Encouraging college stories please?

Listen, I know exactly what you're going through. Don't be discouraged!...you just need to plan your schedule of classes better. I think you're right and you should learn from it. First off, you should not plan one semester at a time...that's poor planning. What I did was plan my entire stay at the college I attended (this also gives you an idea as to when you'd be graduating). Plan each and EVERY semester you'll be attending there until graduation. Take the courses that are given less frequently first, making sure it doesn't delay your graduation date AND you have to balance the semesters out. What I used to do was - if taking 5 classes in one semester, take 3 difficult and intensive ones and 2 moderate ones. I used to take 5 classes and do 2 internships in one semester, which was very difficult and time-consuming...what I'm trying to point out is that with good planning, something as stressful and difficult as this can be done...and I was able to receive great grades too.

Second, do your research. Ask around the department...talk to some of the students in the field and ask them about certain courses that you may need to take. For example, if you spoke to three different people and they all say that Physics 102 is extremely difficult, take it with a much easier course. Also, you should check out ratemyprofessors.com to read up on the professors who will be instructing your courses. For example, if there were 2 classes of the same course available in the same semester, I'd read up on both professors and try to get into the class with the better one...maybe he/she gives better lectures, etc. Even if you don't know who your professor will be before the semester begins (sometimes they don't reveal it in time), you can always read up on them during your first week of school...can always transfer out and into the other class (if there's no more room, be one of the first ones to ask for an over-tally so you can still join the closed class). Hope this helps! Good luck!!

P.S. If you really want to start all over again from scratch, some community colleges (i.e. Kingsborough Community College) accepts students through their Restart Program which allows you to transfer over (with all of the equivalent courses that are accepted at the school) with a GPA of 0...totally erasing the GPA you have now. It all depends on what GPA you want to graduate with and how high your expectations are.

My encouraging story: Messed up at the first 4-year I attended. Then, transferred to a community college (starting off from scratch)...graduated from there with a 3.925 cumulative GPA. Transferred to another 4-year college and graduated from there with a double BA degree with a cumulative GPA of 3.95...finally going to graduate school and having a cumulative GPA of 4.0

Hope this encourages you to get back on your feet!

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