Meh, after 3 years, knowing I had 2 more years to go, I couldn't take it anymore and ended up taking some time off (for depression and alike, and it turned out at least in part that forcing yourself through the grind was definately a factor).
I took a total of 2 years off and didn't do particularily much aside from work most of the time and deal with some of the issues I was having, but it was the best thing to happen to me.
I was a C student at best, ****-poor attendance - but now, I'm attending at least 90-95% of my lectures, if not all of them. It definately recharged me and is helping me finish school now. (I plan to graduate in the summer semester). It completely motivated me and I ended up getting straight As over the Summer/Spring semesters, which in itself is a big accomplishment for me.
My Advice: Make it through this semester and do something else, it doesn't really matter. Heck, if you can, drop out tommorrow, especially if you don't feel you can make it. Sit around at home for a while if you can afford it (try to limit yourself to maybe 6 months or so at most of doing nothing if you aren't under any financial bootstraps, but after that, you should force yourself to do something productive as complacency might set in). Travel for a little while too if that is what interests you, if you honestly don't know then take the time to think about it while sitting at home doing nothing.
Forcing yourself to constantly go through the motions isn't going to help you... or your GPA for that matter, especially if you wanted to go on to post-grad studies. Time off can be a very good thing.
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