Seriously. Law school wasn't particularly time consuming either. Before that, I had been working full time and going to college full time for years. Not having to work and only going to school? It's a breeze.Personally, I found College WAY easier than High School, and the real world (once you actually have a job, not the searching part) WAY easier than college. High School has so many out of class commitments each day (homework for each class) and spending way more time in the classroom vs College
Fuuuuuck, even when I went to a shitty animation school the workload was insane. That some time-intensive shit. I was doing a traditional hand-drawn program. Not sure if 3D is any easier (I doubt it).Bruh you got it easy. My animation program REQUIRED you to be in the lab during the weekend and at night during the week. I did that while taking 5 classes a semester and working 30 hours a week.
Weren't you going to college to improve your job prospects cause you hated working in kitchens?
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Now just take a breath buddy. Relax and breathe. Take some time and reframe shit in your mind. What are you working towards/how deep are you into college? Could you take less classes next semester to give yourself a break? Could you take a summer course to make up one of these electives? Be honest with yourself and where your at in your course. Is it just not doable? If you drop could you get some of that money back or are you too far gone at that point?
Don't let the questions stress you out. Just be honest with yourself and what works best for you. And look at those questions as options and alternatives and use them to build the best plan for your life. Took me 6 years to get my damn bachelors. Failed most of my first year and ran out of money and had to switch schools. It's tough, most important part is not to add to that and give yourself a break. Pick your battles and mentally try to take things step by step. You'll be fine
Seriously. Law school wasn't particularly time consuming either. Before that, I had been working full time and going to college full time for years. Not having to work and only going to school? It's a breeze.
Now that I have my own "virtual" business, I do less "actual" work than ever before. It's nice.
Fuuuuuck, even when I went to a shitty animation school the workload was insane. That some time-intensive shit. I was doing a traditional hand-drawn program. Not sure if 3D is any easier (I doubt it).
I'm out of it now, but yeah, most of my class was bums who couldn't draw and never got jobs because of it.Dude I feel that. Mine was just a state school. Ours was primarily hand drawn too, thankfully I went 3d instead and taught myself in school. Im basically the only one of out of my graduating class with a job in animation as a result.
Not in tech, but in engineering: Agreed. I have *so* much more free time now than during college. So much less stress as well. Depends a lot on where you work, I guess.Real world where you don't have to study for exams, quizes, work late nights into the midnight hours for projects?
Like, I know work can suck, but having had the taste of the work life of coding in an office envrionment for over two years... school is a fucking nightmare compared to the real world work envrionment where you have free time + money to spend.
As someone in CS, I can't fucking imagine anyone who took this degree and goes "man working sucks, college was where it was at!"
Also OP, I know how you feel. My advisor royally fucked up and in order to graduate this semester, I need to take two extra classes, six classes total.
So... yea.
College is designed to take all your time. The 3-to-1 hours ratio is how many professors will approach it. Best get used to it now, it's only going to get worse as you progress.Yes that's what I'm doing.
I'm thinking I want to drop one course and only take two.
This class seems unfairly challenging.
Every week is a quiz.
Research paper and presentation are due almost immediately out of the gate.
The teacher wants us to read multiple hours worth of material all while taking extensive notes.
This is a class I am not at all interested in.
African history up until 1845.
I have no idea why it is being made so hard.
College is designed to take all your time. The 3-to-1 hours ratio is how many professors will approach it. Best get used to it now, it's only going to get worse as you progress.
Working while you're in school is extremely hard. That's just how it is.
Depends on the major. And yeah, ultimately the professors have all the power. I've had some MBA classes that demand 10-15 hours a week out of class. Others that have absolutely nothing due except a final essay.I think that some professors are worse than others though. For this class she received universally bad reviews from other students.
I also disagree that it get's harder;
I think it may only be harder in my junior year.
I have a friend that told me he ended up with straight A's his senior year as he then had the option of taking easier classes.
I think I've decided that I will drop this class and focus on the other two I'm taking instead.
Depends on the major. And yeah, ultimately the professors have all the power. I've had some MBA classes that demand 10-15 hours a week out of class. Others that have absolutely nothing due except a final essay.
You're majoring in the polar opposite of anything technical, so it will likely end up being a shitload of reading and analysis in the higher classes. It honestly doesn't sound like a very good fit for you if you struggle with reading. It's not really a great fit for improving your employability either, but that's another discussion.
similar boat. majored in chemical engineering. OPs work load sounded like a walk in the park.
I'm in the same boat. My classes last semester didn't require an absurd amount of time commitment and I found myself dealing pretty well... But this semester, two weeks in now, I'm already in deeper than my head and every moment awake is spent stressed out over something or another. I'm taking the minimum amount of classes to be considered full time, but I also have work on top of it for anywhere from 12-18 hours a week and I'm left with barely any time it feels to do anything. Three of my classes require the online software, and each of the assignments on them take anywhere from an hour to multiple hours due to the sheer length, and then I have my programming class which takes hours on its own too... College life sucks, man... I miss the freedom I had when I was only working, lol.
lol - you got it easy friend. Try taking an engineering workload. Seriously though, it's college, its supposed to be challenging. Suck it up and get it done, depending on your major, you'll likely be rewarded with a well paying job.
Yeah, some of these kids don't realize how easy they got it.
Switching to business management is a good choice. It's not STEM, but you will at least get some intro accounting and finance classes and it'll open doors to entry-level positions far easier than a nonsense humanities degree.I think I'm going to switch my major to business management.
The head of my major seems to think it doesn't matter what you major in so long as you get a degree.
She then talks about her storied career with a major in the humanities.
I think I have an advantage compared to someone who has no work experience.
All I want from a job is to be able to sit down in an office and work.
I absolutely hate manual labor.
Also, my goal is to just get an associate's. Then I plan on either living with my parents or living on campus when furthering my education.
I think if I have time to study then I will be okay with more demanding classes.
What I'm finding is that the work isn't hard, just the time demands are killer.
Yeah that's what I'm finding as well. It is strange how some teachers are fine with demanding only a small portion of your time while others want you constantly working.
The online components are what kill me, yeah they just take time and on top of that I have no idea what she wants me to remember from them.
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Yeah I think college life is awful. People that I work with tell me I have first world problems and I should relax.
Yes, i felt the same. At university you always have something in mind, homework, group work, exams, final paper etc. Even when you had a day off, you always had something to do in the back of your mind and tend to think about that here and there.
If I was able to attend school without working then I would have considered nursing or maybe even engineering. When I realized the time commitment for those type of classes I realized it would be impossible while working.
I am just surprised that a history class is asking me to give it ten hrs a week of intensive studying.
Yeah, like obviously it depends on the job but I don't have to take work home with me for my job. College I spent basically all my free time doing homework.
Ah, didn't realize you working too. Hats off to you thats a lot to get through. I too had to work through college and it sucked watching friends have free time after classes.
If its early enough to change majors I'd definitely go for nursing or engineering if you are interested in those subjects. You're going to make a great salary after school and you will be able to work anywhere. Here in SoCal nurses can make over $50/hour. Also, healthcare jobs are recession proof. Just my two cents.
College is hard but its so worth it when its over. Lighten your load if you have to to make it through without getting burnt out. Took me about 6 years to finally graduate. Good Luck with everything.