how to deal with college depression?

I think the key is that you're letting yourself get overwhelmed by all the stress of taking pretty hard classes that, moreover, don't interest you. It's hard to find motivation or "be engaged and naturally willing to work" if you're not passionate or interested by the things that you're doing.

Take a step back and think about why you're in the classes you're in--especially since they're making you this dejected. Everyone is good at something, but that doesn't necessarily correlate with what interests them. What about the math class interests you? Are you sure it's you and not feeling like you should be interested in math?

Find out what gets you up and interested and passionate! Join some clubs, even if it's just intramural sports for fun and find some friends for support. Also, make friends in your classes to ask for help and don't be afraid to ask. You're obviously smart since you got into college and are being supported by scholarships, people believe in you! Believe in yourself. Don't let yourself feel the stress of classes coming all down at once. Remind yourself of the big picture--you're only in college for four years!

I can relate to you very well. I didnt work hard in high school. I barly made the cutoff for engineering and got into university. engineering is one of the hardest to go for. I really felt depressed after my first year.

I can say this, you need to get a degree to get a job, anything. to be quite honest, people say you need to do what you love and study what youre interested in, but lets be real. say for example I am interested in astronomy, if i go to college for that, id be throwing down $40,000 and not finding a job probably because of the limited job opportunities in that field. you dont always have to do what you love,

i remember reading a quote that went something along "its only work if youd rather be somewhere else". alot of people suffer the same thing as you, but you just gotta push through, just finish up those few years. I remember talking to my dad, and he told me the same thing has happened to him in college, he moved away, lost many of his friends, had troubles making new friends, but my dad.

I suggest you try and organize your time better. find some time to go workout/exercise/swimming. people say getting involved will make university better (though i myself was never very social), if you are social, find clubs or something you could join. try and find an activity that you like to do, or used to do alot and stick to it, itll get better later on, as i said, everybody goes through these stages, its a part of going to college, its like a side-effect id say, and no matter how sever it may seem right now, itll get better. try and get a good night's rest, and just dont think too much, try to have fun with whatever very little time you have, if any.

Make and help a change to the social strucutre...it's the systems fault this is happening to you..