College freshman burnt out - is this normal?

seattle_mom
Fri, 22 Apr 2011 01:07:39 +0000

Vladenschlutte:

I always feel burnt out at the end of the semester. After a couple weeks break I feel better.

This was true for me in college (a challenging engineering program).

My other thought is – you say he was back home for a funeral. Could that have added to his stress? Something big like that in the real world might have changed his perspective on his coursework.