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where my broke college students at, how are you getting by?

>> No.411636

>>411610

>start classes two semesters ago
>stop going halfway through the first semester
>fail every class but one
>text edit online grades, my parents believe it
>second semester comes
>go throughout the year, pass all but one class
>don't pull grade up enough and get expelled

My parents already signed a 12 month lease for an apartment right next to the school, and I won't have any financial aid anyway, so I'm pretty sure that I'm just going to fake all the school stuff and pretend I'm going when really I'm just staying at home in the apartment all day

>> No.411648

>>411636
wow that's not going to work at all

>> No.411653

>>411636
Kinda similar story..
>get 3.6 gpa at cc
>transfer to uni
>fail 2 classes first semester there
>get warning from school
>next semester fail all 4 classes
>can't register for classes, need to go in person to talk with my counselor

I'm scared. I emailed her in the end of May entering June that I will see her first week of June, and it's already July 16. Idk what to do. I applied for financial aid and everything went through.

>> No.411656

>>411636

I know this feel unfortunaly.

I'm hoping that I can get a job and get my shit together by September so I can re-apply at a JC and just tell my parents that I need to take some bullshit extra class so I can stay an extra year. I figure if I can at least pay for my own living expenses they'll putup with me.

>> No.411658

>>411653
Well technically, you still get aid, as the government deals with that. Quite a failure that they don't do it on merit.
Just go to talk to the counselor. What might happen is they will make you take some really easy classes still on your major so you can pull up the GPA. You might take like 4 so this is your warning.

>> No.411660

>>411636
Go to another college, or get a job bumfuck. All you had to do was show up fag how did you even fail.

>> No.411669

>>411660

>All you had to do was show up fag how did you even fail.

sometimes shit just happens m8, healthcare is expensive and if you ever make it seem like you have mental issues nobody will ever hire you and the state takes away your ability to vote, own guns, etc

>> No.411673

>>411669
He said he lived next to the college. How in the fucking world do you fail? You can literally wake up, walk to the college. Study at the library till they close. I bet he was fucking around like a typical retard. If he had any bit of guilt he would go to another college and push through for being such a shit person.

>> No.411681

About to become one, not looking forward to it. Been making a tidy amount each month for 3 years now and saved a grand total of about 2000 euros (go me).

Now I'm moving to Canada to study on a glorious stipend of 1200 bucks in a place where rent seems a minimum 600.

Goddamnit why didn't I save.

Looking forward to joining your frugal fraternity, all in all

>> No.411689

>>411636
Sorry annon but all that will just come back on you and hit you hard

>> No.411692

>>411673

it's like you don't know what depression is

that's not an excuse for incompetence, but shit just happens. I threw away my entire freshman year because I weebed out and wouldn't leave my dorm. Only after bottoming out and going full hikimode for a few months did I piece everything together

>> No.411711

>>411692
It's like you don't even understand what priorities are. I've been depressed. I still went to school. I still did a lot of things I had to do. The only people who don't do shit when depressed are spoiled kids, rich or poor, but spoiled. That's what you are. You should be depressed at how pathetic you are.

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>>411610
pedicab life! Can easily clear 400 or 500 USD on a good saturday, do this on weekends and all week during summer and you will not have to worry about cash. Basically the best non-porn student job you can get... except that its not a job, you dont pay taxes, and you are self employed :D

>> No.411714
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411714

>network my way into some online gold farming when i was 16
>parents poor as fuck, worked my ass off at a sawmill for the computer I use
>make about 600 euros a month for 2-3 hours a day sitting at my computer
>finish HS with 4.1 GPA
>start Uni in finance, rape all the classes
>get a summer internship at a PE fund
>still making the 600 + 550 Internship
>tfw financially independent since 16

Still reminiscence on my sawmill days where I wanted to end my life every moment of that 12 hour shift

>> No.411716

>>411692
sorry to hear that bud, try again man. I am now 30 and in university because i always said it was too soon until I turned 25 then I said it was too late. Life is long and full of second chances bro :D chin up.

Also I have been depressed. If you smoke weed, stop doing that. And stay healthy, excercise is the best depression busters.

Sorry for the /adv/ moment.

>> No.411758

>>411714
I will legit work for half of that if you outsource to me.

I'm desperate and will do anything.

>> No.411761

>>411610
Ive been trading cryptos (mostly dogecoin) and selling short options (mostly PRAN).

>> No.411911

>>411711

Why are you getting this assmad? Sometimes people just have mental issues that prevent them from being productive for a time. Of course I fucked up, I admitted that much and that's how I was able to move on.

>> No.411941

>>411911
>Sometimes people just have mental issues
If you're cognizant enough to recognize this, and you still blame >muh depression, then you're just a lazy faggot.

>> No.412003

>>411636
>>411653
>>411656
boohooohooo, put down the bong and open up a fucking a textbook fags.

>> No.412038

>>411636
>not telling your parents
enjoy being homeless when they find out, better get ready

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>> No.412088

Autismbux, food stamps, working, renting out books to other kids. Going to a cc right now, will likely take a loan out when I transfer to a university. Failed a year already, but I got most of my shit together.

>>411636
That's a good plan if you want to commit suicide at the end. Do some fucking damage control. Get a tutor, talk to your school counselors, shit like that. You really need to associate doing work with dopamine releases, so having a tutor you pay for your first year of college is invaluable.

>> No.412102

I'm hanging on by a thread

scholarships are such bullshit, i've tried at least a hundred and i did not get a single one

Going on financial aid, god knows I'm gonna be in debt afterwards though

parents couldnt give a fuck

>> No.412221

>>412088

I can't get a tutor or talk to counselors when I can't sign up for classes

>> No.412238

>>412102
The plight of the white middle class average student.

>> No.412402

>>411610
Sell plasma

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ITT everyone is lazy and living off their parents "poor college student ramen lel life sucks huh?" or they actually did something and already make money

>> No.412503

>>411713
working for Uber or Lyft is better if you have a decent car. Work whenever the fuck you want and easily make 25-35/hr

>> No.412814

>>411911
I'm not mad. I'm just pointing out your excuses. I've been depressed before. I couldn't find a job. My dad was abusive and I had no friends. I still went to school. I had no friends there. I did what I was supposed to do. On top of that I was broke. People will make a 100 excuses before they realize they are just excuses.

>> No.413060

>>411636
don't do it.

this is what I faked it for about a year and you'll regret it. I know I did.

If you quit, quit. If you want to try again, try again. But be honest with yourself, don't say "some day". Know what you're doing, stick in the present and don't dream about it. If you need help, ask for help

>> No.413224

>>411714
>tfw financially independent since the age of 13
Being a mexican is hard

>> No.413285

>just graduated 2:1 BSc uk top 40 university
>about to turn 22
>too late to ever make it
>plz kill me
>why didn't my parents tell me what to do from age 5 so I would have actually had a reason to go to school
>only just learning to drive
>have never moved out

>> No.413293

Start sportsbetting at 18 now 19 and make round 1k a month

>> No.413297

Sophomore here. Living with my Dad. I make about $300-500/month from ClickWorker.

>> No.413338
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413338

I've been mooching on my financial aid while saving for a car. Had about $4000 saved, now I have less then a thousand after getting the car and fixing it. I really want to get a job online because it wouldn't be too bothersome but I don't know where to begin, everything I see looks shady.

>> No.413342

>>413338

Apply to Leapforce, Appen, and Lionbridge.
Apply to Uber for email support.

In the mean time, sign up to ClickWorker and Mturk. I've been making $10-20 a day, about $50 if I try hard. But I'm about to get hired on Lionbridge. I hear it's like $13/hour.

>> No.413343

>>413342
Thanks man, I appreciated.

>> No.413355

>>411636
You do realise that's what Hitler did when he didn't get into art school right?

>> No.414802

>barely get 15 hours a week at my job

>took me 2 years to be able to get that job

>can't get another job

Shit sucks

But atleast I'll make money with my major

>art major

Key thing is I'm not lazy. too many art majors are lazy as shit.

>> No.414932

>>411636
pls die

Me
>Living with parents, taking my basic classes a cheap local college for a year
>Working and saving every penny I can
>Gonna transfer to an instate school with the best Computer Science program in the state and one of the best in the country
>Gonna have enough money from work/pell grant/small loans to have a nice apartment to boot

>> No.414937

>>414802
what major

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414974

Question:

When a employer says "So tell me about yourself anon..."

whats a good response? whats something they would like to hear?

23yr old graduate here, diversified bachelors with 8 years office and admin exp looking for first rung of the ladder job

>> No.414985

>>411610
>go into university with no idea what to graduate in
>really good public speaker and want to get into law or PR
>father guilt trips me into business because my family owns a small multi-million dollar firm
>afraid my parents won't pay for my school if I don't stick with business
>still don't want to live off the family name
>think busting ass in school will look good on a resume
>switch to finance because management is a copout degree
>graduate in 2 and a half years but my GPA suffers with a 3.0
>no relevant work experience because of a 110 mile commute to school and 15-18 hour semesters
>graduate
>now unemployed for 2 months applying for every accounting/finance job that gets posted within a 75 mile radius
>finally break and ask my dad for help
>tells me the company has no room for me right now
>parents are now getting a divorce
>I'm likely stuck paying the college loan on a degree I didn't even want

Carrot on a stick.

>> No.414989

>>411610
* CS major.
* Started programming Android apps three years ago.
* Now pull in $400-$600 a week from apps
* Will be releasing a new app this month or July I've been working on. It should add to the revenue stream.
* Also did a little Android consulting during a summer. My consulting gigs usually don't work out well.

>> No.414992

>>414989

want to hear my app idea?

>> No.415002

>>414992
>want to hear my app idea?

I have an idea which could be worth billions. Here it is, for free. A search engine better than Google. People have to admit, that is an idea that could be worth billions. I have no conceptions of how to build it, but the idea is a billion dollar idea.

This is a good post - http://www.reddit.com/r/Entrepreneur/comments/1gdy92/how_to_get_app_developer_on_board/cajbpkd

Frankly, having been down in the trenches for three years churning out Android apps, my ideas of what apps can make money are better than that of 99% of other people. Some people have had more success, but that's because they raised millions of dollars. Of course there is also the occasional fluke like Flappy Bird.

>> No.415004

>>415002
Basically just get an app that is extremely hard yet has a very basic concept, put bar advertisements at the bottom when you lose, the occasional pop up when you lose, make sure the game has pixel graphics. People will be frustrated with the game and want to do better, and lose even more and more, getting your ads to revenue more and more money, and it will spread like wildfire if you advertise it a little bit.

>> No.415014

>>415002
>idea goy

Okay, what's your contact info. I write both Android/Iphone apps

>> No.415015

>>415004
All of my game and live wallpaper advertising efforts have been disasters. Lately I've been strictly non-gaming apps which are useful in some way. I might revisit games at some point. On most of my apps, the click through rate is a click through on at least 1 out of 200 ads. For my game apps, that ratio is much lower.

>> No.415023

>>415002

You can have it for free

A service that matches up local buyers with local people willing to deliver stuff to them

For example, if a person wanted some groceries or something, they could go on the app and hire someone to pick them up for the cost of goods + a delivery fee

You could also apply this to things like fast-food restaurants where normally you wouldn't be able to get things delivered from

It's sort of like uber except with buyers and sellers signing themselves up

I even thought of a name, Delevery

You could have a similar (but probably illegal) app called AlcoHaul, which would be the same concept but just with booze

>> No.415027

>>415014
>Okay, what's your contact info. I write both Android/Iphone apps

I am on Freenode Internet Relay Chat on #android-dev right now.