School is not for me...?

I'm in my second year of college studying something I don't like and with the grades I'm getting it looks like I'm gonna HAVE to drop out. So, I know there must be another option for me. I can't be college or nothing. So, now that I'm leaving college and trying to star a real life, what do I do? Where do I start? I like music, photography, writing, the environment, helping people, etc..... What do I do now?

Is it the college that isn't for you ? or is it the program/courses you are in? Maybe you just haven't found the right thing for you. I didn't know what I wanted when I first got out of school. So I travelled and spent some time working various jobs that I decided were not for me. I ended up going back to school and am now a Cartographer and soon to graduate from a Marine Geomatics program.
Maybe you need to take some time and see whats out there. Its okay to not want to be in collage right away. Live life have a good time, just remember that college/university can open the doors to an even bigger world.

Well...those are some of the questions college helps you answer. I guess you start at the beginning and go from there. :)

Here is my advice as a student. Grab a job save up and travel the world for a while, learn new things about yourself and meet people all over the world and find new perspectives.

sorry to break it to yo.. but its hard to get be sucessful without school.. So if I were you I would try to stick it out and shoot for the stars!! hah corny i know.

put more work into your schooling, get a degree, and look for a job in music, photography, writing, the environment, helping people

suck it up...

join the military, you get to travel all over the world....and you will get a full deluxe all expense paid trip to the sandbox lol

Just a second....

You are not even able to write coherent sentences and you want to be out in the world doing all the things you listed? You seem not even aware of what you want to do, what you are capable of, or qualified to do. Let's be serious and look at your present and your future. You are not looking at doing anything, but you are looking at escaping from your college life which you are failing. What would you do then, when the next thing you pickup fails you?

My suggestion is NOT to make any changes in your life at this moment in time, but examine what you are doing and what you will do. Then commit yourself in completing what-ever you decide to do.

Relize, all the things you listed that you want to do, they take knowledge (that you don't have), and talent (which you haven't developed), and worse of all, unless you are very good, you won't make any money to support yourself.

Think about that.

get extra help, tutoring or somethin STUDY more

Try finding a job at a company that relates to one of those interests. Contrary to what high school counselors will tell you, it is possible to find a good job and make a good living without a college degree. And a college degree is no guarantee of the same.

Go out an apply for jobs. Maybe you'll have to start off as an office assistant or a low level peon. But if you work hard and dedicate yourself to learning your job, there will always be opportunities.

I never finished college and I manage a small business and make over $50,000 a year. The one thing I have always done with every job I've had I go out of my way to learn everything about the job that I could. Even if that particular job has no real future, the experience I've gained has served me in future jobs.

Besides, you can always go back to school later.

Reality check #1: you may have to work at something that isn't your life's passion if you want to put bread on the table and pay the rent. If you want something that pays reasonably well, you'll need specialized training = tech school of some type. I suspect you aren't dumb but have lousy study habits and aren't motivated. Perhaps working in retail or fast food will change your mind about what you want to do with your life.

you like music and photography, writing, environment are there courses in the college you go to. that you can transfer to and are you able to tranfer some or all of your marks over as well. or go to another training facility that does these course and see if they will transfer you funding or how it is being paid for over.