Not Enjoying College

pianodolphin
Thu, 18 Dec 2014 00:11:41 +0000

“What if you called the housing office tomorrow and asked about moving to another dorm?”
This is something I’m considering but it’s a last resort. The process is a bit complicated and it’s a gamble - I could end up somewhere way worse. I’m going to enjoy the break and see how I’m feeling a few weeks after I come back. My goal is to stick out the entire year in this room because it is a cheap option (doubles and singles cost a lot more), and then hope for a double or starting next school year. But if I really can’t take it anymore I will talk to my RA or the housing office and see if there is a way I can get relocated.

I have two brothers who have finished undergrad already and one of them had similar problems to me (probably worse, actually). I think he lasted 1 semester at his first college, transferred to another, then lived at home and did community college, then started at a new one, dropped out and lived at home, then returned after a year and graduated. I think the only way he was able to finish up college was that he was coming home every weekend to recharge, but that’s not really an option for me since I don’t have a car. And now he’s back at home and not really sure what he’s doing. I’m so scared I’m going to be like him and never really settle in to college and end up just back at home afterwards. He’s quite a bit older than me and at the time I never understood how he could be having so much trouble, but now it makes complete sense to me. I’ll see him over the break so maybe I can see if he has any advice on how he finally kind of settled in for the final year/two of college.