I think I have a problem. I am currently a sophomore biology major and this semester I am taking 3 classes (5 if you count labs).
It is already halfway through the semester and I am pretty sure I am failing every single class. I cannot for my own life seem to be able to begin to study, focus when I am studying, or even find motivation to study.
I want to get good grades and usually the couple days before a quiz or exam I get my stuff together and study really hard and feel pretty confident for the exam, but I still don’t do well on the tests though. As a biology major I have to be studying around the clock and be prepared for quizzes and tests at least a week ahead. Other biology majors I know who have graduated told me to start studying at least a week before any quiz, test, or any exam and I need to be studying and doing the work every single day right after the lecture.
But for some reason I get up and I can sometimes get started but then after a couple minutes I usually lose interest, get bored, find something else to do, or just procrastinate. Like this past weekend I had a plan set out to do work for two of my classes on Saturday morning, then Saturday afternoon going into Sunday I was going to study for a biology exam I have this week on Thursday. I ended up only studying one chapter (barely). A whole weekend wasted. I just don’t seem to be that interesting in the work where I would spend a whole day studying it. I try to take some measures like turning my phone off or using my school laptop which only has some software on it so I don’t get distracted but I always seem to wander off. I also try studying in different places in my home or going to the library to mix things up. I have talked to my parents about this but they just say that I am lazy and don’t want to put in the effort to study. I don’t know if that’s the answer I think something’s up with me, but it’s not like I cannot focus or get motivated about things at all.
I can focus on things like computers, software, how things work, building things, other fields in science, etc. This has only been a recent thing too. Ever since I started college; I think it has something to do with how in highschool I wouldn’t need to study or put in extra work to get good grades. However, I started seeing in senior year though that my grades would ever so slightly drop on tests and quizzes since I didn’t study for them. But in the class overall I still did well.
Now in college, since tests and studying are a big deal I cannot seem to focus or find motivation to stay focused to study. I really need to get my grades up since last semester I got lucky when I passed all my finals (barely) so I got to continue to the higher level classes this semester. This post is kinda long lol and it’s late and I should have been studying instead of writing this but maybe this will help me get my s*** together. Thanks