Doing Bad in College

katliamom
Fri, 08 Jun 2018 19:52:25 +0000

Congratulations - you’re getting good grades in a competitive major. Keep it up. As to the other classes: what happened? Did you not understand the material? Did you try to get tutoring, see the instructors outside of class? Your grade slip may be to simply higher expectations in college. It happens to freshmen.

Make a plan for next year:sign up for tutoring right away, find study groups to join, talk to your instructors starting on day one. Consider taking some of your gen ed requirements at a community college this summer, lessening your load next year. You could also consider taking just the minimum amount of units necessary to remain a full time student – a lighter load will give you more time to study.

In other words, I think it’s too early to think about dropping out. Take it one semester at a time, focus on addressing your academic weaknesses and continuing to do well in your major. Before you know it, you’ll be ONLY taking architecture classes and looking forward to graduation. I think you can do it.