r/UCONN • u/jck0lntrn • 13h ago
Does it get any better?
I'm a 5th semester junior and I'm hoping to ask seniors and grads if life gets any better.
I'm a stem major, former CLAS switched to CAHNR. I'm taking 15 credits right now, and my entire course sequence at uconn has been 13, 16, 14, 16, and now 15 credits.
I'm done with my gen eds, I've just got a handful more core (broader-range) STEM classes left.
I am writing to ask, is life really best in college? For the past three years I've felt horrible. Day in, day out, I just feel like my past three years have been wasted. I'm overworked, I sleep too little, I eat too little, I've lost friends and gained very few. I have no time for extracurriculars. I feel my mind and body withering with each passing day. I feel weak, I feel sick, and I'm just so, so tired of putting myself through this each day. I just feel so hopeless, and I want to know if this is all there is. I've tried everything I could think of to improve my conditions. Therapy, changing study strategies, reducing credits, literally nothing has helped me yet.
I feel that I've wasted the start of my adulthood at UConn, and seriously regret coming here. My family tells me that these are supposedly the best four years of my life. I'm so upset to see them pass me by, but the money and time and just blood I've sunk into this school.. it's too much for me to just up and leave.
Do things get better after graduation, or am I cooked?