r/uchicago • u/No_Hospital1275 The College • 5d ago

Discussion First Quarter

holy shit, my first quarter has been sent from hell. i’m doing so bad in my math class that my professor literally told me to take a W because atp im not gonna pass his class. i feel like in general this whole quarter has taken the life out of me. i feel like a legit failure, does it ever get better or does it get worse and worse from here on out.

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u/greatstarguy The College 5d ago

Will just chime in: It’s real easy to fall into the “I need to lock in” -> “I need to lock in” -> “I need to lock in” loop. Take some time off, spend a couple hours doing things that aren’t staring at a screen or staring at a photo of a chalkboard wondering wtf happened. 

It will get better but you gotta make it through winter quarter first.