Redditers who switched or left a college/university, what made you finally say “nope, I’m out”?

1. The moment I realized that as an English major who doesn’t want to be a teacher, I’d be in the same position regardless of whether or not I graduated but in one scenario I’m in thousands of dollars of debt.
   — heavensgate911


2. Academic suspension was the catalyst.
   — SKNE


3. I had a professor suggest it. She told me some kids go to college right after high school because they think that's just what they're supposed to do. Some kids need a bit of time after high school before they are ready. I dropped my next semester and started working. A couple years later I went back and ultimately finished my degree.
   — optimaloutcome






4. Was a student athlete (track/cross country) my first year. Less than two weeks before my second year started coach informed me he was cutting me from the team to make room for his daughter who ended up dropping out of every race and almost every workout. It drove me crazy and I decided to take a break from school for a few years. Ended up doing a three month dental assisting school with an internship and I don’t have any student loan debt. It all worked out for the better.
   — 69unicorn


5. Realized that crying on the way to school is a sign that I should find a different one
   — shkeptic


6. I left because I had the connections I needed to get a job and the commute was driving me insane, quite literally
   — goodusernamealert






7. I was driving there one day, and decided I didn't want to go to school anymore.
   — MuffinManWizard


8. I got accepted to University of Montana. I'm from a completely different state. Didn't have a chance to go visit beforehand. Saying goodbye to my mom was really hard and she cried. That wasn't what got me. I got placed in a dorm room with a foreign exchange student. No big deal. He was having trouble getting used to the time change. He had cigarettes from his country which smelled absolutely awful. I smoked at the time, so I was not too grossed out, but damn they smelled terrible. I went to the shared bathrooms and it was absolutely disgusting. Starting to get annoyed. We had a faucet in our sink in the dorm room. Thing had two settings. 1: turned off. 2: scalding got blasting water to the point it made water go everywhere. I went to bed the 2nd night I was there and woke up to something in the night. Looked down and my roommate was sitting at my desk jerking off. I just shook my head and said "Are you fucking serious?" I went back to bed. Woke up feeling already annoyed, went to breakfast with the one dude I was cool with. Food was absolutely terrible. I started questioning my choice to being here. I went there as a music major. I went to music theory and the teacher said "I want to test your knowledge on what you already know." No problem. I took two years at my community college before this. I finished the 4 pages in maybe 15 minutes. It was super basic stuff. I hand it to the professor and he looks at it and brings me outside to the hall. Professor: "So you've taken Music Theory?" Me: "Yeah, two years." Professor: "Well, our program makes everyone start at the beginning." Now I realize I'm going to have to redo the two years of classes I've already taken and have credits for. I call my friend back in Idaho. Explain all this to him. He agreed it's total bullshit. I don't have a vehicle, so he drives the 10 hours and picks me up. At this point, I've so fucking done with this place. The college seemed like a good place, maybe it was for some people. Just definitely not for me. I get home, take a year off to work and pay off some college loans. Honestly, it was a blessing in disguise because I got to spend that year with my mom who passed away 5 months after I left to go to another state college. I would never have traded that time for anything. Now, 4 years later, I'm graduating college with my teaching degree and with the best GPA I've ever had. I have an amazing girlfriend, I have my childhood friends still in my life, and have a way happier life to the point I don't even second guess my decision to leave U of M.
   — the_gift_of_g2j


9. I left college with only a semester of classes until graduation, unfortunately one of them only existed in the spring semester, the other in fall. No override option, no ability to take the class at another college, and a recruiter that was determined to hire me led to me accepting an awesome job. I moved out of the country for it, and I have never felt restricted by not having a degree while having relevant experiences and references.
   — nasajd






10. Well the complete mental breakdown was a pretty strong reason. I switched to a college that was closer so I could live at home while I recovered. Still graduated in 4 years
    — mostlyamess


11. I realized the school wasn’t worth me graduating with 100k in debt. Switched to a state school and now debt free :)
    — crinkledradish


12. I missed the last test where all assessments were compulsory in the unit, it was a shit boring unit that I’d rather die then redo do I dropped out in my second year with no plan. Now I’m working at a bottle shop 3 times a week and hate my life.
    — drake-without-josh






13. My depression was at an all time high and I basically would go to school and sleep the whole time in the nap room. So I started working full time and finally figured out what I want to do and turns out I didn’t need college for it 🤷🏻‍♀️
    — CatPatronus