I did excellent in high school and trade school but every time I attempt university I can't do it. I manage to last 1-2 years. Don't know why this happens but I see literal retards with two bachelors degrees.
Some possible explanations as to why this happens:
—Can't concentrate in classes of 100 people
—Professors who can't speak English
—Forced into group projects for literally everything with idiots
—Half the people are there to get laid and party instead of learning
—Half of your courses have nothing to do with your degree
—Workload gives zero free time outside of school hours
—Spend half your time walking around the giant campus looking for your classes
I wish I could muster the strength to get a degree because it would make my life so much easier but instead I'm relegated to skilled trades. Uni just feels like a massive humiliation ritual.
Would you be willing to disclose what kind of university you went to? State school, Ivy League, etc? This is a much more optimistic account than I hear from most people so I'm curious if it's affected by what you picked.
I always thought I was pretty smart until I ran into a couple of 16 year olds on the parliamentary debate team who had to have been actual geniuses. I realized then that there is a certain caliber of people in this world who are just incredible at what they do. My team won, but if these kids had been my age and had my experience and extra wisdom, they would have smoked me. They were so sharp that I still remember them all these years later.
If you want to go to college you should just go. If you are top 20% you will find your level and get a lot out of it, even more the smarter/more diligent you are. You'll always find your level wherever you are in your life. I'd say around half the people in my class shouldn't have been in college, but it didn't matter because they didn't affect me in any way. I'm not sure how it is now, but a lot of the overt woke stuff was relegated to the community colleges (where I went before I transferred, and you only need a masters degree to teach), and even then it was very rare. I majored in Political Science and I never heard a lick of liberal demagoguery from a professor the entire time I was there. I thought it was strange too. It really was about the academics. For reference I graduated in 09', so maybe it was different.