Augustine Nyongesa

It is tough. I have experienced it. Dropping out of college is not just about stopping attending classes. It involves handling your mental health after taking the leap. The period that came after I dropped out of college was one of the hardest I have ever experienced in my life. When I hear about someone … Read more

Being a college dropout is a profession. Yes, it is not easy to bear the badge of a college dropout. When I dropped out of college, I thought people would easily forget that I dropped out and life would continue as usual but that was not the case. A long time after I dropped out, … Read more

Dropping out of college brought changes in my life I never expected. Just like any other decision that we make in life, dropping out of college had positive and negative effects on my life. In this article, I intend to talk about both the positive and negative effects of dropping out of college that I … Read more

Getting Cs and Ds in your freshman year of college is a terrible start. Your freshman year should have the best grades you’ll ever get in college. But don’t worry if your freshman year is already messed up with pathetic results. I was in your position after my first year in college. My results were … Read more

I made horrible mistakes when I was a freshman. I can’t blame myself though for making those decisions because at that time, I didn’t know as much as I know now. The best I can do is to tell you about those mistakes so that you can avoid them. I will break down the mistakes … Read more

Dropping out of college is one of the hardest decisions I have ever made. The decision weighed heavily on me for many months but I managed to stay sane. I say I managed to stay sane because on many occasions I felt I was going insane. I would wake up one day feeling great (rarely) … Read more

I don’t want you to interpret your parents’ refusal to pay for college as hate. In most cases, parents have genuine reasons why they choose not to pay for college. Whether you know why they don’t want to pay or not, don’t hate them. Being angry at them will only ruin your life. Instead, I … Read more

It is frustrating to be in college yet you are unable to make friends. But even if you don’t have any friends right now, don’t worry. I have been in your position before. Life became so hard that I ended up dropping out of college. Not having friends was not the main reason why I … Read more

The idea of working during your freshman year in college is good. However, it can be disastrous for some students. I worked for a while during my freshman year of college but life happened and I dropped out. There are more details to my story, which I don’t have time to share in this article. … Read more

I hated college right from the first day. The events of the admission day made me hate college with passion. I never expected the hatred I had for college to last long but it did. As the days went by, I hated college more. Eventually, the hatred got to the tipping point and I dropped … Read more