<p>I struggled mightily at the beginning. October of Freshman year is really as bad as it gets, and she’s at the critical juncture. It’s when you begin to realize that this is much harder than high school, that everybody is great, and that you need help. In order to get help, you need humility. That’s the hardest thing. </p>
<p>She needs to
- Calm down. She is capable of doing this, but she needs to improve her “game”.
- I’m sure that she realizes that the classes are not going to slow down for her. She needs to get help ASAP to catch up enough so she can keep up with the new stuff.
- She needs to get some tutoring to help her master the stuff that has already occurred. This won’t help previous grades, but it will help on the final.
- She needs to critically read the material BEFORE lecture, sit near the front and RELEARN it better during lecture understanding what’s being emphasized. It was also useful to copy my lecture notes over neatly after lecture. The process of copying the lecture notes was surprisingly useful.
- She needs to study with groups of supportive people who intend to succeed. Blind leading blind doesn’t work. Also, it’s not ok to divy up the work. Everybody must work on every problem and get together to go over it and master it. </p>
<p>This is tough because she needs self-confidence to know that she is capable of succeeding, but humility to know that she needs help in figuring out how to do it. Good luck.</p>