<p>Speaking as a student myself… it’s been stressful to say the least.</p>
<p>Negatives first. Well, I’ve been anxious for a good chunk of the semester. I posted a while back about declaring civil engineering as my major. And it really took a lot of energy out me. Calculus seemed to me irrelevant to reality and chemistry (except the labs) bored me. My GPA is super low because I failed those two classes, and I know that I’m on academic probation.</p>
<p>If my major is depressing me, I should change it, right? Well, for me it’s not that simple. The first day of college, I made an appointment with the career counselor. He really didn’t tell me much new. Actually, it made me frustrated because I knew most of what he said (how liberal arts are harder to get jobs in, how I’m an INFP, how engineering is a good field to major in for financial reasons, etc.) My interests lie in animation, art, and writing. Everyone tells me I could do those on the side and just stick it through engineering. Lack of support, I guess, is what’s deterring me. </p>
<p>I’m still in the engineering major as per my advisor’s suggestion, but next semester I’m taking all liberal arts to hopefully boost my GPA to something respectable.</p>
<p>Positives? Well, I passed my other two classes. I kinda made one or two friends, but I mostly kept in touch with old high school friends.</p>
<p>I don’t know, the semester could have been worse, but to me it’s just decent.</p>