take two classes or the semester off??

[shubey61]

STAY IN SCHOOL! Don't make the mistake i made..Went to work right out of H.S. Workin for a cheap *** auto dealership, lousy pay, long hours, no pension, crappy 401 K

[Mulv80]

Save your weakest subjects for summer courses, the summer classes are usually a little more relaxed and not as difficult. They are also usually cheaper, at least at Pennsylvania state schools they were. DO NOT TAKE A SEMESTER OFF. I planned to go to law school right after undergrad, needless to say I've been out of college 8 years and I never went back to law school. I don't regret not going to law school, but I often wonder how life would be different if I did.

[macojoe]

Hell with school! I have a 8th grde edcation and trehe not thing wrong wit me!! Just aks CB

[bradford]

Originally Posted by macojoe

Hell with school! I have a 8th grde edcation and trehe not thing wrong wit me!! Just aks CB

Case in point.

[phatdaddy]

I agree, more education is better, but if your chasin a degree you really aren't interested in and making D's, might be time to switch majors. If the D's are in your core classes for you degree, they might not count.

[Stillrunning]

I'd don't gradyouat from college me neither. So you'd stay at that scol its beter than not no educate. I'd have find a good job soner if I going to some schole longer. It's a worked out someme later but it take a longest time.

[rb437]

Add me to the list that thought they'd finish later. Notice the trend, everyone who thought they'd go back later didn't, and everyone who didn't go back wishes they did. So if you want to be different and not do what we did, don't quit, finish now. If you take a break, you won't go back.

[scook]

If you don't like what you're studying, DEFINITELY change your major. I got an MBA from a well known eastern business school, but like working with my hands and ended up as a hands-on building contractor for most of my career. I don't regret the time in college and it's been a big help, but you'll never get yourself out of bed to go to a job you hate.

I remember taking on a large expert witness project, where a builder was getting sued by more than 20 homeowners in one subdivision. Times were hard, and I was getting paid VERY well (I loved hearing the lawyers squawking about my bills), but I hated the picky detail and report writing and I'll never do it again. It was a fun hour, kicking their buts in court, but it was NOT worth it.

Don't kill yourself either - you can only do so much of it along with work and have any of it make sense. Hang in there bro'.

[cterrebonne]

thanks all, i have 12 hrs booked for the spring with one of the classes i can take during my lunch break once a week. so hopefully i will pass them all this go round. finance really isnt right on the money with what i want to do, a professional selling degree is more like what i want to do (financial planning). i am in sales now and i really like it, yeah theres people who you wish you could tell off, but thats all offsetted by those customers who actually appreciate what you do for them that makes the job worth the while. who knows i might end up selling something no where near securities, annuities and/ or other inv vehicles. but hopefully it will pay more than selling boats.haha have to pass the classes 1st.

[eight]

I know plenty of people that took a semester off and never came back. They're all doing fine now but it will probably hurt them in the long run as they try to move up in position. One actually went back to college after 3 years out.

Get an internship for the semester if you need to make some money. It will also give you some idea of what you'd be doing in a job your degree would qualify you for. I did what was called a co-op, basically an internship when you work one semester, go to school one semester, and repeat twice more. The benefit of an internship is that it is over at the end of the semester. You don't have to stop working and go back to college, the internship ends and you're still enrolled in college. That may also have something to do with why I received 13 offers before graduating.