Can they go for a drop goal from the kick off?

Should I temporarily drop out of university?

• This is going to be a little longer. But I need advice. I do not know who to ask. I already went to counselors etc. but they where not very helpful. I am 20 and currently studying CS and starting my 4th semester. But I fucked it up. I never really cared about getting good grades or paying attention. I have really bad grades and I am probably 2 semester behind. Yeah, I know I fucked it up hard. However to be honest, I really don't like CS. It's pretty boring and feels pretty useless. Also my profs and university sucks even though this doesn't concern me that much. I knew right after my first semester that this is nothing for me. I should stop. I was about to drop out... almost did not write any exam at all. But I don't know somehow my environment started attacking me: "No, just continue with CS!", "When you drop out you will always stay poor", "You are a total looser if you drop out", "Just continue and everything will be fine", "You will earn $70.000 by the time you graduate"... And all shit like that. I don't know why though but I continued. But this thought never got out of me. I always somehow wanted to quit. But I was a pussy and just went with the flow. Yet this thought is getting bigger from time to time. And I am getting more depressed. Sometimes I am just paralyzed by the situation. So here is what I am thinking about doing: Stop university right now. Just put an end to my hell finally. And focus 100% on these things: - fitness and get the most out of me - create a business - expand my skills in some languages where I already have a very good, above basic, knowledge - create some social life (join some sport club) - other things: waking up at 4, volunteer, try getting an internships - improve my math skills especially getting better at mental calculation where I currently suck even though I am good at math - plus some other things which I desperately want/have to learn When I say create a business I am mainly talking about an internet based business. Before university started when I was about 17-19 I generated about $1-2k/month through the internet. I know how create an internet business. I know how the things work there. I have already some genuine business ideas. But no, I am not talking about shit like "I am going to be rich I will build facebook!!.." I like internet, coding and everything BUT only if I do it for myself. I can't imagine to code as a job. For me It's really frustrating at times but I can stick it out but only if I do it for my own projects. After these 6 month I will either: 1) continue doing what I am doing for another 6 months depends how for example my business etc. goes 2) or join the military for one year 3) or start over with another subject which I will choose more carefully 4) or (most probably) everything from 1 to 3 If I don't have already something going for myself I will go to university. There I will choose some major like mechanical engineering (because well STEM... and I am acutally interested in these kind of subjects). This time I will kick some serious ass and spend my time at university very wisely. And I will try to choose a university which focuses more on the practical side. By the time I graduate with a bachelor I will be about 24 to 26. I probably won't have a lot of internships to list on my CV. But at least I will have a life and maybe some successful business, who knows? If I continue my current path I will probably be about 24 to 25 and probably miserable. I will always convince myself why didn't I just try it? My thoughts, my body where crying for me to stop. But I didn't listen. It's really serious. I had suicidal thoughts from time to time. I am so stressed that I am losing some hairs even though I started meditating and doing sports etc. By the way cold showers do help a lot against depression... I tried to to the things which I listed above whilst continue with my study. But I can't. Either I do this then I get frustrated why I didn't do that enough or I do that and I am depressed that I didn't do this enough. I don't know but I can't do multiple things at once. I either do that 100% or this 100%. I just can't do both. Also it always feels like I am behind. It feels like I am stuck. Please people this is about my life. I need serious advice. No offence, but I do not need some advice from a 16 years old...

• Answer:

  In your early 20s, you start to feel the pace of life accelerating, and it can make you panic. What do I do? Where do I go? This person says do this. That person says do something else. AHHHHH!  Tune that stuff out. Focus on you. It sounds like CS is not your thing, so yes, you probably should not continue along that path. However, as someone in CS, I will disagree that it is boring and useless (useless, yet you want to start Internet-based businesses and you post  from a computer to an Internet site, Quora, for advice ?). But I'm not here to lecture you on the merits of CS. Should you drop out of university? Maybe, maybe not. Will it hurt you? No, many successful people are without a college education, but at the same time having one can open many doors for you. If you are interested in running your own business, why not study business at school? Or, you can study something else in school. You can graduate in 5 or 6 years instead of 4. It's okay to do that. You have a large list of hopes and goals. That's good, but it can make you want to go in several directions at once. Try to focus on one thing at a time, and work at it. Give yourself a goal and a deadline (long or short term): Practice X everyday for the next month. Spend time with friends x times per week. Research Internet business during this week. Go to the gym tomorrow. It doesn't matter what the goals are, but it is important that you continue to have and pursue them, and evaluate your progress on meeting them. As you make goals and achieve them, I think you will find that you have grown and matured a bit, and you will feel pride in your accomplishments. Finally, slow down a little bit. You do not have to have your entire life planned out in stone tomorrow. Or next week. Or next year even. Take things one day at a time and don't worry about what may or may not happen 3 years from now. Three years from now, the plans you make now may not matter to you at all. And stop speculating about how you will feel in the future about something. How you feel about that thing now is more important. Things get better. I, and probably many others, have been in your shoes before, and if we can make it through, you certainly will as well.