So we're getting back to the time of year again. Now ignore my age for a second. I graduated college in 2018, when I was 17. I can't exactly say I dropped out of the Uni I transferred to per say, but I did leave and never return after orientation. I paid all my fees and everything and told them I wasn't coming back.

Since then fast forward to now 2022, and I think I'm ready to finally start challenging my brain and trying to slowly go back to school. I'm thinking of trying an Anthropology class to kind of settle back in.

I have a Business degree, and a bunch of other stuff, my original degree major was Secondary Education in Mathematics and well I'm no teacher haha and I didn't even finish that degree. I just got a basic arts degree and whatnot from electives.

But I was wondering if anyone else had trouble transitioning back into school after a long time, whether it's 5 years, or 20. Any advice or tips will help. Or classes that might be good to take.

I really want to try to get a full-full education but my way. Since I'm still figuring out what I want to do. Since Voice-Acting isn't a real major in most universities' eyes. I'm trying to do what I can.

School can be tough. Right now I'm waiting to hear back because if I don't pass my probation, I'll be forced to drop out. But if I do pass, I have one more semester and then I'll have my Master's and then I'm thinking of taking some time off and then going for my PHD later on. If I do go that route, that's going to end up being my third separate break from college.

It's especially hard with all the pandemic stuff going on. Switching to remote was hard and then switching back to in person was even harder.

School can indeed be tough. I've gone back to a full-time two year course after some years off, and it's really tough. I also have very few time off, so it's being very difficult for me to blend in again. And since I'm tackling subjects I'm not interested in, but are my best bet to get a good job, it only makes matters worse.

All I can say is take it easy. School relies mainly on established routines and once you've ditched them away it's hard to return to them, so take as much time as you need to get back on track and used to those routines, even if it takes you more than one semester.

I don't know how voice acting works in the US, but over here, it basically revolves around the same studios where the directors work, with no official schools other than very few run by active or retired directors themselves with direct contact with the studios. Looks like it's not very different over there given what you say, and it's such a shame that no one truly considers them as "majors" or degrees at all given the importance of that industry.

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