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Picked the wrong course

LegacyUser · 2008-01-03 22:25:23

I'm in my final year of 4 year course, and in the last few months I've come to the horrible conclusion that I picked the wrong one. When I was in secondary school all I wanted to do was something art related. I wanted to go to art college and even began working on a portfolio. My parents were not at all impressed and had a…

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#32 05-01-2008 10:27PM

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Hello everyone, I've been reading through the replies and I really appreciate them.

I'm going to stick it out and try and finish. I'm hoping come February things will ease up because at the moment I'm stuck doing an elective project that I'm finding close to impossible but hopefully once it's handed up I'll be able to at least sleep at night. I've made it my new years resolution to put in the extra work it'll take to pass everything so at least it'll be less of a worry. From here to June isn't that much time in terms of college days (though I don't like thinking about things that way because it makes me panic about the work I have to do!)

I know I don't want to do a masters relating to my course (because I don't like it) but I think I'll just concentrate on getting through the rest of the year, going travelling with my friends in the Summer, and revisiting my options after that...

It's hard not to be unhappy with the course because out of the few remaining students in my class, everyone is pretty miserable. Almost 50% of the students who started in first year have dropped out since then. The atmosphere when I go in for classes is just bleak. The lecturers emphasise the importance of independent work, relevant work experience, etc which just makes me feel like I'm doomed to fail no matter what I do... I'm a big worrier really and have a tendency to blow things out of proportion in my mind, sorry.

Thanks for all the advice.

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