u/Useful_Treat7869

I’m 24 for context.

I’m currently studying Criminal Justice online with a concentration in cyber crime. I feel like I’m failing completely. I completely failed fall semester. Barely made it out of spring semester and almost withdrew I can’t keep up with the online structure of courses these days plus I’m currently on academic probation. I was trying to get into my local four year university for in-person courses but that failed because of my recent gpa downfall, despite my overall gpa still being a 2.3. I was doing well back during the covid era with online courses. Idk what happened. It feels like I don’t really have connections with other online students these days. It’s harder trying to get help with professors. I honestly don’t know. When I was earning my associate’s in business straight out of high school, those days were easier. I just want the in-person structure back.

This is why trying to get into one of my local technical colleges and start from the bottom. My current options are Forensic Lab Tech at one tech college *I’m honestly leaning towards that* or cybersecurity at another separate tech college. I just feel like FLT aligns more with what I want to do. I want to go into forensics or investigation in general. Plain Criminal Justice just doesn’t feel right to me. I also understand that some agencies and other employers want more specialized degrees rather than CJ. I feel lost. I honestly don’t know what I’m doing at this point. What would you do in my situation?

For a little bit of context. I'm studying Criminal Justice online with a concentration in cyber crime. I only have taken a few intro courses so far. I'm in the process of trying to start from the bottom and get into one of my local technical colleges nearby for Forensic Lab Tech. I already have a diploma in Paralegal Studies if that matters. I just don't know what would be the best fit after Forensic Tech for a bachelor's.

I'm asking because I don't really know if Criminal Justice is the "perfect" fit for what I want to do, at least as a future bachelor's degree. I understand that for some agencies and other employers a lot of more major degrees would matter more than CJ.

I’m currently doing college online for Criminal Justice with a concentration in cybercrime. However, I don’t think that’s what I’m leaning towards for my career goals and path.

When it comes to Criminal Justice, I want to work more with the investigating and technical side of things. I also like helping others but my first passion of investigation is mostly taking over that. I’m also struggling with the online structure of courses nowadays. I been doing online courses on and off since my senior year of high school in 2020. Even earned an associate’s degree in business shortly after that. I feel burnt out with online schooling and honestly need the in-person structure back.

This is why I’m planning on starting from scratch and going to one of my local technical colleges for in person courses. I’m leaning towards Forensic Lab Tech. The thing is I honestly don’t know what would probably be the best bachelor’s degree path after that. Criminal Justice just doesn’t honestly feel all the way right if that makes sense. It feels “better” as a dual major or minor, but I honestly don’t know.

I genuinely have no clue in what I honestly need to be studying. I also need a change of structure.

For starters, I’m currently studying Criminal Justice with a concentration in cyber crime online for a bachelor’s degree. It’s honestly going downhill. Back in fall of 2025, I almost flunked every single course. Spring semester I almost withdrew. Now my institutional gpa in the toilet. I still have a 2.23 overall gpa (did technical college online straight out of high school.)

What led me to picking CJ is the fact that I love studying law. I love studying crime. However, I love learning more about the technical side of things and investigating. For instance, crime scene investigation or being a detective. I also love helping people. Another issue I’m having is the online structure of online courses nowadays. It felt like in my previous community college days.. online courses had more structure. I was denied from my local four year university for in person courses because of my recent gpa downfall and currently being on academic probation. I’m considering at just starting from the bottom and going to one of my local technical colleges for Forensic Lab Tech. I feel like in a way this aligns better with what I want to do rather than just plain Criminal Justice. There was also the thought of me doing cybersecurity, but I don’t think that really fits. Are there any other major ideas? What would you do?

I understand that people have a fear of identity theft or their information being stored in a system for years and years.. but come on man.

I’m not even halfway into my shift yet. A guest came in. He has a plain ole third party pay at property reservation. Any guest or potential guest should know by now that they need to show their ID at check in. That’s any hotel’s policy (or should be.) Plus most of these third parties are bad at sending their info over to their reservation like the generic 185000000 or 11111111111 phone numbers.

All I literally ask him was to see his ID and a good phone number. He then went on a full blow rant about how he already put his information in when he made his reservation. Like I said before, some of these third parties are bad at sending the guest’s information over. His reservation only had one of the generic phone numbers. Of course, I tried to de escalate the issue and said that an ID and phone number is just part of really any hotel’s policy. As soon as I typed in his address to his reservation, he started bombarding me with questions like “Why do you need my address” “Why do you need my phone number” “I don’t trust the hotel’s system”. It actually amazes me how people trust a third party more than the hotel with their information. Also literally anytime somebody has a reservation or if they’re a walk-in, I just put in their number to see if they’re a member so they could get their points for staying and also give them the program rate if possible. Not even two minutes later after I printed out the reservation reg card so he can sign it, he tried to start another argument. He’s a member of the reward program. So of course it had his gold member status, loyalty number and also his email on the reg card. He then went onto ask, “Why do you have my email?” ….Sir. I don’t even have your email. I just put in your phone number to see if you were part of the member program so you can get your points towards discounted rates or free night stay at any hotel that’s apart of the program.

*Rant*
Each day that I see a third party reservation that’s already been prepaid.. I lose a year of my life. Accidentally booked the wrong date? You might get charged a fee regardless if the hotel says the third part can waive it. Every time I say they can waive it. Even the managers say that they can waive it. Problem with the room or have a family emergency and need to leave? You have to go thru the third party hassle to get a partial or full refund.

The first guests that walked in were a couple. Of course when I see that I don’t see their prepaid reservation, it’s always either they booked it for the wrong date or wrong location. I saw that their reservation is for next Sunday. Of course the culprit is the third party. So they had to wait for a good twenty while third party goes thru their process of talking to the guests, then calling the hotel, then calling back the guest. At that point the guest had gave up with third party and just booked directly with us. Usually something like this happens, I just give them some type of discount to make their lives easier.

Now this second guest was an older lady and she actually got on my nerves just a tad. I tried to also offer her a discount for her room if she booked with me directly because of the inconvenience of the third party had caused. At first she said no. So I had to explain the whole process of what happened with her reservation. She had me do everything with third party on her phone until she got to the calling part. I had to deal with the chat agent for ten minutes straight. The moment when the agent actually calls her on the phone, she somehow misses the call. 🫠 she tried to call them back and got the automated agent on the phone. It took another ten minutes just to get somebody on the phone. The agent is talking about cancellation and rebooking fees. They charged this lady’s card three separate times while trying to edit her reservation dates on their end. Finally, the third party woman says that they have an “error” and just refunded all her money. That’s when the guest finally decided to just book her room directly with me.

The same exact thing happened last night. A family had booked our suite room. Problem is. The family had their reservation booked for next weekend too. Also, someone else was already renting out the suite. The third party was also trying to charge them an $85 cancellation fee because of course the suite wasn’t available last night. All they could do was just change the room to a standard room or pay the $85. Even though we already said to waive it. Thats when the family just decided to take the standard room, and we (the hotel) comped them a second room.

What gets me even more is the fact that it’s always the same third party that does this. Of course I can’t say the exact third party on here. I really don’t have this problem with any other third parties. Sometimes I wish third party reservations weren’t a thing.. at least the prepaid ones. Unfortunately, my hotel uses them though.

For some context.. I’m studying online. My major is Criminal Justice with a concentration in Cybercrime. My online college is accredited but that’s not the issue I’m having. I recently applied to transfer to my town’s local university because I’ve unfortunately ran into some issues with online courses. I got rejected from the university now I’m just waiting on a response from their admissions to see what went wrong.

I currently feel burnt out from online college. I literally have been taking online courses since 2020. I finished high school online that’s where it started. After high school, I ended up getting an associate’s degree in Business Management. It wasn’t my first choice nor intention, it was something my mom wanted me to do. I earned the associate’s in 2022. Following year I went back to get a certificate in Paralegal Studies. Looking back, I probably would’ve just chosen General Studies or Criminal Justice Tech all together if I had the choice. Online courses felt easier back then. It was easier to learn. It was easier to communicate with professors. It was easier to network and communicate with other students. I took a break from college in 2024 to mid 2025.

Fast forward to now.. I’m struggling with my online courses nowadays. I flunked out last semester. I almost withdrew and took another break from schooling this semester. It feels harder for me to learn online. When I try to get help online from my professors, I don’t get a response until damn near the day of the assignment is due. It’s harder to connect and network with other students these days. It’s harder trying to have tutoring sessions, and don’t even get me started on the online group assignments we have in courses. Some of my courses have even started forcing me to go to my local university to take proctored exams. I know things like internships and such will be harder to get while taking online courses. These are the reasons why I tried to transfer to my local university since it’s only ten minutes away. There’s no more four year universities within an hour radius. I can’t afford any more failed classes nor semesters. I really don’t know what to do.

For some context.. I’m studying online. My major is Criminal Justice with a concentration in Cybercrime. My online college is accredited but that’s not the issue I’m having. I recently applied to transfer to my town’s local university because I’ve unfortunately ran into some issues with online courses. I got rejected from the university now I’m just waiting on a response from their admissions to see what went wrong.

I currently feel burnt out from online college. I literally have been taking online courses since 2020. I finished high school online that’s where it started. After high school, I ended up getting an associate’s degree in Business Management. It wasn’t my first choice nor intention, it was something my mom wanted me to do. I earned the associate’s in 2022. Following year I went back to get a certificate in Paralegal Studies. Looking back, I probably would’ve just chosen General Studies or Criminal Justice Tech all together if I had the choice. Online courses felt easier back then. It was easier to learn. It was easier to communicate with professors. It was easier to network and communicate with other students. I took a break from college in 2024 to mid 2025.

Fast forward to now.. I’m struggling with my online courses nowadays. I flunked out last semester. I almost withdrew and took another break from schooling this semester. It feels harder for me to learn online. When I try to get help online from my professors, I don’t get a response until damn near the day of the assignment is due. It’s harder to connect and network with other students these days. It’s harder trying to have tutoring sessions, and don’t even get me started on the online group assignments we have in courses. Some of my courses have even started forcing me to go to my local university to take proctored exams. I know things like internships and such will be harder to get while taking online courses. These are the reasons why I tried to transfer to my local university since it’s only ten minutes away. There’s no more four year universities within an hour radius. I can’t afford any more failed classes nor semesters. I really don’t know what to do.

Straight out of high school back in 2020, I immediately had signed up for technical school to get an associate’s degree in Business Management. It wasn’t my first choice nor intention. It was something that my mom wanted me to do straight out of high school. It was all online since COVID and all that stuff was going on. In 2022, I earned that degree. The following year I decided to get a certification in Paralegal Studies. Back then, online courses felt easier. Professors were actually willing to teach *no disrespect whatsoever to any professors now.* When I needed help with an assignment, I immediately got that help within the same day or the following day. It was easier to communicate with other online students as well. I held up a 3.0 GPA. Not the best, but not the worst. I miss those times.

Fast forward to now. I decided back in 2025 to go back to school. I’m trying to earn my Bachelor’s in Criminal Justice. It has been a rough year in terms of online college for me. I completely flunked out last semester. I almost completely withdrew this semester. Now my GPA is a 2.2. When I try to get help with my assignments nowadays, it feels like I hardly get a response. I don’t get one until the assignment is almost due even if I email them ahead of time. I’ve tried online tutoring through my courses and it never works. I try to communicate with other students of my courses but that doesn’t work neither. I take accountability for giving up on last semester but something has got to give man. I know for some of these online professors they already have a full time job teaching in person, but I don’t know what to do.

I applied to transfer to my city’s local university and to start taking in-person courses, but I feel like my gpa is too low and I’m also worried about the future. The local university requires a 2.0. My online courses already forces me to take proctored exams every other week at the local university, so what’s even the point in staying online anymore?

As for the future in terms of job security and stability, I don’t know if criminal justice is even the right fit to begin with. My passion has always been helping people and being an advocate. I never had one myself so that is what led to that being my passion. My question is, should we always pick a major and possible career path based off your passion? I was thinking about going the accounting or business route since I already taken some accounting and other general business courses but I honestly don’t know what to do. I just know that I don’t wanna keep working $12 jobs for the rest of my life.

I had taken an eCore course that ended on Monday. Idk if that has anything to do with it.

My passion is helping others. I want to be that advocate that I never had myself growing up. I want to advocate for victims of abuse, bullying, mental health and so on. I’m not as interested in working directly with law enforcement, but I’m also interested in being an investigator as well. I have a few other career paths that I’m interested in pursuing like helping rehabilitate people or being a probation / parole / juvenile officer. However, like I said my main passion is being an advocate. I’m currently majoring in Criminal Justice. I love studying law and crime… but sometimes I just don’t know. I’ve been also looking at Psychology and Sociology. I understand that if I decide to switch to Psychology, I would also *probably* need to go for a master’s as well. Any advice or suggestions on what I should do? Is it best to just get a minor in one of the others?

Back in 2022, I earned my associate’s degree in business management online. Later on the following year I ended up giving a paralegal certification. Online courses back then felt easier. Professors actually seemed to care. Online courses felt like they actually had some type of structure. Plus, AI wasn’t a thing *I hope* when it came to professors trying to make assignments and give lectures. I was maintaining a 3.0 the whole time. Not the best, but not the worst.

Fast forward to now. Last year, I ended up continuing what I started with my paralegal cert. I decided to go for a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice at a different online college. I been having a very hard time with online college. I completely flunked last semester. I almost completely withdrew this semester. When I try to e-mail professors, I don’t get a response at all until damn near the day of the assignment is due. I try to connect with other online students of my courses but that never works. I’m honestly kinda convinced that some online instructors use AI for their lectures and assignments. Don’t even get me started on the group projects that an online course may have.

The only thing that has really kept me with online college is the price. It’s cheaper and more affordable. I’m literally at my breaking point. I put in a transfer application to my town’s local university. I know I’ll actually be able to get help when I need it. In person courses have more structure to them. Even with some of my online courses now, I have to go in person to take proctored exams at the local university every other week it seems. Only thing I will honestly hate that it will be slightly more expensive. Other than that, what’s even the point in me staying online?

I live in Valdosta for context LMAO. I’m just thinking about switching from online college from elsewhere to VSU. What is it like? Any commuter students or VSU students on here in general?

TLDR: Should I stay with online college because it’s cheaper and more affordable or transfer to my local university?

For some context, I had earned my associate’s degree in Business Management back in 2022. Back then.. online courses were honestly easier. Most of the courses felt more structured. Professors actually gave a damn. Plus during my senior year of high school, we had switched to online due to Covid. So I already had a small glimpse of what online courses would be like.

Fast forward to now. I’m trying to earn my Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice. Last semester, I completed flunked out. Failed all my courses. It feels like nowadays that online courses have no structure. I almost completely withdrew this spring semester. Professors don’t really give a damn. When I try to email a professor for help, I deadass don’t get a response til the day of the assignment is due damn near. The online college of the college I attend is three-four hours away. My town’s local university is deadass ten minutes away. I wouldn’t need housing or meal plans or anything of that nature. I just feel like it might be slightly more expensive but convenient if that makes sense just to do in person courses where there is more structure. I know for a fact I will be more into and more active with my coursework. I’m seriously considering on being a commuter student. I also work part time on weekends. Friday-Sunday afternoons / nights. What do you think I should do?

I honestly need some advice or guidance.

I completed my associate’s degree online back from 2020 to 2022 fresh out of high school. Back then it was easier for me to. Plus during my senior year of high school, we had to switch to online anyway because of covid so I had a little glimpse of taking online courses.

Fast forward to now. I’m trying to earn my bachelor’s, but it feels like online courses are harder for me now. I genuinely don’t know if it’s cause I’m older now or what. I completely flunked last semester. It feels like online courses really have no structure. Professors just don’t give a damn. Plus with certain courses, I’ve had to schedule proctored exams at my town’s local university anyways.

Has anyone ever had this issue before with online courses or ever made the switch from online to in person?

Has anyone switched from online college to in-person/commuter classes?

I’m thinking about it because online isn’t working well for me. Was the switch worth it for you or did it make things harder?

I want to hear your story regardless of how it ended. Whether your parents or other family members eventually came around, or you had to move on and choose your own family. Also, has anyone started hrt while still living at home?

I've spent years going back and forth with my identity to as far back as being 12 years old. For context, I have PCOS. I was growing facial hair at the ripe age of 12. I always spent nights crying as a kid and teen trying to figure out why do I like having facial hair. When I got into high school, my mom would force me to get laser hair removal sessions. She did that because in her own words, "girls shouldn't have facial hair it don't look right." That eventually set me off and led to years of depression even to this day.

I'm almost 24 now. Still living at home with my mother. Over the years, I've tried to talk to my mom about this, even with my sister in the room once. It just ended in an argument every time. One thing I will admit is that my relationship with my mom is somewhat okay, minus the fact that I want to medically transition and of course she is against that. My sister labels me as "disrespectful" because I want to transition. It honestly hurts because I thought these were the two people I could go to with almost anything. Anything I try to do for myself to make me happy and feel better about myself, it just ends in a full blown war with my mother for days. There was one instance where I was growing out my beard. My mom then goes onto say, "you know women are going to expect a dingaling in your pants if you keep that." There has always been slick things my mom would say when I actually do something that gives me euphoria. My mom claims that she'd have my back even with my transition, but that honestly feels VERY limited. She knows my preferred name and pronouns, but still calls me her "beautiful baby girl" even to this day and it honestly hurts.

Back in January I had signed up for Plume. I did the onboarding appointment and process to start T. Literally the day of going to the pharmacy, another argument happened between me and my mom. My original plan was to start injections but that plan and happiness was short lived that day. I just ended up canceling my subscription with Plume. I still have the boxes of T. I haven't injected or use them because I'm honestly scared of losing my relationship with my mom permanently. I don't know what to do. I'm slowly losing hope of medically transitioning.

I’m 23 and still live at home with my mother. I’ve spent years going back and forth with my identity to as far back as being 12 years old. For context, I have PCOS. I was literally growing facial hair on my face as early as middle school. I always spent nights crying trying to figure out why I don’t feel “normal” and why do I actually like having a mustache and sideburns as a kid and teenager. I remember in high school that my mom made me get laser hair removal sessions because she didn’t like it. Those clearly didn’t work. Things like that have led to my years of depression and still am to this day.

Things are good with my mom when they are. I still consider her as my best friend even when things are rough. The problem is. She’s unfortunately unsupportive when it comes to me wanting to transition. I’ve been trying to talk to her about it for years. Even my sister was in the room at one point of time. It always ended in an argument. My sister always has labeled me as “disrespectful” because I want to transition. I remember one instance where I was actually growing out my beard. My mom then went onto say, “you know that women are gonna expect a dingaling in your pants if you keep that.” There has always been slick things she would say when I actually do something that gives me euphoria. My mom claims that she’d always have my back even with my transition, but that feels very limited.

About two or three months ago, I had signed up for Plume. I did the onboarding appointment and process to start T. Literally the day of going to the pharmacy, another argument had started between me and my mom. My original plan was to start injections but that plan and happiness was short lived after that argument. I just ended up canceling my subscription with Plume. I still have the boxes of T. I haven’t injected them nor use them because I’m honestly scared. My mom knows that I’ve been wanting to transition for years. Would being on gel be the best option for my situation currently? I really don’t know what to do. I’m honestly nowhere near stable enough to move out. Plus I only make $12 an hour at my job. That’s not even nowhere near enough for a shared space.

Normally, I would be working on some of my coursework for college. The spring semester is coming to an end now and I’m just bored out of my mind currently. Especially when I work my 7-3 shifts.

Greetings Everybody, I honestly need some help and advice.

My current major is CJ with a concentration and certification in Child Advocacy Studies. I don’t know if I’m studying the “right” thing though. I chose this major because *one* of my dream careers I want to do the most is be an advocate for victims of abuse / bullying or something on the lines of that. I genuinely never had that myself, so it would be nice to help someone else. I also like studying law and crime honestly. Now I have other choices that I would like to do with my CJ degree when I graduate such as helping people rehabilitate and such. Be their juvenile or adult probation officer. What worries me is that alot of people say that most of these fields don’t even require a damn CJ degree.

Other degree options I was looking at Sociology with a concentration and certification in Human Services. The other two I was looking at were Psychology and Public Health.

I was even interested in Computer Science in a point of time. I was even thinking about going the Cybercrime route in CJ. Since my college does offer a concentration with Cybercrime in CJ. I just don’t honestly know if I’m studying the “right” thing if that makes sense.

Some of the people I went to high school with are graduating from college or wrapping it up, and here I am. Almost 24 not even knowing what to do.