How do I salvage this situation?

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In summary, the speaker started taking post-baccalaureate courses in UPenn in January 2011, but had to discontinue them due to illness. The professors were understanding and put their grades on hold. However, the speaker does not want to complete these courses as they are not relevant to their desired career. They have also vacated their house in Philadelphia. The speaker is considering working for their father's business instead. The only reason they pursued the post-baccalaureate degree was because of their mother's wishes. The advice given is to not take the exams if the speaker does not want to.
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In Jan 2011, I started taking some courses in UPenn for a post-baccalaureate degree. However, I got sick and discontinued them. The professors were gracious and put my grades on hold. I really don't want to complete these courses because this degree is worthless for the career of my choice. I vacated my house in Philadelphia. They expect me to take those exams this fall in a few days.

What should I do? You know that the tuition in UPenn is enormous and this degree is absolutely useless. I am also thinking about working for my dad's business which is more inline with what I want to do. The only reason I even did this post-bac is because my mom wanted me to go into the health care field.
 
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If you don't want to do them, then don't... It seems you're better of not doing the exams.
 

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