Hey all!

I'm currently going into my sophmore year and am looking for part time jobs in my area. Unfortunately, I do not have my car nor am in the area where I was born + the place where my school is is very dangerous. I'm considering looking into online work but I have no idea where to start/what jobs I should look for! Anything that's minimum wage/$14 an hour is fine with me, just looking for tips or places that may hire me :)

My plan is to attend college and major in finance. I’ve narrowed my options down to three schools: OU, which would cost around $35k per year, including everything (though they haven’t awarded any scholarships yet, so it could end up being less); the University of Arkansas, which would cost around $18k per year; and UT Dallas, which would cost about $15k per year and id be a commuter since I’m from the DFW area. I’ve heard UT Dallas is the best option for what I’m aiming to do, but the social life is a concern for me, it’s also 45 minutes away and I really don’t want to drive there and back on a daily basis. I’ve visited all three campuses, they were all nice but in my opinion there wasn’t one that was significantly better than the others. Ideally, I want to break into investment banking but it’s not like I’m dead set on doing so and would entertain perusing other related careers. If anyone could give me with some pointers or advice on what I should do it would be greatly appreciated.

I'm writing a paper that discusses Californian migration to Nevada during the pandemic. (Don't worry; I'm not blaming all our problems on Californians.) Now, I have the number of people who moved back and forth and the median household incomes from each state, but I don't believe I have enough information. I need to know WHO in Cali moved away. For example, Nevada gets a lot of immigration from Hawaii, which has a decently high median income, BUT the reason for that is because Hawaiians who can't afford to live there are the ones who leave, which drives up the average. How can I find this kind of data? Is it recorded anywhere?

hi I'm 18/f and I honestly really want to do this. I did homeschooling for high school due to mental health issues and trauma. I started a new job working retail and I applied for overnights but the hr lady told me it was full. I started as a cashier the other week and it's not my first job, I've been working since I was 16. but it's my first big job. I'm partime currently but changing from old job to this new job was a huge jump in hours from 4 to 12, to 32 every week. it's genuinely just full-time but one less day a week and no healthcare. my old job was a tiny store but this is a huge one, and I was really nervous due to my crippling anxiety. I originally applied to be overnights cuz I thought it would be easier for me to handle cuz of said previous mental health issues, but I took the cashier position and have been planning to transfer when I'm allowed to, which I was told will be 6 months.

fast forward to today I'm about 2 weeks into my cashiering gig and it's actually really fun and it has been really stressful at some points but I'm handling it a lot better then I thought I would be. but here's where the problems start. I plan on going to college in a few months and I currently work 11-8 shifts and I feel like that will not go well with college hours and ik there's a lot of hassles with getting ur hours changed. my mom wants me to go to me local community college. it's a 2 year and she wants me to find a 4 year to transfer to. I'll probs go to this certain college that's about an hour away after that. she wants me to do online, but I learn a lot better in person so I'm hoping to be able to compromise with hybrid. I also really dont want to do any more homeschooling in my life tbh. I'm going for psychology and idk if they do online classes. she's going to take me over the summer to talk to the counselor about it, which is in a month or two.

I live in a tiny town with almost no options to work at around me and I'm currently working at what is to be considered the best minimum wage/teen job in my town. also I have a friend who works overnights and she told her boss about me and he came to talk to me saying I can transfer to full-time overnights in 6 months. overnight hours are 10pm-7am.

and I'm heavily considering this. I would be able to go full-time without any anxietys unlike I am with my cashiering job. I would be paid more since overnights make about 2 dollar over min wage give or take. and the overnight schedule wouldn't interfere with any college classes. I would also be able to work with my friend. I've also never been able to sleep so I could fully do the overnight schedule. it's also the only position that's allowed to listen to music and or have earbuds.

my concerns are mostly this: I wouldn't be able to see my mom, friends, or bf as much as I'm use to. my bf works the same hours as I do 11-8 and he's probably the most important thing in my life. I'm not use to having a full schedule as I said before I was homeschooled which was like close to no work tbh and worked 4-12 hours a week. but honestly I'm so bored and it's taking a toll on my mental health so I've loved going to my 9 hour shifts and I could see myself really enjoying being busy, due to the past few years of boredom. also I'm concerned about a lack of being able to get sleep, but I know a lot of college students struggle with that. I also find stocking a little boring but the earbuds will 100 percent make up for it I think.

if I go from part time to full time it will go from 32 to 40 hours a week, for me. im probably going to take the opportunity and if it's to much for a full-time shift I'll go back down to partime. but idk if that's even the best idea cuz it's such a small difference and full-time has a 401k, more PTO, and healthcare.

pls let me know if you work full-time and or overnights while in college and how you handle it! advice welcomed!

I’m gonna start working as an electrician soon, but I’ve been considering pursuing an undergrad degree as well. Is this possible? And if there’s any electricians out there who are also college students, could you share your experience with the work/school balance.

26F, CS major.

Basically I come from an immigrant family who expected far too much from me. I had no “dream career” and no interest in doing anything. All these years I’ve literally been bullshiting my way to this point, it somehow worked out through high school and through my first few years in community college but this is as far as I’m getting. It all came at the cost of my mental health. Looking back I never really had a healthy mental state but with college I can certainly say it’s brought it down to rock bottom. I’ve never been officially diagnosed but I’m fairly certainly I have undiagnosed ADHD, bipolar disorder or depression. Everyday was a fight. It’s fucked me up so much. Ive taken so many gap years, gone through a few major changes and got dismissed twice already and I’m about to be dismissed for the third.

Apparently appeals after the third dismissal are typically denied and that’s understandable. Though there is one last option I have which is a “fresh start” program that I believe all colleges offer(?) but I’d have to wait for 3 years to reapply (and it’s only a small selected number of students) but quite honestly I don’t even know if I’ll even want to by then. I legitimately believe I’ve been traumatized, everything related to school just makes me miserable and scared. I can’t even look at a classroom without a chill running down my spine. And anyways, by that time I’ll be nearing 30 and the thought of that alone makes me want to end it all. My whole life wasted on nothing. Straight up a failure. I’m disappointed in myself. I feel pathetic, guilty, lost and i don’t believe I’m stupid but I definitely FEEL stupid. Point is I don’t have much of a choice now than to drop out. I could try to appeal again but if, and that’s a big IF I got readmitted, honestly I still don’t have the motivation. I have around 13-15 more classes to take to graduate but I just don’t have it in me to thug it out and try to finish them anymore. It’d be a stupid waste of money and time. Thinking about dropping out sounds freeing though. Almost makes me feel happy. I don’t mind it. As corny as this might sound i feel like I’ve been shackled my whole damn life and this is the one time I feel good about doing something but at the same time it’s terrifying. I keep having second thoughts…. Like what happens next ? What direction will I be going in life ? What options do i have ? Not to mention the biggest issue is that I can’t handle everyone’s disappointment. It’s too heavy for me. I genuinely don’t know what to do and I have no one to talk to about this

I'm accepted at the state school I applied to. For context I've done well in school, always had a 4.0 and enjoyed the dual enrollment college classes I've taken. That said I haven't done AP or college science classes. I'm accepted for business, and I've taken an Intro to Business class over my senior year of HS. I don't hate it, it just bores me. I don't feel like my mind is getting pushed at all. So I'm thinking about transitioning to a Geoscience major, which actually interests me and would push my mind more.

I'm attending a NCAA D2 school, and am looking to try out for the basketball team. I believe I can make the team as a walk on. I was wondering if anybody has experience getting a Geoscience or other science degree while also playing collegiate sports? How realistic is this? Would travel for sports make it difficult to complete the classes? Thx in advance for your answers!

So I got about 3k work of excess grant and scholarship money. I’m a full time student 2 semesters away from completing my undergrad. What am I allowed to use this excess money for? I don’t live on campus and have a daughter so I’ve been using it to pay our rent and food when things get too tight. Is that okay? My books/tuition/parking is all covered. The way I saw it if I lived on campus it would go towards student housing and the cafeteria card. So I’m paying for the same things just off campus. Plus I have used it to help with oil changes and tires so I can safely get to school. Is this all okay? Or will I get in trouble for not directly using it at school

I'm having an issue with a college I attended 6 years ago saying I owe a $4K balance. I have tried contacting their accounts department as I paid this off through a payment plan back in 2020, but they are refusing to acknowledge I have paid off my balance. All proof of payments have been sent, and it's been radio silence, no response to emails, no call backs, and other than to tell me they don't see the payment on their end I have not received any response back. I live 4 hours away and have already driven to speak in person but it is not feasible to go back and forth to speak with them. Is there anything I can do?

I want to ask for your opinion. I’m studying Bachelor business/finance at university. Should I quit? In my first semester, I got a GPA below 3, and right now, I’m really weak in math. I don’t know what to do, the only thing I can do is keep trying (even though it’s just modern math, basically basic math).

My academic advisor criticized me and predicted my grades for the ongoing second semester. It hurt a lot..I held back my tears when I was being mocked. They even suggested that I change my course… and I was just like, I did put in the effort during my first semester, I’m not lying. There were witnesses.

I received a loan that’s almost like a scholarship, and it wasn’t easy to get. So, should I just quit so easily? During my diploma, I never got a GPA below 3, and I even studied finance back then. Now, I feel completely lost..I don’t know what to do. I don’t want my parents to be angry or disappointed because they would never allow me to drop out. I’m so stressed that I’m experiencing severe migraines and have lost my appetite.

I would really appreciate any advice or words of encouragement from those who have been in a similar situation. Thank you so much in advance to anyone who takes the time to read and respond. It means a lot to me💪🏼

Hi everyone. So I’m a bit worried that my grad school aspirations are basically over. I’m in my final semester of senior year, and there’s a strong possibility that I’m going to fail a class. I’ve never failed anything and I’m worried if I’ll ever even graduate. Since I want to be a filmmaker, I was thinking that it would be a good idea for me to do a grad program in film production, but I feel like even if I got in a top program(which is unlikely), it wouldn’t be a good fit for me anyway. A lot of people think I’m smart enough to do it, and I love learning, and being around other people who are passionate about the things that I’m at, but I just get too distracted. Rn instead of studying for classes, I’m working on screenplays instead. And I always feel stressed by all the money I have to make to even keep on going to school, I have adhd so studying and focus are hard for me, and I prefer learning about things on my own speed. I do think I’d get to know a lot of people, and form a filmmaker community but I just dont know if I’ll be able to thrive there. I’m shaking with anxiety just trying to pass this one class, and I’m scared of not being able to graduate either.

hi, i don't know why i'm writing this exactly - maybe i want to find people who went through similar things, maybe i need someone to understand and be kind to me about this. Please don't tell me that "people come and go" and "you'll make other friends" and "that's life" and "i should move on" and things like that, i've heard them already and my heart can't take it.

i (22F) am in my final year of college. I've met my roommate (22NB) in my first year, when we were randomly assigned, and we've been roommates for 4 years now. And these have been the best 4 years of my life, because of them. And i love all their little quirks, and i love recognizing their footstept when they're coming home, and i love listening to music with them, and talking about stupid things, and i love hearing them laugh, and i love choosing the bathroom soap with them, and i love when they're excited to tell me about something, and i love storing our shoes next to eachother..

But we're graduating, and it's all gone. We have 2 other roommates (randomly assigned this year) who made this last year a living hell: slamming the doors when we're sleeping, not talking to us, bringing people over without asking, waking us up each night and early in the morning.. And my roommate has had enough, and they're spending most of their time in their hometown, and when they're here they're sad all the time and i don't know how to help. I fear i can't do anything to help.

And my roommate has started packing their things, and now their part of the room is emptier. And it gets emptier and emptier. And they're gone for longer and longer. And i'm left with the ghost of them.

They don't want to stay in this city anymore. I'm not sure they want to stay in this country. We won't be roommates anymore. We won't see each other anymore. And i fear this is the last time i'm going to see them. And they won't talk to me.

And i'm heartbroken, and i can't eat, and i go to sleep crying and i wake up crying. Thank god i can work remotely, because i've been crying during meetings, too. I wish there was a way to turn back the time, to find a way to fix this. Or at least to enjoy the good moments more than i did at the time. I wish i didn't take it all for granted. I wish i tried more.

So uh, there's that

I live in texas and went to school for 4 years with no ambition or goals. My parents started having a crazy divorce mid way through and I only stayed in school to stay away from it. I have 80 credits and a terrible (sub 2.0) GPA. All those credits are towards a major I want nothing to do with. I have taken the last 2 years off to work and better myself which I have done and finally feel confident enough to start again. However I really want a new beginning without worrying about the 150 hour rule in texas and trying to fix a terrible GPA. I want to go to a CC and start fresh. Can anyone give me advice on where to start? I feel like I am trying to climb an insurmountable mountain.

I get my bachelor's next year in bio and minor in Chem. I wanted to get my PhD and work as a researcher. With the administration doing cuts on research I feel like that is not the best course anymore. So does anyone have any suggestions on something similar? I'm looking towards pharmacist/Dr but saw they were being affected as well. I guess my question is what would be least affected because I have a 2 year old and need to be able to support her

I'm a sophomore and I'm a more introverted guy. I was wondering how your social life in college is as an introvert(how do you make friends, how do you network, etc)

Want some more perspectives on this- I graduated with a business associates degree in December (zero debt and I have savings), have completed three internships, and am working on completing the google project management certification. I want to be a marketing project manager and eventually have my own business. I'm pretty much all set to have a great career, however, I have always wanted to attend university and I would go in a heartbeat if it weren't for the fact that I would blow through my savings instead of putting a down payment on a house right away. I did find a university out of state that I would love going to (GCU) (I see more value in the experience if I were to go out of state to beautiful, sunny AZ.) What do you think I should do? Is two more years of college worth the expense if it's an experience I would love? Dave Ramsey would be screaming at me but I know I would love it.

Idk if I'm just a rare specimen who is able to function at 8 in the morning, but personally I felt that I had a lot more time when I'm forced to wake up early rather than later. Not only that but I usually tend to be more productive during the daytime than at nighttime, which allows me to get a lot of work done during the day (I'm a CS major so a good chunk of my workload is projects and job/internship searching/prep). Obviously it's hard if you typically wake up late but for me at least it became easier once I worked on sleeping earlier (or moreso waking up earlier only)

I mean don't get me wrong, I rather prefer my classes start at 9 or 10 in the morning, especially so I can get some work/studying before class, but I like having less classes in the afternoon and moreso earlier in the day as that leaves a lot more time during the rest of the day before night time.

Then again, the best time I wake up naturally is sunrise, lol.

I’m in the music club and I wrote a song with words and idea for the first time because we are supposed to be grouping up with the film club and my song is going to be animated. I brought some ideas to the animators since we finally got to meet up during our breaks in between classes. One of them was great she showed me what she could do with my ideas and I loved it. The other one. Not so much. It was the first time meeting this person keep in mind. At one point it was just me and him and he said something along the lines of “I think your song is horrible. It’s not at all good. The idea you’re showing to us is terrible and will be hard to do. I don’t want to work with you and I don’t want to do this. I want to be in the other group because that person’s song is actually good (the other person used AI to make their song and just sang over it because they don’t play any instruments)” I was honest with him and was like “yeah I will admit this isn’t my greatest work my mix is not good but if you don’t want to work with me you don’t have to.” And at this point he started getting i guess defensive and so me realizing I am an adult and realizing he can’t just go tell on a teacher about me like a child I stood my ground realizing that what I had wasn’t great but that the theme and idea I had for it was very personal and I wanted that to be kinda respected. It ended with me basically making a remark that at least this wasn’t graded because nobody would ever pick him to be a group member and he scoffed and quickly packed his bag before leaving. So now im very upset and going to figure out how to edit my song because I know it needs work but I am upset because I tried so hard to make it good. Im also wondering if I should message the club leaders about his behavior.

I have a class presentation next week and it’s taking over my life. Whenever I read out loud to the class or present, my Voice starts to shake and it sounds like I’m almost about to cry. It’s so embarrassing and I know it’s a physiological thing. I know in my head that I’m fine, but my eyes trick me into thinking that everyone is against me or what I’m saying and I start to get shaky. I trip over my words and stutter. Please I need help!!

Im curently taking Cisco CyberOps as part of my degree. Id like some input on how to effectively take notes on topics where seemingly every sentence in the 600+ page book is a testable topic. Ive been trying to take notes worth studying from, but it seems the only options are write little enough that it doesnt make sense once I need to study it(obviously useless), or write a page+ of notes per page in the book (might as well just read the book again).

I'm a freshman in college, and the spring semester seems to be just coming at me, so what were some things you did freshman year to finish your spring semester out strong? Just for people like me trying to get through, and for incoming freshman who may struggle.

So for context I went to community college for two years after high school and then transferred to a university as a junior. I was decently popular in high school and had a large friend group. At community college I kinda knew what I was getting myself into and that it wouldn’t be the same social experience as high school and university. I still had FOMO (fear of missing out) seeing all my friends post from their universities tho.

So when I got to university, I figured I’d finally get to experience college social life. I rushed a frat and got a bid for it, but ended up dropping because I didn’t want to deal with hazing. I sort of naively assumed I didn’t need a frat to have a good social life. The only clubs that interested me were the athletic clubs, I tried out and didn’t make their teams.

For the first three weeks I tried getting people on my floor to hang out, but that was impossible because everyone had different schedules or plans they had already made, so I just gave up trying. And no offense to my roommates, but they are pretty antisocial and awkward, and are content with not having social lives. So they’re no help.

So now I don’t know what to do. I can’t rush a frat next year because I’ll be a senior and that’s just weird. None of the clubs interest me, and everyone is already well-settled into their friend groups by senior year. My FOMO is actually making me super depressed and I feel even more lonely than I did at community college. I can’t get a redo as a freshman so I feel stuck and don’t know what to do.

(TLDR: tried frats, joining clubs, inviting people on my dorm floor to hang out. Nothing worked)

Started considering this recently, I’m planning on going to a&m and doing the undergraduate program then going through vet school for veterinary surgery, cause animals and money, but I also have a passion for film and I’m wondering if a&m has a film making course I could go through while in the undergraduate program, or if anybody has any resources here for supplies that could help me figure it out myself.

I’m about to finish up my sophomore year as a pre nursing major. Recently I’ve been thinking about changing my major but need some advice on it. My whole senior year of high school I had my mind set on being a high school history teacher however I went through some traumatic things and changed nearly every aspect of my life after (including my major). I’ve failed anatomy 2 and have noticed my grades in other classes significantly slipping no matter how much or hard I study. I’ve also been starting to dread going to class or lab and have a hard time relating to other nursing majors. I’ve also been denied from the nursing program twice due to my grades, I feel like this might be the universe (or god in my opinion) giving me a sign that nursing isn’t for me. I don’t know if I’m longing for teaching because nursing is hard and history is a comfort subject or because I need to change my major. I could use any opinions/ advice/ motivation. Thanks!

I’m currently a freshman in college studying political science at a public university, with plans to attend law school after I graduate. I’m very passionate about my path and I love political science, but I also understand that if I decide not to go to law school, my degree may offer limited career options.

Lately, I’ve been considering pursuing a double major in political science and finance. I wanted to hear thoughts from people outside of my family about this option. I do struggle a bit with math, which could be a challenge when working toward a finance degree, but I want to make sure I have a secure backup plan in case my future goals change.

I also realize that adding a second major might extend the time it takes to complete my degree, especially since I’d be starting this path in my sophomore year but that’s a risk I’m willing to take if it gives me more flexibility and security in the long run.

I appreciate any advice, thanks!