r/CollegeRant

Second year student dual majoring in Comp Sci and Info Sys. When I started my uni journey last year, I was able to pass my intro to comp sci and DSA class with a grade I'm pretty satisfied in. Now coming to my second semester and honestly computer organization made me realize... CS makes me miserable. Starting my DSA class last semester I felt nothing but pure emptiness and even tho I passed the class and felt good enough to go into computer organization with an open mind and positive outlook, halfway I just started feeling miserable and after talking to my school's career counselor, I realized this program is not for me. I like tech, I like learning it and being hands on, but the way how the CS class sets it up is so out of touch. The professors have such a snarky outlook on non-STEM classes, one of them actually screwed us over with constant absences (to his defense, he had a genuine reason but no sort of contingency plans in case he had to bail out which affected our lab sessions), absolutely boring with how they teach and just regurgitate the same stuff over.. and over.. and over. I get this isn't just a STEM issue, heck I bet students studying business or education could experience something like this but for me, these factors made me want to drop out Comp Sci. I still want to do Info Sys (although to be fair I am very burned out to the point where my graduation will be delayed the second time and that's another story) but honestly I'm not sure what can I major that in. I've considered dual majoring with management since I've taken some business related stuff before uni (before you say, yes, this is the cliche STEM switching to business moment) but at the same time I want to lessen the workload just so I can graduate. Dropping out of Comp Sci sucks for me, because my older brother who's a postgraduate CS students pushed me to pursue it, yet.. I can't say with confidence I want to be in that field anymore.

Anyone with any sort of advice, harsh or not, can help a dude out with this. I appreciate it.

So I'm finishing my undergrad at an online school. In many ways, it's been a great experience. I've been able to move at my own pace, meaning working while keeping a job over more than a decade. But increasingly, the quality of interaction both with the professors and other students seems to be degrading. For one, there is AI. It's everywhere on discussion boards, and there doesn't seem to be a good system to stop it. (It's possible students using it get their grades docked, but there is no way to know, as there is no class average grade posted for my school.) But the professors (called mentors at my school) often do almost nothing. No engagement with discussion boards, grades are posted weeks late, with generic feedback. I'm not here to complain about my grades; they've been good. But I can't shake the feeling that work quality can be quite low and that students will still get a passing grade--possibly more than a passing grade.

I've tried making comments of this nature on other boards, including one specific to my school. But feedback tends to run something like this: good luck finding another school that's better; stop bragging about your good grades; your major (liberal arts) just isn't hard. But really, if this is really the system, if AI and bad work getting passing grades is just par for the course now, doesn't this just deflate the value of the degree for those who actually work? Isn't it only a matter of time until students who have graduated from such schools have effectively worked for nothing?

Am I the only one asking such things?

I usually do my work in time. But for this week I haven't done anything on time. And now I have so much in my plate. I want to quit everything.

I’ve returned to school after a very long hiatus and I am just curious if this is something I should get used to? My history professor just graded the midterm that we were supposed to base our finals on. She wanted us to use her feedback to help us, but she just graded it and offered feedback last night! Mind you, I’ve already turned in my final as today is the deadline, but now I feel like I need to redo parts of it.

We're seniors, this is an upper level course. Why tf are you not checking your email. "Oh, mb man I don't check my emails like that." "You texted me? My apologies I was busy." I'm about this close.

Long rant ahead. Sorry for any grammar mistakes, english is not my first language.

No matter how hard I try to understand maths, I'm just plain stupid and I can't grasp what is easy for my classmates, so I get frustrated and anxious that I can't be as good as them, nor even good enough to pass the subject.

Worst part is, I got into an engineering grade so maths are absolutely necessary. I thought I could become good at it because I was really interested and passionate for my career, but now I'm second guessing why I fucking chose engineering cause I suck so much at it and everyone else is good while I'm the dumbest one in the group, and everyone is aware of it so no one asks me for help for anything cause I just don't know anything.

I failed the maths subject of the past quarter, so I have to retake it in this one but honestly at this point I just want to say fuck it and quit, cause I'm hating it so much and having an extra course makes everything more stressful. I've been struggling really bad with my mental health because I had a demanding full time job for a while and I was exhausted and mad all the time, to the point I was having self destructive ideas and frequent meltdowns. Never mind my on and off case of very disordered eating adding to everything.

The problem is, my generation is the last one in our study plan so they made it clear that if we fail or drop out we won't be able to re enter where we left and instead we'll have to start from zero. In my school you don't chose which subjects to take nor the schedule, and if you fail one subject you must take it during the next quarter though only with tutoring time instead of classes, and if you fail it again you are kicked out of the grade and any other that included that subject.

If I fail again all my progress and time invested will be gone to waste and I'm only one year away from finishing. But if I'm honest I don't even care anymore nor want anything to do with maths. I hate them, I suck really bad at them and I can notice how those who have tried to help me also get frustrated with me because I'm so stupid I can't grasp what is supposed to be easy.

The only reason I'm still there is because a close friend begged me to not give up, convinced me that I can do better and has been more supportive than anyone else by helping me study and being there when I needed it the most, but I'm tired and I just can't make myself care anymore. My dream used to be to finish uni but now I don't even know why I got into it when I'm too dumb for the basics of my degree. I feel stupid and like a failure because I'm 30 and I waited so long to be able to get into uni because I was extremely poor and there were no nearby places where STEM degrees were taught where I used to live.

I've had very high suspicions of having ADHD for years (lots of deep research and having relatives diagnosed with it) so I've been wondering if I could be struggling with dyscalculia.

How can I stop hating and despise math this much?

Or maybe some people are inherently bad for it and I should instead reconsider studying something else?

Hi Im a soon to be freshman in college and thinking of getting a dorm soon and it’s off the school since we don’t have dorms in our school😭.

Question:
Is it hard living in a dorm?
Do u meal prep for everyday?
How do u budget ur money?
How often do u do ur grocery?
Is having a roommate good or bad?
Do u miss ur family often?
How hard is it to balance school and personal life?

Im 19f and I just finished my second year of college. I know a lot of people, I talk to a lot of people, and I laugh with a lot of people; I still have no friends. I joined clubs and volunteered for random positions just for some human connection, but it either ends up super cliquey or just very surface level.

Im feeling this loneliness intensely because for the past 2 weeks into my break I haven't received ONE dm from anyone from college without me having to reach out first, its kinda pathetic. I would also see stories from my hs friends with their new college friends, wishing them happy bday and stuff. But what do I post? reels and tiktoks? Because I genuinely had nobody to hang out with.

Im only close with one person but its so obvious that she doesnt view me as a "top priority friend" the same way i view her as one.

Im just really sad and I wish I had genuine friends i could hang out with

Currently have a love-hate relationship with school right now. Glad to be getting a degree but I have also not been in a good mental mindset for it, and I have been progressively becoming more and more burnt out. As a result I procrastinate like crazy, and submit sloppy work at times. Occasionally I don’t submit work at all.

It’s really bad. As much as I understand the value of my education, I can’t seem to just lock in and properly do what I need to. It’s literally just a mental barrier that is stopping myself from succeeding, and yet I have no idea how to overcome it. I’m getting by thanks to the graciousness of the professors I’ve had so far, but it’s also so frustrating and maddening that I can’t get myself to do things right without it having to come to this. Any advice when it comes to getting over huge mental blocks?

Im currently on my second last semester of community college and hoping to get my Business administration degree in systems and operations management. I just hate the fact that I have to take accounting 1 and 2 , accounting 2 this summer. what makes it worse is I decided to take the 8 week version of the standard 16 week course for both . I am in no way shape or form plan on being an accountant at all , is bad that I’m okay with getting a C . What makes it worse is the my accounting courses are online and I feel like the teacher is literally non existent. I try my best to understand the lecture videos . I currently have a 96.75 in accounting 1 with 2 weeks left to for spring I just feel horrible about the upcoming final 😔😔😔. I’ve been trying so hard to keep my 4.0 gpa . I feel like the professor just tries to pass students along so he looks good. One of the students in my stacks class who is taking the in person accounting class by the same professor I have said the professor Leinster care if they use AI.

I feel so ashamed for taking so long for my bachelor's degree- I'm the 6th year in. Started at 17, turning 24 soon. For context, I've always done well in school. Even graduated with honors from high school. Passed all my tests within the standard duration of 3-4yrs. And then came my thesis. From thesis proposal to fieldwork to advisory- everything that could go wrong went wrong. Sampling got stagnated by a year and a half (seasonal) and i had to redo it 3 times- triple the amount of work. Okay now I did all of that and switched jobs from a part time supermarket cashier to a full time call center agent. Worst job everrrr, since I got put into a heavy project with rude ass customers (worked here for a year). I already had anxiety and was there for the money and it was just the worst decision. For some reason the company kept adding more rules and introducing programs for customer satisfaction. QA became more strict for some reason, so it was so unfair getting graded almost every day and unfairly in some cases. So mentally draining the frickk.

Back to the thesis part, I reached out to my mentors when needed and then I eventually stopped. I was overwhelmed, because at the same time, conveniently I had family drama. I cut contact off from my family (other stuff happened too, which I won't be sharing for legal reasons) and felt so betrayed by the people I loved dearly. It felt like I had no anchor anymore and that things would never be the same again. It all felt so much, I broke down at work in my locker room during my short break. Followed by multiple crying sessions (just tearing up) during calls the following weeks. So I submitted my resignation. I remember the last days sitting behind the pc and placing my headphone on the desk, basically just not responding to customers while hearing them say: Helloo..helloo?. I then got sick twice in a row after quitting my job- which almost took a month to recover- never in my life was I that sick, I thought I would die forreal. First the cold and then a stomach virus. Horrendous. I lost so much weight and slept so much in my bed I got rashes. I couldn't bring myself to answer calls and respond to school emails. I just could not and basically ghosted college (I'm avoidant). I did nothing for half a year and was living on my savings (i dont really have savings anymore lol) Some days I literally ate just bread and peanut butter. I was heartbroken, had no degree, no job, no money, no partner and no home. It felt like a big slap in my face, since I went from being 'academically gifted', being the poster child, to someone wanting to quite. It all felt so hard.

Somewhere along the way, I asked God for help. And for some reason weird reason I had a dream of a woman in white praying over me. I'm not even deeply religious so I don't know what that meant. The following weeks, I started to eat well, look after myself and little by little I got my shit together. Now in the present, I'm about to graduate. I reconciled with my mother in some way- It's still not the same as it was before. Things are still unresolved with my older sibling, I don't think I have the mental bandwidth to deal with that any moment soon

I know it was a mouthful, but I just needed an outlet. I still carry a sense of shame/ guilt for taking so long. But I atleast know it's almost finished. Oh yeah, I'm also working as a waitress now. And after I'll finish I don't even know what I'll do with my life, since I'm not even that passionate about it.

I’m so tired of AI taking over every aspect of my life, ESPECIALLY EDUCATION!! In my college program, I had a regular professor and a program chair teaching classes. The program chair herself has made MULTIPLE assignments made with chatGPT (this is a medical program btw.) The regular professor literally confirmed to us that those assignments in fact WERE made by ChatGPT. I’m so tired of being expected insane standards set by the college, having a strict no AI policy, while having professors actively breaking those rules, harming the quality of our education while not getting any repercussions. I’m TIRED of stressing out about an assignment having to be completed at 11:59 for a good portion of my grade while it having nothing to do with the chapter we are studying. College should be a place of higher learning, professors putting more effort into the assignments they are pushing. We are supposed to be educated to a higher standard, but I receive this. It is incredibly disheartening and it shows me no hope in the future. This is disappointing AND scary.

I am 18M (1styear of college), idk what do is it ok to fail classes how common it is? It’s so horrifying realising you did your best yet there are chances youI’ll fail my 2nd sem finals are going on. 1st sem result isn’t out yet and 2nd sem hasn’t been good enough.. I don’t know I just feel panicked and stressed.

I get not paying interning highschoolers, but college students? Right now I'm in a situation where I'm interning with in a state gov organization, and it's unpaid. What it being unpaid means though is that I'M ACTUALLY PAYING TO INTERN THERE. Because I need to register it with the school and receive full credit from it, I need to pay over $3,000 for it.

Why the fuck is it legal to make college students PAY MONEY TO WORK?? I literally have to work two other jobs over the summer and even that won't be enough to cover what I'm paying to do my internship.

I just don't see how anyone can look at this and think it's fair. College students are the most financially fucked age range because we are paying so much for school already and are unable to work full time. In what world is it the case that not only can these employers basically use college students as unpaid labor, but then the college will literally charge us for working for free.

Okay, so, I am not sure if this is even allowed, BUT,

I took a math course this semester (that just ended), and the instructor I’m almost positive calculated my grade wrong and I should have gotten an overall A in the class.

His syllabus states,
“There will be no makeup for collaborative work or individual assignments/quizzes. However, the three lowest collaborative work assignment grades will be dropped, and likewise the three lowest individual assignments/quizzes will be dropped”

When reading that, do you think that means that the grades will be dropped in each section, or just one? The way it came off was that each section the 3 lowest grades will be dropped. With that said, he dropped two in the collaborative work, 3 in the individual assignments, and 0 for the quizzes.

What would your impression of this be overall? I was told I should contact him to have him review it, (I have already once before, and he told me they come off automatically on blackboard) but even if that were true, it’s still not right. I’m going to attempt to email him again regarding this, but I am genuinely curious what you all would think.

I made it into law honours this year, which requires me to maintain a B+ LAWGPA by graduation. I just received a grade for an assignment worth 40% of my grade, and it was a C, meaning even if everything goes perfectly the rest of this sem, my grade for that course will likely be around B or B-, if I’m lucky.

I'm not going to lie, I don’t think I’ve ever felt this terrible about a grade. I thought I’d done fine in the assignment, and my friends received similar feedback, but got much higher grades so I’m feeling like crap all around. Coupled with the fact that my GPA is going to be harder to maintain, I do not feel good at all.

If anyone has words of wisdom, I really need them rn.

I am currently at a community college trying to get a life science associate to translate to a biochemistry degree. This is one of the top community college in my state, and all my classes will transfer with ease into most universities. This means that all chemistry and biology classes do come with a lab portion, including my organic chemistry II class. But rather than do all the labs that was described in his syllabus, my professor took us to another classroom and we just did quizzes and a bunch of dry labs related to MMR. This professor has had multiple other issues not just with me with other students as well. And the school has done nothing about it because he’s tenured.

So my question is if I was to report this to the accreditation office of the school. Is there a chance that the accreditation office would do something about it?

I am currently in the process of talking with the department chair. But based on previous interactions that I had with discriminator, it’s going to get the top and nothing will be done about it.