the stress anymore.

this!

Yes and not living on Campus

Works the other way around as well. When everyone is in their twenties and you are a teen, you definitely aren't taken seriously and/or considered for activities.

Its harder when youre in your 20s and working too. Youve got time to virtually nothing

This is me right now which is why I feel like Im forced to choose to nurture my social life to stay sane, because unlike everyone else on my course I can't just meet people there, because I'm in my late 20s and literally everyone else is 18 or 19

Sheesh hope you’re doing okay now

can really relate because I am getting my masters in a year by taking grad classes with my undergrad for a year and a half so. like I started taking grad classes the second half of my junior year and I just graduated with my BA and i have taken half of my grad classes. I am... tired.

My prof asked if I was okay when I fell asleep during class. In high school you just got screamed at...

Eh....I would find that motivating in a way - like, put up with it just a little longer and it will all be over with.

@@LuvThyMind29 yeah, but from a health standpoint and for most other people it's bs advice.

@@Rayowag The person in the original comment could easily have been misunderstood - it doesn't come across as though she was looking for advice; it could easily have been interpreted as a joke about lack of sleep...and it's common for graduate students to joke and make casual comments about lack of sleep. Regardless, I have found the prospect of a nearing finish line to be the most motivating thing in my own academic career and I know that many others feel the same. What else is a person to say in response to that comment about no sleep? You either choose to get more sleep or you don't.

It's incredible how 90% of people involved in high education are always a little bit sociopathic, isn't it?

yeah I've heard so many similar things, our profs tell us that we can't have "college life" bc that's stupid and we have to study day and night, but I know there aren't enough hours in a day to cope with that workload. Such boomers.

being poor in America is devastating

I spent part of my childhood sharing a bed with 1-3 people, and the setup of American dorms still blows my mind. I-

I know right, they should just make the rooms smaller

Resident Advisors usually get rooms of their own. It's a lot of work but I mean I get a free meal plan and free rooming with no roommate.

This is probably a weird question, but how do people masturbate? You almost need to do that at least weekly to stay sane with that work load 😂

@Anne-Lou I feel you. If I go without sleep I can easily hit a depressive episode that leaves me with no motivation, or mania which causes me to be unable to focus on anything! SO frustrating looking at friends who are able to pull a few lates nights and be fine.

i have a chronic disability and if i get less than 7h of sleep i am in completely disabling pain. on normal days, i have like 5 active hours max for school, homework, appointments etc.

Jamie Hobbs-Mallyon Oh my gosh, I have bipolar too (rapid cycling Bipolar I with psychosis) and it often makes University life a complete nightmare! I used to pull so many all nighters or not get enough sleep because of the nature of the illness. It was awful. I’ve now prioritised sleep and am on antipsychotics, major improvement all round.

@Anne-Lou You should try cold showers, they are my go to to be always with energy for the school. I think these showers are like tree cups of coffee

That's how I feel and I'm only in the first year. I thought I would love college.

Same. I remember in my freshman year, almost every time I sat down at my desk to study, my heart was pounding faster, like I had just gone on a run (especially if I was writing a paper or studying for an exam that made up a large portion of a class grade).

This should NOT be the reality for most college student. Like this system is INSANE.

strawberry I just started college last week annnnd IT’S ALREADY INTENSE! I just got done turning in my first batch of college homework and I decided to view my class’ syllabus.........Please tell me why it mentions *ANOTHER* assignment due by 11:59 9/23/20?!?! The site provided by my school, which is where my teachers posts homework/tests, *DOES NOT INCLUDE* this additional assignment. Did my teacher forget to update something? Did I not check enough? Is the date wrong?Damn, it’s like, no matter how hard I try to improve my life, the universe wants me to fail. I try to be proactive with my education and be ahead and THIS is what I get in return.🤦🏾‍♀️😭

You're meant to have one? Funny, I've never had any at all.

Which, i can tell from first hand experience, sucks to deal with ADHD as a student in general

dude I legit hope that doesn't/won't happen wherever I end up going to college (if I do.) I literally can't get things done that I don't enjoy, and sometimes even things I really enjoy, when I'm not on my meds.

Also, Adderall hasn't actually been shown to improve the cognitive ability for people without ADHD beyond very marginal improvements to things like reaction time and rote memorization. Other than keeping you up later and raising your heartrate, it's mostly a placebo for non-ADHD students.

Wow, it sounds amazing. I wish I could also study there. The education system here in the Philippines is literally so fucked up in every aspect that u just wanna quit school and never come back.

How does it feel paying 50% in taxes?

@@bingomaster2227 I'd rather be taxed 13% more than having to pay thousands of dollars for education and health insurance while having no social security in a worst case scenario.

@@bingomaster2227 I’m sure it feels the same as being taxed both state and federal taxes and getting absolutely nothing for it. I gladly now live in a state with no state taxes because those were a bitch. My mom pays pretty high taxes and they definitely didn’t include her cost of education, healthcare or retirement...

@@bingomaster2227 well it sure feels good to pay only 8% in taxes. I make so little money as a student that I don't have to pay as much as my parents do. My dad pays around 35% in taxes. And yeah, I've cost Finland more money than they've taxed me or my parents.

I thought about doing that a few times then the weirdest thing happened and i felt really happy still failed the class but didn't care

it's either you laugh at it or you crack

@@greyarea805 Um I dont know if you are still in college but I would like to remind you that life isn't hopeless and if you are having those thoughts to remember that you are a beautiful person just like everyone else. And know that you are loved and your hard work is appreciated!

I'd yell too; a 20 min ambulance ride in my city is $5,000. I learned the hard way lmao

@@lauram7929 here I am naively trying to prevent my roommate from dying lmao

@@gemandblueskies I think some people just call an Uber. It sucks.

@@exoticcats6119 this was 8 years ago, not sure if Uber even existed. Good to know for next time though... :\

@@gemandblueskies You did what should have been the right thing

Gabrielle I feel you on this >.< me showering and getting ready for a date night with my bf is already exhausting to me. Probably why I dropped out of college. It was way too much for me to handle.

The alien in your backyard I feel you I was real depressed my first year of university. I’m 21 and I finally decided to go back to school and I start tomorrow. Instead of going back to college I registered for a medical assistant program at my adult school here. Honestly I needed time to figure out what I wanted to do and going to university straight from high school felt overwhelming and rushed. Just take your time and do your research about your school and don’t be afraid to talk to teachers about what you’re dealing with when it comes to mental health. If it’s something you want to do I say go for it. I didn’t have a plan and that’s where I messed up.

You had every right to moonwalk across stage.

I just wanna cry rn lol. I'm taking extra classes rn to graduate with my AA next spring. Then I'll be taking summer classes.....THEN I'll be going to uni next fall for my BFA....Hopefully I'll be class of 2022!

Addy Rovirosa keep your head up! You’re awesome! You’re doing a great thing right now that will help your future! Take time for yourself as well. Remember to always be kind to yourself. You got enough on your plate. Take it one day at a time. Good luck and God bless you n ur education ✨💕

One hundred Percent that b - honestly just knowing that it was better to do this now and get it out of the way than to take a break and come back later. Antidepressants also helped for that boost of positivity, but to be honest they kind of blocked some of the deeper feelings so be careful about that. They did give me a boost but kind of stopped me from getting to into my bad thoughts so I didn’t really work through some things until after graduation. Also sometimes I just had to see things from a good perspective, like appreciating that I had the opportunity to learn and be around interesting smart people every day. I do love learning and though it’s overwhelming just look at it like everything you learn might help you one day and isn’t humanity just so cool? It’s hard to be like that when you’re depressed but changing the way you’re thinking about it can help a lot. Of course crying to my friends and family every once in a while was therapeutic :) I would also give the advice to take full advantage of the resources at your school. The career center, study abroad, mental health, groups etc. There are so many offices and people to help you and to let you find internships and opportunities. I wish I had just gone into those offices and gotten to know people and had them help me with whatever. I did do a study abroad and it was such a valuable life experience. But I should’ve been going to my professors and the career center and really trying to make connections for jobs after graduation. I was thinking I can just figure it out after I graduate but I wish I had worked on it before I left more. Another thing is I wish I had worked more on my physical health and what I was eating and exercising. I felt I didn’t have time for that but I think it helps a lot for your mental health to work on your physical health. I’m making up for years of bad eating now. Good luck!!! You got this!! Always remember that you’re not alone and there are millions of other people struggling the same way you are. You are not alone! And you’re doing a great thing for yourself so just get it done and don’t give up

One hundred Percent that b - you’re so welcome, good luck to you. Remember to stay grateful that you have this opportunity that lots of people around the world would love to have. Be grateful to wake up healthy and young with all these possibilities ahead of you. Be grateful for the ability to learn and grow. Mindset mindset mindset. Don’t let your self be dragged down by depression. It’s hard I know, I was there, and now I keep myself afloat by sheer power of will and my faith. It gets hard but sometimes if you flip it around for a different perspective it can give you the energy just to make it through the day. Instead of ugh I have to go to class be like yes I get to go to class! It’s cheesy.. I know. Seek help if it gets too hard. Remember that you deserve to be there. You’re smart. You’re capable. You’re worthy. You do your life at your own pace. You’re probably beautiful too. It comes from the inside out. I’m tired ranting now, good night.

obesity is unhealthy and can be life threatening lol that’s why ppl have a weird attitude towards it

I feel like toxic productivity culture is also a large part of the stigma behind mental illness, especially depression. Mentally ill people, especially those struggling with depression, are all too often disregarded as simply being lazy.

Capitalism

Not only America though

it's systematic slavery at this point

It's like medivial times brutal

Yeah apparently in N America people work while studying full time??

Everything about America is about enslaving and incarcerating the population. And our water is also fluoridated and our food is poison. It's actually better to be dead than live or be born in America.

@@laurenlatta495 "slave labor has never ended, capitalism has only restructured it" - Cedric j. Robinson

exactly!! and with the cost of college tuition, do they really think that we are only students? that we don’t have jobs, kids, other responsibilities?! it’s so hard to handle it all.

exactly

​@@mangotango2399 "Only Professor Syndrome" has seriously become an epidemic. Professors will b*tch about their salary to workload ratio, then turn around and give students an equal amount of pointless busywork. If I can show my mastery of the course content through our final projects and exams, I find absolutely no reason to be assigned 5 million obnoxious little worksheets between now and then.

Yikes. I'm really sorry to hear that.

Oh dude I get this. People in engineering school too love to brag about how little they sleep, its wild

would you mind sharing what your previous major was? i'm a gap year student who wants to do pre-med and that kinda sounds like pre-med students 😅

@@amiacumbee5123 I was pre-pharm!

Yeah I never got into the whole “let’s see how little sleep we can get.”

FairlyWildChild I developed the same strategy after I totally burnt out in eighth grade (I went to a weird school that was half homeschool and so there was a LOT of homework and the eighth grade teacher was known for being the worst about assigning homework)

That’s exactly what I did in my second year 😅

In classes that I can do well in without a lot of effort, I strive for As. If it's a more challenging course in my major, I just strive for getting at least a C (the lowest grade needed to pass and not have to retake the course). If it's a course that's not in my major, I just do what I reasonably can but I don't worry about getting a specific grade. I usually end up getting higher grades in those classes than I expect anyway so I'd say my strategy is working well so far. I'm sure it helps that I got most of the general course requirements done at community college before I entered university.

Wound up doing similar eventually, but because I got a D- in a java class, my GPA was always below 3, so I was in a constant state of anxiety/worry and eventually started getting burnt out due to trying to get the damn GPA above 3. Ended college with my bachelors and a GPA of 2.99 which still annoys the shit out of me to this day.

FairlyWildChild can‘t relate lool

Omg my roomate did this. Family marriage counseling path. Grad school. Job and clinical hours basically another job you don't get paid. You can do it!! She finally finished and got a job.

@@KD-dr3gy thank you!! xx

evangelista megant haha lol me to kms

Lol i'm in highschool, i know its easier than college but, i really study a lot to have good grades. And there was this one day i came to my english class and i was very tired because i didn't sleep that night at all because i was doing homework as usual. But that day i felt extra tired. And my english teacher saw me doing the "i'm about to fall asleep closing my eyes and opening them every 2 seconds", but i wasn't doing it on purpose to get her mad, i loved her a lot she was my favourite teacher and i really didn't have the control to keep myself awake. Then she called me out in front of my whole class and i started bawlling my eyes out. Like crying so hard while my clasmates were trying to talk about their presentation. And the teacher then told me to hold my tears and to stop making so much noice and i really tried. I was embarrasing myself in front of everyone, it wasn't on purpose. And she amde it worse telling me to be silent. Literally since that class and in my way to home i cried all day. I was feeling very tired and i cried mostly ebcause anyone understood how much i worked for my grades. And by the way, i speak spanish. I learnt english by my own listening to this type of youtube videos. That teacher did nothing for me literally, she didn't even know how to explain a class but i still before what happened i loved her aalot. Not now tho.

Shimmer Lucky I’m sorry that happened! School is tough :c we’ll get through thiiis c:

@@Sara-hj8en your english is great, you should be proud of yourself 💕

@@bebetter6403 thank you so much ❤ :)

@@lucy-vo2lr thats good to hear. In the future i plan to do a TOEFL test, so i expect my english to be on point. Thank you so much ❤😊

SPECIALLY since you're doing creative work constantly. You need to be healthy to produce good things, it's just logic. It's scary how many of my classmates in arch have either severe anxiety or depression. Teachers actually expect you to not sleep because they know the workload is ridiculous, it's not just a matter of "manage yourself better"

i hate how in architecture teachers EXPECT you to not sleep, ive been told "you have time, what do you do between 12 and 6AM?" and have been praised for going over 48h without sleeping.

@@mariaelenamattone5221 true! Everybody brags about their record, and I fucking hate that it’s so deeply ingrained in me that I still feel proud when I remember I once went 72h with only 1 hour long nap

I’m after my first semester of architecture studies, a former so called “social butterfly”, straight A’s student with perfect sleep schedule, now I have no time (or energy) for friends, can’t focus on my classes and a serious case of insomnia, because the classes are too stressful for me

@@xmxzng1617 "manage yourself better" is hard in itself

Omg this. I’m majoring in media (focusing in film) and am literally amazed when I hear students say they went to sleep before 10. I feel like my creativity peaks around midnight 😐

teresamesa agreed, my entire photography class was regularly in the darkroom till 2-3 am

darkrooms are hellish twilight zones yall at 3am no thank you i’m out

I agree with your professor lol totally relate

I think it's common for any major. I majored in photography and now I'm doing computer science. I had to work hard and stay up for both

Come to Tasmania for a break lol

The crossover I wasn’t ready for

Love ur channel

I’ll pray for you, buddy 😩

Love ur videos 😘

What did you major in?

Sounds amazing! What was your major and what languages do you speak?

I majored in Spanish and minored in French and sign language :) and I learned German after college

@@oooohokay you can major in spanish??? Omg hello why didnt i know that? That sounds great

just curious as someone who is currently learning a language, how do you make sure that you're competent in that language once you've reached fluency?? (especially since you know four!)

IKR 😩 I normally get 6 hours of hw to 19 hours like 😣 I’m only a freshman to I’m never sleepy but Now i always want it.

i used adderall the beginning of this year to take a test for my AP class and to study for the AP Exam just to take a 2-FRQ exam on topics i barely studied for when i was on my high. i’m only a freshman

Jostan Vallis did you take AP human? I just finished my freshman year and I took that exam.

how to survive... you don’t :)

dont consider college the mandatory next step, trade schools and apprenticeships let you work while learning, there are plenty of jobs full of old practitioner looking to retire. Jewelers, HVAC and piano tuners make great money.

Be careful with the implied causation. ADHD often causes irregular sleep cycles so it's not necessarily the case that the US has the highest rated of ADHD because it is so sleep deprived

Elijah Stroud I will keep that in mind next time I write something like this:) Thank you for pointing this out!

@@ElijahStroud Yep, ADHD person here, unable to sleep at 5 am.

I hope you realize a whole bunch of people, a great number of people go undiagnosed on mental illness. Especially 3rd world countries.

phoebe t yeah, I’m a freshman in college and it’s only been about a month and I’m already struggling. I’m still trying to buy books and I always come home exhausted. What also sucks is that I see my old friends who are seemingly enjoying college and hanging out with their new friends. It’s giving me hardcore FOMO. I had to literally delete my Instagram and Snapchat apps because it was affecting me negatively.

I think creative majors are kind of expected to love/live/breathe their chosen course. Doing ensembles and practicing outside of uni is just normal, because that's your passion, isn't it? So the time and effort spent on learning a part for orchestra or a play or creating art pieces can be devalued by thinking: well, that's your hobby, isn't it? It's the same reason, that people always try to get free art from artists. "Because they love art" I mean, even work that you love is still work. Anyways, that's my perspective from the outside. Would be interested if you have seen that kind of reaction from people/profs/fellow students.

@T F-- Yeah that's another way people don't really respect it because yes, it's an art form, and yes, musicians wouldn't do it if they didn't enjoy it, but at the end of the day, it's still work just like everyone else's job. People try to get musicians to play for free for "experience" just like with visual artists. But people on the outside are often the only people who see it that way as "doing it because you love your art". Like sure, a musician sees that they're creating art and loves it, but when they're in a practice room for 5 hours a day, running the same thing over and over again to get it perfect, are they doing it because "wow I love my art"? nah. It's work and they're trying to be the best at their job as possible. And tbh the musicians who are the ones creating & running the classes should know better than to give their students huge workloads when they also know the ensemble & performance requirements the students have. The real tea is that music departments need to find a better way to balance the requirements for "academic" music majors (music history, theory, etc) and performance majors because often they're both required to do both equally which isn't good for either.

Okay out of genuine curiosity...why would one go to college for music or any art?

this!!! the education system is all different in sweden so we have majors in high school in a similar way to college, and the art program is looked down on by everyone in high school all over sweden as being "the lazy program" because we get to have "fun" courses. and yeah, i breathe art, and wouldn't be able to stand high school without it - doesn't mean i don't work my ass off and rubbing my fingers raw by completing paintings by the deadlines and writing art analyses far into the night when i would rather do anything else. and the music/theater ones (we're all in the same class) have it way harder than us arters. they have to spend so much of their free time putting up shows, practicing, making up for classes they had to skip because of recitals, etc. they have extra private lessons in places that don't even match up with the rest of their schedule, even more class they have to catch up to! this is my third and last year of high school, a notoriously tough year for art programmers because of the huge musical my school puts up every year that the arters need to make all the scenography for - and that's on top of other huge projects related to our major. the last couple of months third years are expected to pour all their free time and energy into this production and it's just so weird to me how we get so much slack for it. like i said, i can't imagine working without art (i can actually, i was a technology major and hated it) but that doesn't mean it's not hard. all work is hard.

@@antereaw6178 out of genuine curiosity... why wouldn't you? granted i'm in high school still (different school system, i'm 19 soon) but majoring in art was the best choice i ever made. i was in a different major for a while and it was, no exaggeration, the lowest point of my life. whether i study graphic design or 3d modeling or whatever, i'd never do anything non art related in college. just how some people are i guess

Yup friendless, lonely, good grades, work, and extracurriculars, while cooking healthy food on a budget

That was my attitude too. I started college as a mature student (at age 39, married, and with a mortgage). I was like "I have enough friends, I don't have time for more". I did end up making friends, sitting with other mature students during lectures, but it all happened quite naturally with no pressure to "make friends ".

Make some connections buddy..you'll need it no matter what your ego says

yup same. I don’t even have time for (extra) friends while doing school full time and work full time lol. but I have a couple good friends outside of college that understand how busy I am

Work smarter, not harder. I came up with numerous techniques to help me study and maximize what time I did spend studying. I probably spent a lot less time studying than some of my peers, but I still aced my tests. Plus, sleep helps you remember what you studied.

Susi H yeah it's legit like a crime to live a life that resembles a balanced lifestyle... It manifests to the hustle culture once you're out of college so it never ends. I don't think people consider that they won't drop dead if the neglect their health, but the neglect will compound to cause short term and long term negative effects. I know so many people who have a "nothing bad has happened yet, so it must be fine" mentality.

Don't worry about it too much. Unless you have a job on the side that takes most of your time, if you study ahead of time instead of cramming (I know some people just don't have the time though), you will be fine. It mostly takes organization!

I wish you the best of luck. I only started high school last year so I genuinely hope the college system will improve (especially in the US) within the next few years.

One of the best things you can learn is how to do research quickly/effectively. It saves a lot of time and is well worth the practice

You'll be fine. If you don't have a crazy hard major it doesn't have to look like this. Time management is key.

Use RateMyProfessors.com. Trust me on this it is invaluable.

@@tiffanyferg I was lucky enough that my parents paid for a lot of my expenses, so I only had to work like 10-15 hours a week. If it wasn't for that, I have no idea how I would've done it. I have all the respect in the world for my engineering friends that paid for their own college.

Please tell me how you did to stay sane! I'm doing engineering and I'm so stressed! I have a scholarship so I have to take good grades but it's so difficult here! I really need an advice :/

@@taise653 The thing that saved my life the most was making friends in my major. Everything is so much easier when you have a group of people to go to when you need help with homework or to study with. Also, go to your professors for help. Make use of their office hours. They want to help you.

@@lasagna312 thank you a lot!! I'll follow your tips and hopefully I'll get better! Thanks again :)

Engineering school is slowly killing me, I really hope I can fine a good job afterwards cause all this suffering would be kinda worth it

Wow.

Studying in college is an unpaid job.

@@raven3moon worse- you're paying to be there.

@@gustavoflores8408 You're right...it really is masochistic.

That's funny, within 2 years of graduating college and working my full time job, I was wishing I was back in school.

@@MS-mp9om really depends on your major and your hours at work.

I heard college is worse than working afterwards but don't quote me on that. Just started university and I'm in the same boat, I just can't with the workload and pressure.

@@Casxa same

It gets better! University is 24/7 - a job is 40-70 hours a week at most

you sound like a well-rounded person. don't compare yourself to them.

i feel you... i work between 20-40 hours a week now, which majes me scared for the internships as i barely got time for studying now... i don't have parents who'd pay for my living and studies

that being said, i don't think i find myself being jealous of those who's got parents that financially aid them. i'm glad not everyone's had to struggle ti stay afloat

Some colleges offer single dorms which are basically like having a (very small) apartment

Katharine W same. I couldn’t handle there being somebody else in my room and and them just being away and have lights on when I try to sleep or me not being able to blast music in my headphones because they’d hear it

i payed for the higher housing option just so i can have my own room. i can’t stand sleeping in the same room as people, much less doing EVERYTHING in the same room as people. it’s nice to be able to just lock myself in my room if i need to and not talk to anyone

I lived in a three person dorm. It wasn’t so bad because I genuinely liked them both , but I missed having my own room soooo much

I have been sharing a room with 3 other girls since I started uni in 2017. they are all lovely but I always wonder what if next year I get someone I cannot get along, because there are plenty of girls in my doorm who I could survive living with... 😩😫😓

I ended up registering with the disabilites services at my university towrds the end of my freshman year. Earlier that semester, I lost my grandmother and it took such a toll on my mental health that I ended up dropping two classes which made me go below 12 credit hours. That's when I decided to get registerd with disabilities. My instructors were accommodating and it was great to be able to register for my classes earlier than everyone else. It's not always easy to talk to people about these kind of things, but it's so important!

@@christinanguyen4715 i'm so sorry you had to go through that. It's always so worth it to get accomodations, so you don't have to go through these terrible things alone!

I wish I had known this years ago, I struggled so much through college

@@casedria I feel like not many people are aware about registering for disability services for mental health reasons because there's such a stigma around it, which there shouldn't be!

i developed a chronic disability towards the end of highschool plus an ongoing anxiety disorder and disability services was sO heLpFuL ! extensions, exam provisions, flexible attendance, time out passes- i wouldve dropped out w/ out the help schools are *legally required* to offer disabled students !!

Until you actually have to start paying it back lol

@@SammyPebbles I'm Australian so I agree with LiamHavoc, it's actually a pretty good system. You only have to start paying it back when you make over $50,000AUD per year. And even then it's only like 5% of the debt each year. And in Australia, our university degrees are subsidised by the government, so my four year course will only cost like $25,000. It honestly baffles me that it's so normalised to have incredibly high student debt in America. How do people ever pay it off???

It’s pretty much the same system in the uk - don’t pay anything until u earn above £25000 and then upwards of that it is relative to your income. if u haven’t payed it off after a certain amount of time then the debt is written off

not the government, the taxpayer

Im a first year astrophysics major and I am dying.

Where in Russia are you from?😊

nickagrinzone wow please come back to this comment and share your documentary when you are finished!! this topic hits close to home and i would love to watch it

Im ready to watch the documentary

I would love to collaborate in any way, I went to Sac state and graduated this spring of 2020, and that stress and burnout was real after I studied. If anything I’d be happy to watch the documentary!

The other person is either in the library/at the club/at their hookup's place/at work I'm assuming, that or you'd text your roommate "hey I'm bringing home a dude, can u crash at X's dorm tonight?"

You don't

same. i'm so scared i won't be able to do it good luck!!

@@isabelcaldeira we both got this!

Yizelz i did that my entire college career, god bless you because it was extremely difficult for me. Get sleep, take breaks, remember that C’s get degrees😭

Ashli Tatum ily 🤗 I’m pleasantly surprised that I’m passing lol

how are yall?

K D Can I ask you for advice if you don’t mind 🥺? Fellow college student interested in marketing.

What kinds of things did you do to persue digital marketing? I'm a marketing major and interested in that field

@@marissa2075 honestly a lot of research and videos and some courses. Then I started by making some websites and learning how to create, run and analyze Facebook ads. I got lucky and a friend who was a lawyer was looking for someone to market on fb. He even paid me! I started with that and it was enough to get me started. So. traditional marketing/business practices apply. Swot, create a consumer profile, test, etc. However somethings you just have to learn by doing them.

@@Sam-fe3pr haha sure! I'm no expert but can try and help!

@@KD-dr3gy ah okay I see. if you don't mind answering what's the average salary and how much can it range? I looked it up but the information varies a lot

Debra Bros you got this !!

Same in Italy! I find it rather ironic that a country as rich as the USA would not help their students at all, while European countries who are not the wealthiest have the basic decency to give free education to all their citizens.

@@meameam They spend it on the military instead smh

How do you think we’re safe rn? They use that funding to keep people out and from taking over the country!

That’s super cool!! Also the USA does that to keep the poor people poor and they rich just keep getting richer.

i live in greece and life is shite 😂

Mood tbh

The real Greek life is going to a greek public university that you don't have to pay with your organs 😎

Alexie Kim your a moron lol

@@Extorting no u

@@Extorting you didn't even use the right your.

Rana L no u Uno reverse card Dead meme

RELATABLE!!!

@@tiffanyferg Thankfully I'm doing much much better. My job field is stressful, but I'm hoping to save some money for my transition and hopefully getting at least an associate's degree later on.

Chloe R I’m sorry you went through that. My mind is blown by how little information was provided to you while using such a dangerous medication. You should NEVER EVER quit adderall cold turkey, it is extremely dangerous, most of your current health problems are probably caused by that.

I know, It's insane! Apparently a lot of colleges in the UK cost 1000ish pounds per year or roughly 1200 USD. I can't even imagine not stressing over college tuition all my life before college. I'm not looking forward to paying for college in a few years, hopefully I can get some sort of help from the State because I have so many other siblings in a medium-ish income household.

@@blossomnessstudios4446 The tuition in the UK is closer to 10,000 not 1000

@@queenperson6833 which is still cheaper than us in us, it's like 50 to 30 thousand crazy

@@allenk6373 agreed :/

@@allenk6373 also our debt is wiped after 30 years, and you only pay back small amounts relative to your income. So if you earn very little you’ll only ever pay a small amount back before it’s forgiven

I did theatre, tech theatre, APs, concurrent enrollment, and a full time job as a shift manager. I still got a 3.9 GPA!

My first year of college was a breeze in comparison. Plus, I didn't have to work that year (I had worked through Junior and Senior year of highschool)

becc lubb oh god you were a super senior. I am so sorry

@@sabias3932 tf are u trying to say?

@@sabias3932 tf are you trying to say?

2 suicide attempts in my junior year, trust me, take the five years and then duck off that sad train

That's an extremely interesting perspective to me. I'm basically the opposite: I used to study less to be a more well-rounded person and ended up with an equivalent of a B when I knew I could have pulled an all-nighter and get an A instead. My reasoning was exactly the same as yours: I want to overall enjoy life and not kill myself working. However, the further I went to my academic career, the more I felt like this was (considered) a bad attitude. Nobody told it to me directly, but I could see that I was struggling in some classes _because_ I didn't study enough in the previous ones. Of course, the struggle is not significant, but I did feel stupid and somehow guilty when a teacher, and now my supervisor, says something that we are supposed to know, and I feel like I'm the only one who doesn't know it. I'm just scolding my old self by thinking "if I had studied more at that point, I would not struggle today".

Caitlin Montgomery I think she’s just referring to the people who just maybe show up to class and that’s it. I make straight Bs for the same reason you stated, it’s a good grade and I’m not sacrificing my well being. But there are so many of my classmates who just show up on the day of a test and are like “ha I never even opened the book once, I’m just gonna get an F, it’s fine haha” and I’m like “YOU PAID $100s of dollars just for this one class and you aren’t gonna even study for 15 mins?” If you don’t have time for a class then don’t take it, IMO. Part time school is okay too but going full time and then just completely neglecting classes isn’t okay. It wastes so much money and really hurts people in the long run and I think that’s what she meant by people not trying. There’s a difference between barely or not even doing the minimum and choosing to not overwork yourself.

this sounds like a great plan! I wish you good luck, it´s hard to get out of the mindset of "a little more can´t hurt"

worked full time too and people don't understand how I have loans lol Because I had to pay rent, utilities, food, gas, car loan, books, general school supplies, etc. I wish my entire incomes could have gone to my tuition. Sadly, the job was to survive, not pay for school.

Damn that's awful. I have a full time job but unfortunately can take only 2 classes per semester. Any more than that and I'll go crazy and I don't hate myself that much to take more

Yes, health insurance in college is a problem for some who go all out at parties and end up almost losing a toe (my school is party-crazy)

Hearing anxiety described that way is so validating...even with medication, I've been experiencing major burnout and it doesn't help that my parents have burned the importance of grades into me. I'm at the point where the thought of even looking at my grades makes me feel sick.

I going to look it up right know

My lil bro watches it too. None of the characters make any sense and it seems pretty creepy to me but tbh I was watching weird stuff on RU-vid just a few years older than him but still

hard relate

Same though 🤷🏼‍♀️

Saaammme lol

It's a lie.

They are really not😅 I think no country is truly #1, that would be ridiculous and unrealistic.

@@Clarabella-cl6gb it’s all about who’s the least sucky, not the best imo

number 1 in military and propaganda

@@sch4891 propaganda would have to go with North Korea

Yessss !

Yes please! I'd love to see this!

Yes, pleasee

Yes please !!

Ooh I would love to see that

Congrats! 🌟

CONGRATULATIONS!

Congratulations!

Yay!!

Congratulations