[Tasselfoot]

well, as one of the elder statemen of the forums at 20... and almost halfway through my junior year of college... i'm at the point where i'm stuck with the decisions i've made.

i'm a Finance major at the Stern School of Business (#2 ranked school in the country for Finance, as per US News) with minors in Physics and Mathematics. i live in manhattan. Wall Street is a 10 minute subway ride away. alot of people i know come to class in suits because they have internships with corporations that require that attire either before or after class. i, on the other hand, have been lazy. i've done nothing. no school activities, no internships, nada. i'm not sure how it will affect me towards getting a job in 18 months, but it can't help. also, my grades are fairly bad, because i have lost all motivation for school. its not that i hate it, or even dislike it. i know the Finance is what i want to do out of school... i just can't do school work anymore. its why i'm always here. i'm never in class. i've accepted my poor grades, and am just passing the time until i graduate. i ENJOY working. i would much rather be working 60 hours a week than being in school for 10.

so, i definately think you should take a year or two off before college, help yourself recover from the burnout of high school. work for 2 years, enjoy yourself. then go to college. because college is a necessary evil for almost anyone who wants a decent job, let alone a high paying one.

not really sure where i went with all i said... but, i don't regret anything. i'm too happy with the rest of my life to be held down by my apathy for school. also, i know i'll go into Finance for 4-5 years after graduation, whether its in investment banking or elsewhere. but, what i really would like to do is open up my own business of some sort once i've established capital. a good buddy of mine and i are already saving for it. we don't know what the business will be, only that we want to have it and not slave through our work years in a monster corporation doing 100 hours work weeks.