Anonymous #2 10w

I’d be studying philosophy and got multiple internship offers in law firms, HR offices, management positions, and teaching programs because of it

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Anonymous OP 10w

What do you actually want to do as a career if you graduated in philosophy? And were the classes you failed in your major?

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Anonymous #2 10w

1. The absolute preference is education but I initially accepted the HR internship when I got the offers and I’d be more than happy to do that 2. No, none of the classes were for my major

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Anonymous OP 10w

Like education as in being a professor of philosophy or going to school to be a teacher?

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Anonymous #2 10w

Professor, ideally, but I also know it’s unrealistic

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Anonymous OP 10w

To be a professor you’ll be in academia your whole life and have to do not only college but also a masters. So I would think about whether you’ll actually enjoy that. I would go to trade school or get a job for now and if you still want to be a professor take community college classes on the side to work away at requirements and practice study skills/ doing well in college classes.

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Anonymous OP 10w

Also remember if you are paying for college yourself your parents can’t really tell you what to major in. But loans from 4 years of college and a masters degree will be a lot

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Anonymous #2 10w

And that’s a part of my thing is that I originally wanted to go to college for physics but my parents didn’t want me to do that and so I didn’t pursue it despite how much I wanted to and in a way settled for philosophy

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Anonymous #2 10w

And yeah, that’s a part of it, too. My parents were just funding it before so I had to go through a bunch of different majors before getting approved for one, taking classes for the original approved one, being miserable in it, and then settling for philosophy

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Anonymous #4 9w

A few years from now, u don’t wanna be stuck in a trade u never really wanted, watching your peers graduate, and realizing u gave up too soon

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Anonymous #4 9w

My advice is to take fewer classes next semester and go easier on yourself. It’s okay to move slower and it can be less expensive too. Use that extra time to work or get an internship, and talk to ur parents about a flexible paying back option. You don’t have to drop everything; sometimes slowing down is the smartest move

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Anonymous #4 9w

Update on the situation: I sent the appeal for the decision and explained that part of why I failed here is that it’s suspected I’m going deaf, at least in one ear (true) and the decision ended up getting appealed and I’ll be going back to campus in the fall, just on probation! My parents no longer want me to pay them back, but I still have to cover the entirety of my tuition, books, and meal plan now

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Anonymous OP 9w

That’s very good! I wish you the best!! Things will always work out !

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