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What was your major before you dropped out of school and why?

>> No.6920049
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6920049

I finished my accounting degree. Can't get a job anyway.

>> No.6920056

Get out dumb devs.

>> No.6920066

Japanese major and accounting minor.

It's true.

>> No.6920064

I was majoring in Social Acceptance & Civil Participation, but I decided society sucks and doesn't deserve my attention.

Also,
>implying I didn't graduate from College

>> No.6920080

I graduated with a 4 year degree in mathematics and a minor in computer science. I have six credits towards my masters in mathematics, but I do not have the heart to finish the degree. I've been on unemployment for the past five months, I dont have much time until I have to work again, so I was thinking I should save finishing my degree for that time.

>> No.6920081

I was passionate about architecture, but it turns out architects are closer in personality to poets, installation artists, and fashion designers than they are to engineers, and I just didn't want to be around them.

>> No.6920085

Grandmasters inside of shitposting and autismule speech. I also have a masters GED.

>> No.6920090

English teacher

(not in Japan, I didn't even browse 4chan or watch anime back then)

>> No.6920097

Undeclared. Too much stress.

>> No.6920115

>>6920040
>dropped out
Bitch please, failing college is for fags.
Poli Sci major here.

>> No.6920117

CompSci major before switching to PoliSci major then I dropped out because I only had money for another year of school and I really wanted to do something else. Probably going to go back in a couple years after I saved up for 2-3 years of tuition and living expenses. Probably going to end up majoring in Asian Studies and taking Japanese so I don't have to fucking wait for translations.

>> No.6920121

>>6920115
You mean poor people.

>> No.6920122

>>6920115
Dropped out doesn't mean failed out. You can withdraw from uni for many various reasons.

>> No.6920126

Got a bachelors in computer science but I work at a grocery store and do some freelance programming jobs to have a barely stable minimal income.

>> No.6920132

I wish Hinagiku would end up with Hayate.

>> No.6920133

first time I went to college I was 11. English major.
second time I went to college I was 22, and I majored in comp sci.
I'm 31 now and this time through I'm going for a teaching degree.

>> No.6920143

Electronics engineering. I could barely handle the mandatory speech and writing classes, and became horribly depressed by knowing I would never find a job. Honors became failures, and I cried myself to sleep each night.

>> No.6920157

Physics, realized I really wasn't all that interested in doing so much work.
Philosophy, realized it wouldn't get me a job.
English, realized I have nothing worth writing, no matter the level of perfection I'm able to reach composationally.
So now I'm just doing some philosophy courses for my last semester, considering moving to Washington or maybe England, getting a job, and just living the rest of my life in a small basement, away from all the people I used to know.

>> No.6920153

>>6920133
>first time I went to college I was 11.
That's not college, bro.

>> No.6920156

>>6920132
lol.

>> No.6920163

Pharmacy.

By the way, having just dropped out last month, can someone tell me how the whole student loans thing works when you drop out? I got about $10K in refunds, so when do they send me a bill for twice that amount in payment for the loan?

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>>6920153

>> No.6920167

>Major

>Implying i've gone to college

Still working towards my GED. Besides who drops out of College anyways? Isn't the entire point of that,that you're almost in grabbing distance of your hopes/dreams so by the time you enroll,you're already prepared for a few more years of bullshit?

>> No.6920170

Software engineering, and I have no idea why. I had never programmed a day in my life, and it did not at all interest me.

The dining hall there was amazing, though, and the book store had a decent amount of manga. I'd say the time there was worth it.

>> No.6920172

>>6920132
Hayate is probably going to friend-zone everyone, create a clone of himself, dress it up as a girl, and choose it.

>> No.6920173

Still going. Studying Chinese because I already know Japanese and I want to be ready for the inevitable Asian takeover.

>> No.6920179

>>6920167
I was forced into by my parents, but I was overwhelmed with the guilt of them paying for my classes when I wasn't sure if I was good enough. So I dropped out and started leeching off the government.

>> No.6920186

>>6920163
What country are you in? Here in Canada there's a grace period for student loans, at which point you start paying them back in installments once the letter you mentioned arrives. There's more to it but that's the gist of it.

>> No.6920190

>>6920186
US.

>> No.6920197

>>6920167
A lot of people these days go into college for other reasons than actual education/following their dreams, leading to the realization that they hate what they're doing or their grades are crap.

>> No.6920202

>>6920179
How'd you get started leeching?

>> No.6920205

biochemistry

I wanted to become a pharmacist just like Eirin

>> No.6920208

>>6920167
You realize that all you are getting is a fancy piece of paper that nobody respects unless you have experience as well and not your hopes and dreams.

>> No.6920216

>>6920202
I applied at the Department of Rehabilitative Services and stated I have crippling social anxiety.

>> No.6920222

Civil Engineering
Haven't dropped out yet, but you can see why I wouldn't mind doing it now.

>> No.6920225

Started college at 16, now I'm 20 and I have barely passed some classes.

Considering dropping out. I'm miserable wherever I go, so if I get a mediocre low paying job at least I'll get money for my hobbies.

>> No.6920246

I was to be a smith. My master missed a swing and crippled my hand.

>> No.6920259

Working on a CS degree. I need money for my plans for the future. Gonna save like a motherfuck when I get any job.

>> No.6920274

Didn't drop out of getting a bachelor's (molecular biology), but I guess I dropped out of a master's program to focus more on work.

After getting my BS I did a lab tech job for a year inoculating rodents on a late night shift, paid decently for what it was, but I got another job after that that pays even better, and I've just sort of.. put my advanced degree aspirations on hold. Probably will go for a doctorate anyway within a few years if I can save up enough money to let me continue to use on figs etc while working on a dissertation.

>> No.6920276

>>6920040
I was undecided, I hadn't chosen a major.
This was actually why I dropped out to begin with.
I didn't know what I wanted to become. I still don't.

>> No.6920275

>>6920246
;_;

>> No.6920281

>>6920246
He didn't miss a swing. He did it on purpose, out of fear that your mastery would exceed that of any other mortal man. Go forth and forge a new hand for yourself, that you may then craft the works of legend that you were destined to create.

>> No.6920293

Architecture.
Learning actual practical skills was nice, but bullshitting and asslicking having precedence over skill, talent and effort in any kind of creative subject were a bit too much for me. Not to mention, I didn't want to study it in the first place - before then I went with the flow, without even thinking for myself, so I went with something popular with my classmates that pleased my parents.

>> No.6920327

I never got high enough marks in high school to get into university.

>> No.6920343

>>6920327
Can't you just go to a community college to make up for it?

>> No.6920344

I haven't dropped out, but my major is Economics.

>> No.6920352

>>6920293
What did you find yourself studying, mostly?
Architecture is something that interests me.

>> No.6920368

>>6920281
For that to work though he'd have to take some courses in biological alchemy and/ or dollmaking and/or magic smithing to actually attach the hand.

>> No.6920381

I start uni in a relatively prestigious national university this year, in statistics. Also, I was classified first, eff yeah.
1. Low competition
2. High demand
3. Good pay
4. I enjoy math.

Things are looking good for me.

>> No.6920381,1 [INTERNAL] 

>>6920281
I tip my hat to you, kind sir.

>> No.6920405

>>6920368
Bullhonky!
All he must do is venture forth in a glorious quest as the one-handed swordsman, find a fragment of creation in a shard of starmetal fallen to the earth, and then use the legendary hammer of Charsi to shape the silver appendage. After then severing his mangled hand, and pressing the cool legend-metal to his bleeding stump, he will be more than man. And then his wondrous works will collect fame, falling into the hands of the destined; heroes and villains, legends and forgotten men alike shall wield his steel creations. But first he must leave his comfortable life behind him, and brave the dangers of the world, battling (and fleeing from) the fearsome fiends that roam the wilds of the mountains that home the vast dragon-hoards - the most likely place to find that which he must have in hand to complete his destiny.
...
God damn it. See, I can come up for story ideas, and even write sometimes, but about half way through the planning of any work, I just get discouraged, convince myself that everything is stupid, and decide to scrap it all and try again from scratch.

>> No.6920523

>>6920405
Thanks. You just wrote the plot for my next campaign.

>> No.6920778

Shifted from Computer Science
Graduated from Multi-media Arts
Second degree in Culinary Arts
Japanese minor

>> No.6920817

I hadn't decided on a major prior to dropping out, and I dropped out because I'd failed every class due to going full hikki.
I'm back in school though, math/physics double major.

>mebeingcute.jpg
You sure are cute, OP.
You ought to post more photos of yourself.

>> No.6920842

Law, lasted 5 months then depression caught up with me and I realized this wasn't remotely leading to anything I wanted so I quit before debt would rack up.

Second was computer science, I quit even earlier this time because programming is just way over my head.

Both were chosen mostly because I don't know what to do. 3-4 years since high school and I still don't.

>> No.6920872

>>6920817
I thought you were smart. I guess not.

>> No.6920886

>>6920842
First year comp sci is basically selective copy and paste in university with how much code you can find floating around in your prof's notes nowadays.

>> No.6920896

>>6920886
I was expecting a reply like this. But the fact I had trouble with that just shows I made the right decision.

>> No.6920906

I'm a Junior right now going for Computer Engineering. I get to work at the University library doing absolutely nothing and still get payed. The money goes toward anything I really want, as I get enough from my parents and scholarships to get by without taking out loans. My only friend lives very far from me, so I dont socialize at all really. I try to make myself look busy or in a hurry to avoid conversation. It works great.

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6920911

I've been 7 years in highschool, maybe i'll finally graduate this year.

>> No.6920910 [DELETED] 

I'm finishing my Biology soon but I'm not really taking it seriously. Even if I did, I'm not smart enough to fully use it.

>> No.6920913

i got 99% in a test and dropped out of college

true story

>> No.6920920
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6920920

I'm finishing my Biology soon but I'm not really taking it seriously. Even if I did, I'm not smart enough to fully use it.

>> No.6920928

I dropped out of high school.

>> No.6920926

>>6920886
You need to catch a few spells under your belt before you're ready to improvise and create your own.

>> No.6920930

>>6920872
What's that supposed to mean?

>> No.6920940

>>6920920
Biology has awful job prospects. You're on /jp/, so I'm assuming you're doing it more for fun than anything, but just a heads up.
If this were /sci/ I would laugh at you. All they care about there is how much money they can get out of their education.

>> No.6920948

>>6920930
It means someone on the internet doesn't like you anymore, jones.
It's sad, but I'll be here to help you get through it. We can do this. Together.

>> No.6920949

>>6920842
I know that feel bro.

Law since one and a half years. Passed the first semester, but since then, everything gone to shitter. I wonder how I would want to continue my college...

>> No.6920972

>>6920940
I know. It's pretty much the only thing that interests me, but I don't really plan on pushing forward into a respectable position. I'll be happy with pretty much any job as long as I can spend my time outside of work doing the same thing I'm doing now.

Sometimes I wonder if I should have just gone into business or something, but I'd probably find a similar dead end there. Also, business students and faculty are awful to deal with.

>> No.6920977

>>6920948
Someone on the internet actually liked Jones at some point in time?

>> No.6920992

>>6920972
Nah, as long as you dont kill yourself with debt, you should study whatever the hell you want. If you only cared about job prospects, just go to a technical school.

>> No.6921003

>>6920977
No, but someone at some point in time did not hate jones on the internet.
Well, maybe they hated him even back then, but they didn't know about it.

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