My crappy college life...part 2

College Life
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<p>Hey,</p>

<p>This is a follow-up to a thread I posted here a few months ago about me being miserable in my current college situation. If you need to know the situation, the thread is here.</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=278579&highlight=bchris02[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=278579&highlight=bchris02&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Anyways, there is a possibility I could be graduating early with my degree in December of this year, due to high school concurrent classes and summer classes I plan to take this year. I have made plans already after graduation to move out of this hick town immediately, to Texas where I will get an apartment with my one close friend who lives there.</p>

<p>However, being that I go to a small school in a small town, there is a chance I could not get the classes I need due to not enough demand for them, which would hold me over an extra semester of two. In that case, I might consider some alternatives. However, like i mentioned in my other thread, that would require I disown my parents and give up my full paid scholarship.</p>

<p>If I don’t graduate early, I do have the option of moving to Texas anyways and transferring to UT and finishing my degree there. As unhappy as I am in my current situation, that sounds like an attractive option. Question is, would it be a wise move? Or should I just stick it out here until I can finish my degree on my scholarship?</p>

<p>If I was to transfer, how would I finance it? UT is a real University and is therefore much more expensive than the community college level school I’m attending now. I would also be living off campus in an apartment with my friend who attends nearby St. Edward’s University (no way could I go there).</p>

<p>Thanks for any replies.</p>

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<p>You are what, 20 years old? You are an adult. No matter how undeveloped your social skills are, it is time to man up and do what you want. Forget your parents, forget the finance thing… if that is what you really want you will find a way to do it. If your parents really love you they will eventually accept your decisions… if they don’t accept the fact that you are miserable and you want to change it then that is pretty f’ed up of them, and you need to get away from people holding you back. There comes a point in life where you need to stop worrying about everyone else and do what is best for yourself. It is not selfish, it is just how the world works.</p>

<p>Listen, you need to do something significant, anything. If you keep living the same way, and doing the same thing guess what? Your going to get the same results. If you are as miserable as you seem then your primary concern should be to find happiness immediately… don’t push it back. Write out a plan (if you write your goals out you are much more likely to achieve them) that will lead you to “the life you would give ANYTHING for,” and then begin executing it. Move to Texas if it makes you happy. Apply to UT if that is what you truly want. Get a job to fund it. Start meeting people and stop being a recluse… it will get you nowhere in life. So what you might be $30,000 in debt, at least you are happy right? Money can be loaned and payed back, the time you have in your life cannot. Start living.</p>