Hi, this is my first time using reddit so this might not be the best.
Anyways I (21) attend a well known top university in my country and I am in my 4th year. I have been really struggling with my major (sciences) since the day I enrolled in this uni. I have somehow made it through the last 3 years but I have to take another year since I dropped a lot of courses and took less load for the semesters.
For background, my parents immigrated to this country and while they were never big on grades they definitely have expectations from me since I am the oldest. I did meet those expectations till I was in high school but when it came to deciding for university I didn’t really had anything that I wanted to pursue but I always had an interest in arts. My parents pushed me towards sciences since I had pretty good grades in those courses and when I got accepted to a well known university they were really happy and pushed me towards accepting the offer.
I am midway through 4th year and I genuinely don’t see anything happening for me. While my peers are applying for medschool, pharmacy, research labs I am just trying to pass my courses and somehow finish my degree. My cgpa is around 2.7 (just a guess i physically can’t bring my self to check my grades/gpa) and while I haven’t failed any course I have been soo miserable and being this way for the last 3-4 years has affected my self esteem so badly i genuinely don’t think I can do anything in life.
I really hate my major but since I am so far along I don’t think I will change it or drop out, i honestly just want to get over this whole degree. I guess the reason I am really making this post is to maybe find some motivation for my future.
I don’t plan to use my degree for higher studies (my gpa isn’t good anyways to pursue masters) but I am just so confused about what to do after I graduate. While I will have a degree from a well known uni I will also have student debt and no job experience (no part-time jobs either, I have been just trying to survive up until now and a job would push me in my grave), I have major anxiety to the point I couldn’t even pass the interview of an on-campus job. I did think about pursuing something related to arts but tbh it’s not like I am talented or anything in it I do have my personal projects but by no means do I have skills that I can make money from.
Honestly I am just scared I will be jobless and a disappointment to my parents. My dad is the only one who brings income (family of 6) and I don’t want to be dependent on him.
So yah sorry if this is too long and I am not sure what thread to post it on so I just picked one that seemed common
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