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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also, I'm not sure if you're cut off from Colombia's resources, but absolutely see if they have a career counselor willing to talk to you. They can sit down and discuss how this affects your future with better insight than the folks here. And they've seen students in your position, and genuinely want the best for you.

Just recently I met with my grad advisor. I wanted to find an easy summer class to knock out that could be lowkey enough to not kill me during my current work crunch. Figured out I could take a class and save a couple grand and finish a semester early if I just packed it in tighter. He begged me to reconsider. Said he's seen more and more students coming back for second degrees as students have been going that route. [b]They get burned out and get nothing but the diploma. School is really what you make of it, and you need to get something besides the paper.[/b]

I'm taking his advice and have taken the summer to leisurely research and plan my thesis before I need to get started in force. It's honestly been really nice, and has made me way more excited to work on it than I otherwise would be.[/quote]

OP here. I agree with you, but the posters here seem to disagree. Idk, it seems like everyone here is saying that it doesn't matter if I graduate from Columbia burnt out and with nothing really worthy of note at graduation (connections to peers, professors, meaningful research or extracurricular experiences, etc.). They all seem to be saying that as long as I get a Columbia diploma, it'll give me a leg up in the job market forever -- even though I am super burnt out from school and also don't feel like I'm getting anything out of Columbia (connections to peers, professors, meaningful research or extracurricular experiences, etc.). I've been rejected from almost every single student club and research position I've applied to, I have no close friends, and my professors mostly tolerate me as a warm body in their class. [/quote]

Don’t feel bad about not getting into clubs or finding research internships. Columbia is a tough place. My son is there. He has been rejected from every single club. Has not been able to find any sort of lab internship either. And he said the competition of trying to interview for top finance firms and investment banks is crazy. It is a sink and swim environment which gets him down sometimes. But he likes most of his classes although a few have been brutal. And he likes NYC. There is more to the school than the crazy competitive kids but it can do a number on your self confidence [/quote]

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