Thinking of dropping out in 4th year

SPN_Cookie

I am in my fourth year and I am thinking of leaving my course. I completed a level 7 in Biosciences and graduated in November. I am now in the Level 8 course for just the final 4th year, but I am unsure if I want to leave. I have been completely miserable in the course for most of this year and I am not doing the best in CA exams.

My thesis project also has not been going as well as I had hoped. I do have results, but I was not able to finish a large part of the project as I couldn't check my results after the holidays. This is one of the main reasons that I want to leave, as I feel I should have gotten more done, even though I was in the lab from 9-5 a lot of times, spending four hours more than I was meant to because a test in my project wouldn't work for about 2 months.

I have been very down recently and my friends have noticed. I hate it there. I love the friends I have made, but the coursework is just too much this year. The work is getting on top of me and I don't know how I will pass the exams in May.

I don't know what to do, as I dread telling my parents. I imagine the discussion will not go well. I have a part time job on the weekends that I could go full time in if I left, and I could learn to drive too. It's mainly my parents' opinions that is stopping me from leaving. I don't know how to tell them, and I am afraid they will take over the conversation and start an argument.

Any advice would be appreciated. I know the ideal option would be to power through the last 2 months, but I just feel so burned out and miserable.

SouthernBelle

Can you speak to your course / department Head and discuss the option of deferring? I'm the parent of two college students and if I thought either of them felt stressed, this is what I would suggest. Best of luck to you.