Why I Dropped Out Of My Dream Uni In 2 Weeks

You (probably) don’t need a degree

How could I drop out of a place like this? Image by author

My family and I had spent a year preparing for the big move.

I went to the UK for graduate school.

Exactly 1 month after I got onto my flight to London, I landed back in my hometown of Bangalore.

It’s the scariest decision I’ve ever taken.

Skills > degrees

I make a full-time living as a Writer.

I headed to college to learn.

But very quickly into my classes, I realized that what I was being taught was:

• Outdated
• Impractical
• Irrelevant

And this was at one of the best universities in the world.

I didn’t need more than a few classes to see that if you’re in a creative field, a degree is useless.

Not once have I ever been asked for a degree by my ghostwriting clients.

I’m working part-time right now at my dream company. Despite the interview process being highly competitive, they couldn’t have cared less about where I studied or what grades I got.

Skills and experience are way more valuable in 2023 than a degree.