Thanks. It’s been about a decade now. I went home, worked for a few years, had some fun, and eventually went back and graduated with honors. It just wasn’t the right time or place in my life and I had been through some major life changes. It took years to realize the scope of my depression then, and more years to put…

While I've never run away, I did have a similar college experience. My third year I stopped leaving my room, stopped going to classes, and basically watched movies all the time. I had completely shut down and was having panic attacks. There was such an immense fear of the impending failure, yet I never realized how…

Oh gosh, I felt exactly the same way and I wasn’t even in the engineering school (notoriously difficult).

I did the subway thing, too. Also riding the M60 on loop.

i’ll be 30 in august and my god do i wish i’d had a gap year. i wasn’t overly stressed in college, but i also graduated with a degree not knowing exactly what i wanted to do. having an extra year before starting college might’ve helped me focus myself in school, and i would feel less adrift, professionally, at this…

We moved from NYC to KY when I was 14. I can’t really imagine doing it the other way around. And I went to one of the best high schools in KY and had a ton of privilege and family support and I occasionally felt behind in college. Plus, all the explaining that we really did wear shoes and stuff. I hope she can figure…

Former grad student and supervisor of RAs for first years at Columbia and can confirm. Support from the administration is dismal at best.

She’s a full scholarship student from Kentucky, and a black woman at the School of Engineering, a place where there are not a ton of people who are a) black or b) black women. At 19, I’m assuming she’s also a freshman. SEAS is pretty cut-throat and Columbia undergrad is also not exactly known for their advising…