Should i continue with college now or later?

Question

because i had burnt myself out badly in highschool and working at the sametime and kinda stressed myself and otherthings that not working out and my grades got worse even though i still graduated,,but should i start right away and continue messing up in school or should i start in January to get my act together?

and another thing im not a morning person and my college classes was in the morning and i dont think i can change that now,,but in jan i can choose night classes since im moe focused at that time,,i dont know what to do when im stressed i tend to make bad decision but i dont think i can get good grades at this time,is it ok to take the semester off?

Answer 1

i think its definitely a good idea to take a break now rather than later, if you keep going the way you are now you'll get really stressed and end up burning yourself out.

i'm definitely not a morning person either, and that was my undoing in high school, i would sleep in class until lunch before i actually woke up, and the classes i had before lunch were ones i needed to focus in the most, i just barely graduated but i did and now its over.

i decided to take a whole year off before i go to college, but that's for different reasons, i don't think you should take that long off, but a semester sounds fine, it will give you time to prepare yourself.

Answer 2

if you are feeling stressed it is a good idea to take time out & rest..

don't panic about college.  Think of the long term what you one day would love to do then see college work as part of that plan.. do it in little bits.. reward yourself..  say if I get a good nights sleep & get up early for class staying focused.. then award yourself a real late night Friday / Saturday ... take it day by day .. & yes if you are happier with night classes you can try giving it a go.

Don't beat yourself up.. you are allowed to make mistakes.. the important thing is to learn from them..  so when things go wrong.. don't despair just say "IT's ALLOWED"  grant yourself permission to be wrong... You will feel a lot better.. it is not the end of the world to make a mistake.. or a wrong decision..

a true genius will learn from mistakes.    Yours Lizzie

Answer 3

It sounds like your mind is already set on taking off a semester. If you do that, MAKE SURE YOU GO BACK. Decent careers require AT LEAST some sort of college degree.

Also, college is WAY different than HS. If it were me, I would start now, but only take a couple of classes. If you take too much time off, you'll regret it later in college because you'll wish you were finished already. I remember thinking, "I wish I would've taken one more class each semester!" or "Taking a summer school class here and there would have saved me so much time!"

It's okay to take the semester off, but you need to really power through and just get it done!