For people who dropped out of college

The first time, I had two friends die sophomore year. One passed at the beginning, in the first week and I dropped several classes but it was OK because we got 1 semester free withdrawals. When the other died in the spring, I dropped all classes. Unfortunately those counted against me. Junior year I had several illnesses and missed but by winter break missed too much to catch up. At the same time my mom was diagnosed with stage 3 cancer so I just left school entirely.

The second attempt, my fiancée didn't support me taking out loans. I found a program that work would provide tuition reimbursement but then they backed out due to the school's accreditation. Fiancée wouldn't support me taking a loan to stay even though I was so happy.

I got a bottom rung IT role and worked my way up the corporate ladder slowly into a role that should have and eventually did require a degree. I was grandfathered in having no degree due to years in my role equating to a degree. I'm not paid as much as my degreed peers.

Well, I dropped out a few times actually, but then later down the line when I became a mum I went back. Now I’m almost done with grad school. I kept dropping out because of bad life circumstances. There were a lot of terrible things happening pulling me in many directions. Couldn’t commit/focus.

I studied Court Reporting. I loved reading, and that job was all about reading and re-reading. It wouldn’t have been considered rude or weird for me to be a fly on the wall at work either. It suited me.

I dropped out because I was moving out of state, and that program wasn’t available where I moved. So no transferring possible unless I switched to a different career, which I didn’t want to do.

Right now, I occasionally freelance edit or transcribe on Upwork. Before, I transcribed phone calls for the hearing impaired. When I start working officially again, I’d rather not do anything like this because it’s no longer interesting to me.

I dropped out because I was lazy and unmotivated . I enrolled because I felt like that’s what I was supposed to do. Though, now I’m back in college for software engineering. Just wish I had the drive and focus then that I do now.

I realized that I was in the wrong career, I enjoy what I do now

I finished college but half way through an old wise man told me the only thing college teaches is how to make someone else money. Then he said go learn how what they teach you can apply to making you money. No one ever got rich working for someone else......

I dropped out of Sociology. I enrolled because I believed it was the easy way back then, that I had no other option.

I went into a business school the following year.

I’m a Traffic Manager / Media Buyer now.

I dropped out after the first semester from a tourism academy. I got in since I grew up in a touristic place and that was the advice I was given by parents and teachers.
A year and a half later I entered fine arts academy after a lot of preparation ..and I'm now an artist and happy about it:)

I dropped out of an Open University Masters degree. It did not affect my career, and life moved on.
I found one module helpful, and money well spent. But I do not need letters after my name.

I dropped out for a year and a half but then went back and finished up.

Actually I was about to drop out of school of medicine buy God had mercy

The experience was boring. Art class that is.


Plus I hate copying art. I'm free handed

I do your brother

I became a billionaire for a discovery of Facebook