Redditor's who dropped out, At what point did you realize university wasn't for you? And do you regret that decision?

After high school I really didn't want to go to college but my family required me to or else they would kick me out. So I picked a state 4 year with some random major I had zero interest in. One groggy November morning I got into a head on collision.

I stopped going to school after that and entered the workforce so I could afford a new car. After successfully taking out a loan for a car within my full time working budget my family pulled school on me again. I couldn't afford to keep the car and be kicked out so I went back to school at the same university, full time.

As you can imagine, working full time and going to school full time left me exhausted and on the verge of killing myself. One of my friends jumped off the top of his dorm building around this time after I confronted him for sexually assaulting me (both these things happened like 12 hours apart). I was done. I dropped out that day.

I went back to school online at a community college the next semester because family again. Then I got sick of it, got sick of being told what to do, dropped out, and told off my family.

I regret wasting so much time and money on school. I hated every second of it and had no reason to be there. I have a job now that isn't the best money wise but it's so flexible and enjoyable that the money doesn't even matter.

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