thinking of starting up my own coffee shop

[JThiessen]

Originally Posted by t-maxxracer32

I may sound like I dont put a whole lot of work into things, and at times this is true but for the most part I give it my all.

We know you put a lot work into things, sometimes though you lack focus on the task at hand. I guess what we know, and you may not yet, is that one your classes start, your going to have a whole new look on things. Your first classes are going to seem easy, but then when tests roll around, you'll probably find yourself wondering how you got so far behind. And unlike HS, these prof's dont give a rip if you pass or not.

I had a hard time my first two years - I partied too much and didn't give the schoolwork as much attention as I should have. I flunked a few classes (one more and they would have kicked me out). What I didn't realize at that particular time was how much it was going to cost me in the long run. I had to go to school for an extra two years to get caught back up. At that time (20 years ago), it was "only" about 8K a year, but on top of that, I lost 28K a year in what I would have been making at my job. Back then, the total cost to me was 72K. In todays numbers, that's likely well over 100K. Not to mention that my GPA suffered, and I probably would have have a couple more job offers to choose from - I only ended up with two, both from the same company!! I managed to pull my sophmore GPA of 1.6 up to 2.9 by the time I graduated. Not an easy task in Mechanical Engineering, at a school with a reputation of being one of the hardest to get a degree in.

Add in to that mess, I got my GF pregnant in our second year, and put myself even further behind.

I made all the mistakes for you (the only one I didn't get into was drugs thank god).