Help. I'm in a huge dilemma.

It's an interesting discussion when you are outside looking in, but for sure it's a dilema when it involves *you*.
I know, as I was in the same dilema at Uni.
In the end I did drop out.

I have never regretted it nearly 25 years later.
Without going into (possibly) boring details, I was on a unique degree and ended up in the workplace at exactly the same spot as someone who had graduated from my course, so I felt it vindicated my choice.

Having said that, the obvious advice to give seems to be 'stay with it, stick it out', and I cannot disagree.

Without knowing you or your circumstances well enough, this has to be the default advice.
Having the opportunity to get a degree is not one to give away lightly.

You can go back to degree study later though, and the choice is ultimately yours.
Be prepared for the consequences though, and be prepared to take responsibility for the decision.

Very best wishes however you decide,
Gordon

You need to take a load off your chest and wait until your mind is clear before making a decision like this. Being stressed out does crazy things to people.

Last semester of college, my friend broke down in tears while writing a paper for her English Education major, and declared she was quitting and changing majors. When I asked why, she said she was just fed up of writing papers, and didn't know how she could expect to be an English teacher when she couldn't even get herself to write an essay, much less ask a class of students to do the same.

Here's the thing: I asked her, "How long have you been thinking about quitting your English Ed. major? Since you started writing the paper, or have you been thinking about it for awhile now?" It turned out that it was a thought that had been in the back of her mind for a while, growing bigger and bigger, and the paper was just the tip of the iceberg. It was the breaking point that made her realize she was fed up. So she changed majors, and is now happily studying French.

In your situation, let me ask you this: how would you feel, right now, if you weren't behind at all in your work, and if you had time to comfortably enjoy doing internet marketing part time like you have been? What is it that really makes you want to quit? Being behind? Having too much on your plate? Hating engineering? Loving Internet Marketing like you've never loved another job?

I recommend that you make the effort this week to do what I call "the final push," as far as academics goes. Get caught up in your work, put IM aside for the week, and then take Christmas break to relax, and see how you feel.

But I do have to say, having a University education is almost never something that a person looks back on with regret. Maybe you need to change your major to something that interests you or that is related to marketing, but you've already proven that you can be successful in your studies. It's only a few more years to finish up school, and then you'll have a degree for the rest of your life, plus the option of going into full-time internet marketing if you're still interested in it. However, if you really feel inside like quitting is the right thing for you to do, then you're the only person to know what's best for you, and do what you think is right in your situation.

Good luck with whatever decision you make, and in the end, remember it's you who has to make it, not your parents or friends or me or anyone else in this forum. Just take some time to think it through, and it'll come to you!

Really? It doesn't usually, at that stage ... but this case must be different ... :confused:

You're welcome; thanks for not taking me the wrong way.