Hello all,

I have been in university for about 8 weeks now and I have come to a point at which I can't ignore my feelings anymore. I am simply unhappy here and I am unsure what to do. I have joined multiple clubs, social organizations, and am performing well in my classes but I still end the night feeling emptier than the last.

Primarily, I am discontent with the quality of my classes. Despite attending what is purported to be a top 30 engineering school, I have two professors who could not care any less about their students or the quality of their classes. My programming professor skipped the first week of class and has taught us about half of what we need to know in order to complete our projects. For example, we just started talking about a concept fundamental to completing our last assignment today, 2 weeks after said assignment was due. I taught myself the content needed to finish the program, but I still am left wondering what my money is going towards. In a similar fashion, my design teacher decided that he will not be giving us technical lectures in the class. Other sections of the course have been working on a typical distribution of in class assignments, informative lectures, and problem sets, whereas our class has been afforded few of these classroom experiences. Rather than teaching us, my professor decided that he will allow us all of our class time (one hour and fifty minutes) to just work in teams. This also makes me question the value of attending this course, since my group could simply meet at our own convenience and complete the same work. My professor also assigns us no problem sets because he does not feel like writing them (these are his words, not mine). I could also criticize my other courses, but these are better examples.

I have already talked to an adviser, but what she told me did not really help to alleviate my stress. I have been feeling generally empty and directionless for the past few weeks. I am thinking of scheduling an appointment with the mental health center, but there really isn't a point in doing so. It is often said by upperclassmen that unless you identify yourself as at risk for considering suicide, they are unlikely to service you until months after an appointment is scheduled.

Nothing in my life seems to have any meaning. I have tried many stress relieving activities (gaming, singing, playing guitar , reading), but I am failing to find any interest in my hobbies. I have not been eating consistently. My sleep has been poorer than ever before. I have also maintained a cold for a few weeks, which has not shown signs of letting up.

I am considering changing my major next semester, because I don't think I can tolerate more of this.

I wish I could just take some time off to reorient myself, but this is unfortunately not an option for me.