Dropping Out of College-Yay or Nay?

[Cuddly]

Are none of the current subjects of any interest to you? I get through the boring subjects by being excited for the ones to come. And if I don't like the way it is taught then I stay home and read the book/ find help online. Youtube does great tutoring. I think it's incredibly selfish of your parents to consider you selfish for wanting to drop out. You are the one wasting time on an efucation you don't need. But will you need it later? Who knows. But studying and working part time still leaves time to create art, so why not do all three for a while? I don't really understand your school system, so pay more attention to the americano advices

[austin]

Nay, i say dont do it if you can finish it in a year do it. You have come too far to quit now!!!

[starbelly]

I don't usually like to tell people to do something if their heart isn't in it, but I tend to be on the side of people who think you should just finish it if at all possible, if for no other reason than the fact that you've invested more than enough time in it and it would be a bit of a shame to let it all be for nothing.

It also will help you in terms of employment regardless. I know it's just a stupid piece of paper, but, like CCRox said, it represents the fact that you were disciplined and dedicated enough to invest your time in something and finish it, which is something that employers want/respect. I'm two terms away from getting my B.A. in English, and am considering graduate school, but I've got an inner scholar in me and I enjoy it. I know that not everybody seeks that.

[Wardo94]

Towards the end of the day, you do what your heart tells you to do. It's not good to achieve things that are forced upon you. Since you're pretty much almost done, I would suggest to just get it over with. I mean, you've gotten so far, don't give up now. If you were just starting I'd say do it and just drop out. School isn't for everybody. It really isn't. And people have to understand that.

[Ekwarph]

Hello. I'm back for more advice.
Essentially, this is my mini-story: I'm a junior in college. If I worked really hard, I could finish in one year. I have a part-time job that I love, but has nothing to do with my major (at least, the qualifications do not). But I absolutely hate college. Due to different issues, I have had the opportunities to take some different leaves. I thought, at the time, that I was just burned out. Because of a high school program, I was able to "quit" high school (hated that too) and get a little under two years of college finished by the time I graduated high school. Also, because of the program I was in, the tuition was free (textbooks not, unfortunately).
My parents have paid for about a year's worth of college now. I've tried asking to drop out. We basically go through this every quarter. And every time, the response I get is so negative that I end up going back. But then I just end up hating it even more. I am very aware of the work that they have put into tuition. I am aware that not everyone gets to go to college, let alone have it paid for them. And it is this reason why I feel a tremendous amount of guilt. Right now, someone could take my seat, someone who really enjoys the education process and is extremely motivated to be there. It's not a problem of the wrong major, but just the way that it is being taught not only makes it not enjoyable, but seems to makes me almost hate the subject. The whole thing really goes against my values and what I believe in.
I know what I want to do with my life, and it doesn't require a college degree. I want to go into the arts and I am very okay with working different part-time jobs until I can make money off of art. I have been repeatedly told that I am selfish for wanting to "throw away this opportunity." Yet, I know that I am going to get that same criticism if I end up getting the degree and then go on to work with jobs that don't require a degree anyway. Furthermore, my parents are both out of work right now and struggling to find jobs. I really want them to keep the money they would have spent on college and use it for themselves.
I know it's kind of a difficult question to answer, since no one knows the future and how this will pan out, but do you think I should stay or dropout?

Besides exceptions, we all have doubts. Sometimes, you have to do something you hate to continue on things you like. That's how life works.

I don't say that you won't do anything if you quit college, but "losing" one year to open all the doors, I think it's worth it !

I hated my first year of college, now, I'm sad to finish college in one week.

[ceez]

Is there another college you could transfer to that you might like a little more? I agree with everyone else that it would ba a shame to quit now when you're so close to finishing, and even if the job you want dosn't require a degree it will still help you get your foot in the door. The degree I have I thought would get me an engineering job but my college sucked and didn't have the proper accredidations for the engineering program (didn't find that out untill my last semester), but it still helped me get other jobs in the field of technology and was able to start off making a little more than those without a dregree.

[southbiochem]

I can understand you don't like college, or maybe you don't like your current one.

But you've already come so close!!!

I encourage you to "put up with it" for this last year. Having a college degree is helpful beyond anything, trust me on this one.

You'll still have the freedom to excersize it or not, but it will be there and if things go wrong (hopefuly not) you'll come to regret if you find yourself looking for a job and not finding any because you lack a college degree

[Evan88]

We might have a different thinking...cause i really value education so much. So i must say, dont drop out cause 1 year more and you will get a degree.. I also have a different passion and i can get away with it without having a degree but i still did. I acknowledge though that you are just concerned with money, but now that you have the opportunity to study, take advantage of it. There are lots of people there who badly wants to go to college but they cant, you are indeed lucky

You said "I know what I want to do with my life, and it doesn't require a college degree"... But it is better to have some fall back when your plans wont go the way you want it. And right now, it is very hard to land a job, either you would be unemployed or underemployed, it would really help if you have a degree...

[driftwood]

Yet, I know that I am going to get that same criticism if I end up getting the degree and then go on to work with jobs that don't require a degree anyway.

That degree might help you down the road in innumerable ways that you never suspected. Degrees are much more than tickets for employment. You have come a long way, and if you complete it, it could make a major difference in your life in the future.