College so far for you this semester?

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Perhaps you are fresh out of high school or this is your 2nd 3rd etc. year of College so how is the semester going for you so far? It has been about a month for me and it's ok sort of. Statistics I'm about 78% (Hope to at least pass which is a C perhaps get a B or higher not sure it's kind of hard). Health is an Easy A (possibly B depending on how the other 3 exams go). Business Ethics I need to get the 1st exam done (on Chapters 1,2,3,) and so I'm kind of behind in that class but it has been a real challenge for me. Reading and rereading the chapters my brain just isn't understanding the work. Hopefully I at least pass. I've cut back on obsession with my families constant bickering at me over it being an issue. So much for Aspie Special Interest I guess.

I'm in my very first semester of college. I graduated from high school in June.

I'm taking five courses at the moment - Intro to Sociology, Phys. Ed., U.S. History to 1876, Algebra, and British Lit. I'm hating Algebra, as I always have, because it seems that everything I learned from high school algebra has been either completely forgotten or is cloudy in my memory. Either way, I'm going to have to really try hard to pass that class. Phys. Ed. is kind of annoying at times because I feel I have to overexert myself to the point that I'm physically exhausted after that class, which is a bad thing because I have another class immediately afterwards. I know I'm doing fine in all my other classes.

As for clubs, I'm currently a member of one club and one unofficial club. I'm hoping to make some new friends in those clubs, and I already have, but not that much. There are some people in some of my classes whom I chat with every now and then. There are a bunch of old friends from public school who go to the same school I go to (it's a community college), but I don't have any classes with them.

This is my second year in college.

So far this semester has been really boring for me, yet stressful. I'm taking 3 classes and a lab.

The calculus class I am taking is review for me. The problem is, it is an early morning class and because it is review, some mornings it is really easy for me to talk myself out of waking up. But it should be an easy A.

I'm in an analytical physics class and lab with a new professor. I never have any idea what he is talking about most of the time. And he stands in front of his writings when writing on the board, so I just read the text book during class and watch lectures from iTunes U and Youtube. I am behind in the class because I hate moving on when I don't understand the topic of a chapter. Despite this, I got a higher grade on the last quiz than the rest of the class, so I am just going to stick with what I am doing.

The labs aren't that great because I don't know anyone in the class. I'd much rather just do the actual experiment part of the lab with however many people necessary to get it done and then do the rest of the lab work by myself. I am not doing as well in this class as I know I should be. I'm worried about what my grade will be if I don't figure things out soon.

The other class I am taking is a required english class that I have absolutely no interest in. I have a really hard time writing essays on some of the topics we are given and usually stress out about this class more than I should. And most of the time I feel like I should be able to write these essays and participate in class no problem and can't understand why I am struggling so much. But I like the professor and I still think I can manage to get a B.


All in all, though, I do not feel like I am doing as well as I should be and I think that causes me to put more pressure on myself, which only leads to more stress. Stress and me are not a good combination.

It's BAD BAD BAD.
I've got work piling up by the second and no want or motivation to do it. My physics and chemistry teachers have a go at me all the time for no real reason and they already hate me (biology teacher's nice though). Everything is just a mess.

Pretty lame. I'm in my third year and feel like I switched to the wrong major (Hospitality, was I on crack when I chose that?). The classes are so easy and B.S. that I can't find the motivation to study or put real effort into my work. This may sound snooty to my peers, but I feel like I'm wasting my brain. I'm taking 4 classes since I was testing out the semester to see if I like the major/school.

I've got a C in the easiest class to ever take at college level since I don't test well. We're learning about wine. Last week we were distinguishing the differences between McDonald's and Longhorn Steakhouse I kid you not.

I've probably got an A in Human Resources class since the professor is addicted to giving extra credit and gives open book exams online (where everyone just pulls up the powerpoint slide, and finds the Q's and A's word for word ). All we have are guest speakers.

Accounting I have a B or a C..it's the only class I find interesting yet mind boggling at the same time, go figure. The professor randomly goes into a speech or memory that has nothing at all to do with accounting. It would be hilarious if I actually understood the material.

And my computer class is just basic Microsoft stuff. It's online and I submit silly little tasks to the TA's.

On a social note, I have no friends there, the campus is dead, and my roommates talk around me like I'm not there. So... it's lame.

This semester is stupidly easy. My Econometrics class is all review, because I've taken much higher level statistics than the class requires... In my 400-level Labor Econ class, we spent 2 weeks doing statistics review. I'm also taking a linguistics class online which is super easy. It's just about learning greek and latin morphemes in English... My Public Econ class is the only one that's not quite so boringly easy. At least it gives me a lot of free time.

So far so good... this is my 2nd attempt at getting my degree. I was working on my Bachelor of Design last year; this year I've finally made up my mind and am getting my BComm, majoring in Accounting. It makes such a difference to know how useful what I'm doing actually is. That I won't have to be an administrative assistant forever. Such a relief. And that I'm enjoying the math, it's great.

Also, going back at 26 and being older than all the others makes the social pressure a lot easier. Though I'm not old enough yet that it's noticeable, at least I feel less self-pressure.

I'm a third year sophomore. Psychobiology major.

So far, this semester is going well. I am extremely, extremely busy though. I love science, but taking Bio w/ lab, Anatomy w/ lab, Neuropsych, and Developmental Psych all together is a bit much. (I tend to get super ambitious around registration time) The only thing that saves me is my hyper focus. I can tune everything out and study 20-30 hrs in a weekend easy. Thank god something worked out right, lol.

Pretty good, but I have an easy semester. Not a whole lot of work and I should get all As as long as I put in effort, next semester will be harder.

I am in my first year of college. I think I was expecting too much. Sure it's better than high school, but I'm just so bad at meeting new people, I don't even try. I messed up entrance test (pretty much having a nervous break down during the middle of the test.) So most of my classes I dont even need to try too hard. No clubs really exist at my college so it's really hard to meet new people. I hope I find my strength someday....

my 5th semester of college, for the third time now. started it on Adderall, was doing pretty good, then couldn't afford Adderall and its all collapsing into miserable dung heap.
have Calculus, Anthropology, Chemistry, and English.
Calculus is good. a review, since I took it in highschool and the rest of the class makes me look really good.
Anthropology is ok, but I'm probabably putting huge amounts of effort in the wrong places. the laminated study guide with comics and colored markers didn't really help all that much and the second test was a letter grade lower than the first.
Chemistry is hell. Hate labs b/c i don't like working with other people. And the lecture is not helpful as its not insightful, just basic regurgitation of what I can read in the book. so i haven't gone to that a couple times and have missed clicker points. missed a couple labs. missed a couple assignments. maybe i'll pass with a C.
English is hell. i'm supposed to be writing an essay right now. its midnight and its due in seven hours. I fell asleep. I don't care about "essays." I've written more on my own than most people write in their entire lifetimes. My proposal to complete the class with a special project of writing a book was rejected, making me hold a grudge even though I said I understood and was ok with it.

My college semester is going farily well.
Psychology is easy I'm making an A in that class, but Art class is annoying it dosen't make sense to me.

This is my first semester. I've got four classes: music appreciation, lit, philosophy, and psychology. I'm in the honors program, which means (with the exception of psych, which isn't honors) all my classes are small, like 15-20 people. I think I'll get A's in all my classes.

Lit and psych are my favorite classes. I love them and I feel like I've learned a lot.
Philosophy is okay. It's hard to jump in to the discussion.
I liked music initially, but now I don't really. The lessons are disorganized and I don't feel like I'm learning.

For the first time, I'm getting accomodations. I get to take my exams in a quiet area in the disability services office. It's pretty cool. I also get notification about dorm fire drills. It's pretty cool, since I've never had any accomodations before.

Socially things are not so good. I don't have any friends here.

I've been in college for a few years now and this semester is going fairly well. Two of my classes are really easy and boring (general education classes) and the science seminar I have is kind of fun because we can eat snacks and I knit while people are presenting their research. I'm also taking a class in fiction writing, which is a lot of fun (albeit intimidating because I'm not an English major or minor) because I enjoy writing, and two philosophy classes, one of which has less than a dozen students and it's really cool because we spend more time talking about philosophical issues than learning the rules for symbolic logic (which is what the class is about). =)

First year attending school and I am struggling big time! I get overstimulated very easily and shutdown, once this happens I am as good as useless. Fear and anxiety get the best of me and I have no idea how to stop sensory overload?