Trust me! Its worth it.

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Tweak2k:
Am in a depressed state and am so ashamed of myself. Currently schooling in a federal university studying computer sci. Seriously I feel really bad to have wasted 5 years without achieving nothing or a degree. Even spill over still wouldn't do no good cause I don't want a 3rd class degree or every worst. Can't take the risk again.[ insult is free i deserve it]

instead of graduating with a shitty degree am thinking of starting all over again from 100lvl to study computer science or anything related in a federal university. 4 years Max

Right now i feel like an abomination and a disgrace to my family. Have tried visiting the HOD's in my school unfortunately, I was informed students from the same school can't switch to same school [Different department] i dont know why i think it's best known to them.

Mind you am in my mid 20s with no achievement or any money making skills.

I have interest in mastering programming or becoming a tech savvy guy or a security expert but i can't. aside the coding aspect physiologically am not balance. Secondly, am limited.. Am very ambitious i need help and opportunities. Am tried of fighting alone/ holding back its eating me up silently... I only smile or engage myself in a social gathering to cover up my pain.

Even if am to start all over again I'll prefer a university that offer a 4 years course I don't know which Federal university one can study comp sci within 4 years.

Please I need advice and help The truth is school is frustrating and tiring.. I need a degree my battle can't be in vain.

I know someone would have pass through my line of sorrow or even worst. Your suggestions, opportunities and help will revive me back...


Regards,

a good friend of mine did it and he's a graduate now with a good job....he's doing well more we that graduated before him sef

If you have no God father, forget the first class dream for now.
Finish your course and get a skill that will make you money.
You can either say you r a failure or a success. Depends on your attitude.
All is time and chance cos the race is not to the swift...

Tweak2k:
Am in a depressed state and am so ashamed of myself. Currently schooling in a federal university studying computer sci. Seriously I feel really bad to have wasted 5 years without achieving nothing or a degree. Even spill over still wouldn't do no good cause I don't want a 3rd class degree or every worst. Can't take the risk again.[ insult is free i deserve it]

instead of graduating with a shitty degree am thinking of starting all over again from 100lvl to study computer science or anything related in a federal university. 4 years Max

Right now i feel like an abomination and a disgrace to my family. Have tried visiting the HOD's in my school unfortunately, I was informed students from the same school can't switch to same school [Different department] i dont know why i think it's best known to them.

Mind you am in my mid 20s with no achievement or any money making skills.

I have interest in mastering programming or becoming a tech savvy guy or a security expert but i can't. aside the coding aspect physiologically am not balance. Secondly, am limited.. Am very ambitious i need help and opportunities. Am tried of fighting alone/ holding back its eating me up silently... I only smile or engage myself in a social gathering to cover up my pain.

Even if am to start all over again I'll prefer a university that offer a 4 years course I don't know which Federal university one can study comp sci within 4 years.

Please I need advice and help The truth is school is frustrating and tiring.. I need a degree my battle can't be in vain.

I know someone would have pass through my line of sorrow or even worst. Your suggestions, opportunities and help will revive me back...


Regards,

@ Op, you have made the right choice to start all over again. in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.

Dude, get a degree, but learn a skill (s)

By the time you graduate, you would have exceeded most if not all companies age ceiling.

By learning a skill, you gain experience, by gaining experience you will be making money which you can leaverage incase you decide
to get a job

Nothing is ever a waste
No skill is ever a waste
Its never too late to start again.

It is never too late

Which level are you? If you are in final year, I will advise you to persevere and finish even if it is that 3rd class! That is lot better than not having anything to show for your time in school. You can then go ahead to do other things you want with your life

Use the extra time you have to learn coding no need to restart school if you can manage to graduate.

Infact you don't need a degree to succeed in computer science. Pick something and be a master of it, simple.

Guy write jamb again, use geography and economics and enter economics.

You'll be In BSC ECONOMICS.
I'm sure it's the maths in computer science that's making you fail.

This is the real tweak2k right there, but but you shouldn't have waited that long.

Tweak2k:
Am in a depressed state and am so ashamed of myself. Currently schooling in a federal university studying computer sci. Seriously I feel really bad to have wasted 5 years without achieving nothing or a degree. Even spill over still wouldn't do no good cause I don't want a 3rd class degree or every worst. Can't take the risk again.[ insult is free i deserve it]

instead of graduating with a shitty degree am thinking of starting all over again from 100lvl to study computer science or anything related in a federal university. 4 years Max

Right now i feel like an abomination and a disgrace to my family. Have tried visiting the HOD's in my school unfortunately, I was informed students from the same school can't switch to same school [Different department] i dont know why i think it's best known to them.

Mind you am in my mid 20s with no achievement or any money making skills.

I have interest in mastering programming or becoming a tech savvy guy or a security expert but i can't. aside the coding aspect physiologically am not balance. Secondly, am limited.. Am very ambitious i need help and opportunities. Am tried of fighting alone/ holding back its eating me up silently... I only smile or engage myself in a social gathering to cover up my pain.

Even if am to start all over again I'll prefer a university that offer a 4 years course I don't know which Federal university one can study comp sci within 4 years.

Please I need advice and help The truth is school is frustrating and tiring.. I need a degree my battle can't be in vain.

I know someone would have pass through my line of sorrow or even worst. Your suggestions, opportunities and help will revive me back...


Regards,

Collect your 3rd class certificate and come apply for part time degree at Nasarawa State University, Keffi. You will spend just two years to convert it to another degree programme. Programme will be weekends though, Friday and Saturdays. I don't know if they have part time degree in computer science though. Call me if you have interest Richards 07032640620.

Tweak2k:
Am in a depressed state and am so ashamed of myself. Currently schooling in a federal university studying computer sci. Seriously I feel really bad to have wasted 5 years without achieving nothing or a degree. Even spill over still wouldn't do no good cause I don't want a 3rd class degree or every worst. Can't take the risk again.[ insult is free i deserve it]

instead of graduating with a shitty degree am thinking of starting all over again from 100lvl to study computer science or anything related in a federal university. 4 years Max

Right now i feel like an abomination and a disgrace to my family. Have tried visiting the HOD's in my school unfortunately, I was informed students from the same school can't switch to same school [Different department] i dont know why i think it's best known to them.

Mind you am in my mid 20s with no achievement or any money making skills.

I have interest in mastering programming or becoming a tech savvy guy or a security expert but i can't. aside the coding aspect physiologically am not balance. Secondly, am limited.. Am very ambitious i need help and opportunities. Am tried of fighting alone/ holding back its eating me up silently... I only smile or engage myself in a social gathering to cover up my pain.

Even if am to start all over again I'll prefer a university that offer a 4 years course I don't know which Federal university one can study comp sci within 4 years.

Please I need advice and help The truth is school is frustrating and tiring.. I need a degree my battle can't be in vain.

I know someone would have pass through my line of sorrow or even worst. Your suggestions, opportunities and help will revive me back...


Regards,

my brother we all have passed through one thing or thé other in life. Call my line my journéy is so similar to yours have a story to tell you , so sure it will help. 08110955240...

Divay22:
See peeps talking about letting 5 years go and here i am, can't stop beating myself for letting 2 years go.

Op, if you're sure you'll find success, fulfillment and happiness about what you are about to do now then go ahead with it.
Tell yourself the truth.
It's gonna be hard, but it's better late than never.



All the best thou.

You just spoke my mind...it seems we are on the same boat....2years that appears too hard to forqet...But like you said "BETTER BE LATE THAN NEVER"

Two things: Computer Science is 4years in most Federal universities, I'm just getting to hear its 5years somewhere.

2ndly, do you have connections? I mean real connections that can get you a job and the degree is the only thing holding you back? If you do, then by all means go for the degree.
But if you don't have connections and you're thinking of spending another 4years in school only to come out and join the army of jobless youths with degrees applying for non-existent jobs, then I'd say that's a waste of another 4years. And my advice in which case will be to go learn a trade, a handwork, a vocation, something you have a natural flair for, if you put that 4years into it, my brother, you will become a mega big boy in no time

Seriously bro, I don't have anything to say except that, every good advice you see on this thread, take them with passion and you'll have testimony... God dey your back brother...

My brother!!
Learn 2 things and continue to learn it till u die
1. A skill, like the tech stuff u like 2.. Financial skills
Pls leave this degree wahala alone. Focus on this 2 and be happy.
Consider the extra resources: time and money you will spend starting afresh.

My dear more than ten years ago, I was in a similar situation. In my mid twenties, no skills, no money, viewed as a disgrace to my parents, I had to ear the humble pie and start all.over again in school. It was no easy decision but it was a decision I had to make. I got those funny looks and comments from people who felt I was a waste of time and resources having squandered my first five years of school. My new classmates even avoided me, I was their idea of a bad student. Rewind ten years I made a 2'1 and 2'2.in the university and law school respectively, I am a practicing lawyer, married with two kids. No one today even remembers that at some point I had to start all over. The most interesting part is that most of my peers who went ahead of me I am heads toes and shoulders ahead of them. My wife is a banker. She loves and adores me. I can't complain about life. I owe these partly to that decision I made 11.years ago.

Tweak2k:
Am in a depressed state and am so ashamed of myself. Currently schooling in a federal university studying computer sci. Seriously I feel really bad to have wasted 5 years without achieving nothing or a degree. Even spill over still wouldn't do no good cause I don't want a 3rd class degree or every worst. Can't take the risk again.[ insult is free i deserve it]

instead of graduating with a shitty degree am thinking of starting all over again from 100lvl to study computer science or anything related in a federal university. 4 years Max

Right now i feel like an abomination and a disgrace to my family. Have tried visiting the HOD's in my school unfortunately, I was informed students from the same school can't switch to same school [Different department] i dont know why i think it's best known to them.

Mind you am in my mid 20s with no achievement or any money making skills.

I have interest in mastering programming or becoming a tech savvy guy or a security expert but i can't. aside the coding aspect physiologically am not balance. Secondly, am limited.. Am very ambitious i need help and opportunities. Am tried of fighting alone/ holding back its eating me up silently... I only smile or engage myself in a social gathering to cover up my pain.

Even if am to start all over again I'll prefer a university that offer a 4 years course I don't know which Federal university one can study comp sci within 4 years.

Please I need advice and help The truth is school is frustrating and tiring.. I need a degree my battle can't be in vain.

I know someone would have pass through my line of sorrow or even worst. Your suggestions, opportunities and help will revive me back...


Regards,

its better to be a 30yr old graduate than a 40yr old sch cert holder, besides 3rd class is not the end of the world if you know your onions and you’re prepared to improve on yourself by taking relevant certification courses. Just take things easy and focus on your end goal

my brother let me tell you my story



I left school in 2015 because of 1yr extra year. I was admitted in banking & finance in 2009 but because of D7 in economics was given philosophy (graduated with second class lower 3.34 because of academic one side, hustling another side), that's how my dream to be a lecturer was almost cut short


after finishing with service in 2017, I had to sat for waec GCE 2017 to correct my silly mistake because people advise me then to go back and resit for another o level instead of accepting philosophy but na me know what I went through to get to that stage. I made the o level with all major subjects

I obtained utme 2018 got 234 but wrong selection of utme subjects fvck me up. I sat for this yr utme 2019 with (278) to study political science in unilag


I'm telling you all this for you to know your shame will be your glory tomorrow. care less about what people feel/think about you, follow your dream


I really don't care what people think or feel about me and that keep me going..just focus and make hay while the sunshine

It is never too late to learn. There are people older than you that have not even gotten a degree. A cousin of mine graduated at 29.

My advise is that, you should graduate with that 3rd class degree and then start again.

But this time around, you have to work and study harder. I am also saying that you should be working while studying. In your mid 20s, no one would like to be supporting you. You must support yourself as well.

People turn their lives around at 30s. You are still young.

I have been there before bro. Had a little issue back in 2010 when I was in a federal poly but the issue was sorted, my final ND result was posted and it was good, in 2011 after buying HND form with the intention of going back to complete my education I had to go collect my result that was when the school denied me that I'm not a student of their institution, after fighting hard to get the result I gave up, then I had to take a break for 2 years from school before gathering strength to go back to school (a state polytechnic) in 2013 to start from ND1 and here I am, almost done with my service, will be done by October this year. So you can start all over bro, it shows your willingness, strength and determination. START ALL OVER before you know it, you are done

forme34:
that one is a curse from your village

Who does that? wasted time that you would have used to do something far positive in life

No man is infallible...at a certain staqe in life,we all have made and will make mistakes...but not qivinq in is what justifies us a "MEN"..

here is the bitter truth. u can achieve ur dreams as a tech guru without that degree. I'm a developer but I never had a computer science degree. all u need is the hungry and passion to push u 2ru. I will advice u concentrate on finishing ur education even if it 3rd class and concentrate more on mastery ur tech craft. if u are good with ur tools no one cares if u have pass or third class.

lequama10:
my brother we all have passed through one thing or thé other in life. Call my line my journéy is so similar to yours have a story to tell you , so sure it will help. 08110955240...

ok will call you later this after thanks

Tweak2k:
Am in a depressed state and am so ashamed of myself. Currently schooling in a federal university studying computer sci. Seriously I feel really bad to have wasted 5 years without achieving nothing or a degree. Even spill over still wouldn't do no good cause I don't want a 3rd class degree or every worst. Can't take the risk again.[ insult is free i deserve it]

instead of graduating with a shitty degree am thinking of starting all over again from 100lvl to study computer science or anything related in a federal university. 4 years Max

Right now i feel like an abomination and a disgrace to my family. Have tried visiting the HOD's in my school unfortunately, I was informed students from the same school can't switch to same school [Different department] i dont know why i think it's best known to them.

Mind you am in my mid 20s with no achievement or any money making skills.

I have interest in mastering programming or becoming a tech savvy guy or a security expert but i can't. aside the coding aspect physiologically am not balance. Secondly, am limited.. Am very ambitious i need help and opportunities. Am tried of fighting alone/ holding back its eating me up silently... I only smile or engage myself in a social gathering to cover up my pain.

Even if am to start all over again I'll prefer a university that offer a 4 years course I don't know which Federal university one can study comp sci within 4 years.

Please I need advice and help The truth is school is frustrating and tiring.. I need a degree my battle can't be in vain.

I know someone would have pass through my line of sorrow or even worst. Your suggestions, opportunities and help will revive me back...


Regards,

...... Computer science is four years course in all universities in Nigeria exclude technology universities....

Got admitted to Uni at 19 to study CS. Dropped out in my last year because I had "mis-spent" my uni days. Dropped out with only my Final Year Project and a few courses left. Was set to graduate with the equivalent of a rock bottom 2:1 when I dropped out aged 23. 3 years later at 26 went back to school to study the same CS at a different Uni. Went to school with folks 10years my junior and felt like a grandad. But I graduated with a 2:1 and moved on with my life. Starting all over never hurt. And it's never ever too late to start all over

Tweak2k:
Am in a depressed state and am so ashamed of myself. Currently schooling in a federal university studying computer sci. Seriously I feel really bad to have wasted 5 years without achieving nothing or a degree. Even spill over still wouldn't do no good cause I don't want a 3rd class degree or every worst. Can't take the risk again.[ insult is free i deserve it]

instead of graduating with a shitty degree am thinking of starting all over again from 100lvl to study computer science or anything related in a federal university. 4 years Max

Right now i feel like an abomination and a disgrace to my family. Have tried visiting the HOD's in my school unfortunately, I was informed students from the same school can't switch to same school [Different department] i dont know why i think it's best known to them.

Mind you am in my mid 20s with no achievement or any money making skills.

I have interest in mastering programming or becoming a tech savvy guy or a security expert but i can't. aside the coding aspect physiologically am not balance. Secondly, am limited.. Am very ambitious i need help and opportunities. Am tried of fighting alone/ holding back its eating me up silently... I only smile or engage myself in a social gathering to cover up my pain.

Even if am to start all over again I'll prefer a university that offer a 4 years course I don't know which Federal university one can study comp sci within 4 years.

Please I need advice and help The truth is school is frustrating and tiring.. I need a degree my battle can't be in vain.

I know someone would have pass through my line of sorrow or even worst. Your suggestions, opportunities and help will revive me back...


Regards,

Go and learn Java Language. I mean learn it very well. If you don't get a job in 6 months with even pass or third class certificate I will deactivate my account.

NeekolazWorld:
There is a saying, it is not how far but how well. Years ago got admission into a university while I was about 16years, I was very stupid then because I thought life was all about enjoyment so I wasn't focused in school. I eventually joined bad gang and later in my second year I fail very well as was asked to repeat that year. I couldn't stand the shame so I left the school and started roaming the street as a dropout. My parents were upset and I left Nigeria to Ghana to go and hustle just like that. Years passed by without my knowledge and before I knew I had wasted away about 5 years and I was now in my 20s. I regretted everything because I saw better suffer so I put myself together again, gathered some money and ran back home as a prodigal son to plead with my parents. Most of my friends had already graduated and some had even married and working. My parents assisted me to get admission in a private university to start all over again. I cut off the shame and mockery, dedicated myself for good 5 years again to study Law, now it's all history.

Many who graduated years before me still see me now and at the end who they see now is a lawyer though am not practicing for now because am out of the country but I can always come back, just it off and run for any political position if I choose to.

Never give up bro. It's how well but not how fast.

some students who get admission into school really early at 16 or 17 usually lack focus on what they need to do in the university, Ihave always reiterated this!
Congrats on making a decision to make your life better.

Charleys:
Guy write jamb again, use geography and economics and enter economics.

You'll be In BSC ECONOMICS.
I'm sure it's the maths in computer science that's making you fail.

This is the real tweak2k right there, but but you shouldn't have waited that long.

yeah bro it's the maths and some un well explained programs lecturers will just teach you.

I know my mistake cost me my time. Which school do you suggest?

What you need is not a new course but a renewed mind. Do you know how many first class in Nigeria working under third class holders? Computer science, you can go learn website design/coding, networking etc. Your 5 years will only be wasted if you dont finish your studies. I have friends working with third class. Wake up. Change your pattern of thought. Look deep within, what do you have interest in? Stop allowing fear of tomorrow eat you up. Most of the things we fear about tomorrow don't happen.
Get, "power of positive thinking" by Norman vincent peal. Note that you are as great as you think.
Regards

My advice is this,. Finish your degree because you never know what'll happen if you start a new one. Secondly do pgd and go for masters. You are interested in coding etc, you don't need a good degree for that. Just develop yourself and move on. Even if you are to start another first degree, finish the one you are currently doing no matter how poor the degree is. You will most likely skip first year if starting a new degree with first degree. Not sure if this is applicable here.