<p>I had a rough year. I transferred to university and it honestly feels like hell.</p>
<p>I’m a 3rd year (junior) computer science student and I had one of the worst terms. I took course non-stop starting with a bunch of general ed requirements. And because I’m caught up with maths beforehand, I was stuck in a bunch of non-programming courses filled with mind-numbing memorisation…awful. I even sacrificed an entire summer to do 4 courses in 6 weeks. I made a 4.0 that quarter which was a godsend, but there was no time to recover before I had to take Physics, Data Structures, and a mid-level Geology course. </p>
<p>Now I’m taking proofs, and will be taking discrete next quarter, and I can already tell that the lack of a break has affected my work attitude. I can’t sleep anymore, I can barely read or do homework, I can barely eat an entire meal and I’m so depressed because I’m sure that everyone in my proofs course knows the work except for me.</p>
<p>Everyone thinks I’m too uptight, but I realised that any less effort would make me a C student.</p>
<p>Does anyone have any experience with this and know how to cope without taking too much time away from studies?</p>