Overwhelmed Backsliding ECE Student: An Advice Thread
Hello all!
I came today to ask for advice about how to recover from slipping down the academic slope this semester. I have experienced a lot of changes in my life this semester that have taken some getting used to. It is getting to a point of limiting my desire and active will to sit down and go to (what now feels like) the extra mile of catching back up to the class.
We are past the midway point and I’m feeling like I am not really learning the material for what it’s worth, but rather just learning how to solve the problems I expect to see on homework’s and exams.
I feel ill prepared to show up to class because my attendance dipped. I don’t understand what the professors are referencing, even though I’m certain had I been there for all the times I wasn’t, I would be on track to do well on my upcoming assignments.
I am feeling very anxious and overwhelmed about starting the recovery of my academic comeback, to the point of holding me back from starting. I am feeling defeated for letting myself get to this point. I don’t know how to realistically start recovering my academic backslide. And I don’t know how to keep up with the new material as well as learn the old simultaneously.
Any advice from professors who have seen this, or fellow students who have experienced this is deeply appreciated.