<prompt> Human: Hi everyone, long time lurker here. As the title says, I am a 29 yo US immigrant. I just got rejected from the universities that I applied to and now am not sure what I should do next. I apologize beforehand for any mistakes I will make in this post because English is not my first language. Also I am a bit distressed and uncertain at the moment so I want to apologize for that too if my post seems all over the place.First a little background, I moved to the US 8 years ago and spent the first 4 years in another state before I moved to California. A lot of things even traumatic stuff that I had never thought to prepare for happened during the first 4 years and I was severely affected by those events -- took me a few years to deal with the emotional consequences with those events but thankfully I can say I am no longer as effected as I used to.I moved to California for a change in life in late 2013 early 2014, I have been living with my parents since and have worked odd jobs while waiting to return to college again. At the moment of this post I was trying to finish a degree in biotech engineering, and I just got rejected from the universities that I applied to. I knew the writing was on the wall anyway after last semester when my GPA went down hill to sub 2.9 because I made the mistake of being impatient and taking more than I could handle. I didnt fail any class but got a B, C, and D respectively. I took the risk and now I have to bear the consequences of it.It wouldnt be a problem if I was younger. The problem is I am 29 years old now and failing yet again makes me seriously consider if I should keep going with this biotech engineering degree. Coming from an Asian country there is always this subconscious burden in my mind that made me aim for prestigious professions and universities because you know good schools good degree good money, that kind of stuff. Even though I have tried so hard to distance myself from my old culture for the past 8 years after coming to the US, I guess I cant shake it all away in the end. Or maybe its because I tried hard to abandon my heritage, too hard, that I am where I am today in this mess. I am not sure anymore.Anyhow, fellow Redditors I would like to ask for your advice on what to do next. To tell you the truth, I am afraid. I have tried so many things but I always ended up failing at the end so I am not sure about what I am going to do anymore.Right now I have 2 options: Continue taking a few more classes and reapply to more reasonable universities in 6 months. Then if I get accepted, another 2 years to finish the degree. Or, Take the electrician fellowship route. I did a bit research and found out they have apprenticeships in my area.To be honest even the military is a tempting option for me at the moment. I just want to get away from all this school stuff and do something else. Join the military, keep my head down, do what Im told, learn a trade and after 4 years discharge and live a good life with the disciplines I learned from the military. Sounds better than withering my miserable life away in schools. I just need something anything that is substantial, that I can make money off of. Im fed up with living with my parents, having not enough money to do anything for myself, having no meaningful social connections.I guess you could call it sunk cost fallacy that I still want to keep going with the biotech degree. I spent so much time with it already, might as well finish it right? The problem is universities in the US is so expensive. I will have to take out loans and then have to pay them back later. Even if I get to the finish line I am not guaranteed to get a job anyway. With the military at least I dont have to worry about health care, I get paid and get to live far away from family for some time.I dont know. Im not sure about anything anymore. Please any advice is welcome.EDIT -- thanks for the kind responses! I want to clarify that I am going to a local community college. I know rpersonalfinance always recommend taking classes there for maximum savings and thats what Ive been doing for the past 2 years since I returned to school in 2015. I have the option to file for graduation associates degree. What I am not sure is whether that will prevent me from taking more classes at the community college.Also I worked for Uber during the summer last year and saved up quite a bit money because I knew I wouldnt have enough time during the academic semester Fall 2016. I stay with my parents and dont have to spend money on a lot of things so money isnt a very pressing concern right now. Well except for the future maybe, where I am stuck as a miserable old student.EDIT2 -- I guess I can only blame myself for not being more conscientious enough with my tasks and goals that I got myself into this mess. When I started out I promised myself I should only focus on learning instead of the grade but last semester was kinda a wake up call. I took Physics, Calc 3 and C which were more than I could handle. I still dont regret that I didnt drop any class because I dont believe in dishonesty about my grades. And I learned a lot from those classes too but still...EDIT3 -- Thank you everyone for the replies. It is a lot to take in right now, Ill read them and think more carefully over the next few days. All your help mean very much to me, I appreciate it a lot.Assistant: Only join the military if you really want to. That said, you can serve your time then finish your education afterward for free. Do you actually enjoy engineering, or is it just a paycheck and status symbol?Human: I guess its both. I did enjoy it while I could handle it. The more I learned about it the more it makes more sense to me and I like that. To be honest I didnt care much for status symbol, the paycheck yes.  <response>: I knew a guy with a masters who joined the navy to get his phd and citizenship. it happens alot 