<p>This has NOT been my semester. I have never been like this in my entire life, but I am the most unmotivated I've ever been this year. I've skipped more classes than I can count, am falling behind in my schoolwork, and basically just setting myself up for bad grades. </p>
<p>I'm a straight A & B student, my GPA is a 3.76 and so far I've been doing well. However this semester is about to ruin it all. I missed my biology lab twice - meaning I've missed two quizzes, because of missing the lab I consequently did horribly on the following lab's quizzes. My participation grade was lowered to a 28% out of 45. I honestly want to drop Biology now because of how badly my lab will affect my entire grade. </p>
<p>My literature class has reading quizzes every day and I've missed four of them. My Women's Studies midterm was take-home and due last week yet I decided to turn it in a week late for a reduction of 20%. I got a 74 on my first Anthropology exam. </p>
<p>I know I should want to cry looking at the mess I'm causing, but I feel indifferent. I just don't care or have the energy to care and it's scaring the hell out of me. How do you deal with these kinds of slumps? Has anyone had a semester where everything just went out of control? I want to make a comeback but all I can think about is Spring Break. It's mid-semester right now and I have the other half to try to redeem myself but I feel like it's too late.</p>
<p>How do you handle it? How do I get myself motivated and excited about school again? Could I be depressed? Lazy? An entitled and spoiled brat who doesn't want to work? I don't know what my problem is. It's not even just school either - I've missed every chapter meeting this semester (for my sorority) and have been basically blowing off every mandatory event. I'm such a freak! PLEASE HELP ME. WHY DON'T I CARE ABOUT ANYTHING!?</p>
<p>No one here is able to tell you why you are experiencing this indifference. You can always see a counselor, but that’s about the only advice anyone here can give you besides the normal “exercise; make sure to eat and sleep regularly; be social” etc.</p>
<p>^I second the seeing a counselor bit. Maybe it would also help if you focused and looked ahead. What are you in college for? What is your intended path after graduation? Doing that seems to do the trick for me when I start to get discouraged.</p>
<p>It’s hard to care after a while. My second semester of freshmen year was AWFUL. After the first semester, I thought I had the whole college thing down because I did really well and then I just didn’t do anything I didn’t want to and my grades really, really took a hit. My GPA still hasn’t recovered. But I have, and it’s because of seeking outside help! You should talk to your academic advisor, your school counseling program, your parents, a doctor.</p>
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<p>lulz</p>
<p>oh, and the counselor thing</p>
<p>The apathy you describe ‘might’ be from depression. (or might not) I did have clinical depression and suffered from the kind of apathy you describe, feeling horrible that I’m failing everything but not caring and doing anything to fix it, and that made me feel more horrible because I thought myself such an idiot, but I still didn’t do anything, cuz I simply didn’t care enough. Counselors, therapists, and psychiatrists didn’t help. Parents/friends who just thought I was a spoiled, lazy slacker didn’t help either. Actually, no one helped me except myself. And I’m still in the process of growing a motivation so I’m not sure what to tell you, except try to be logical about why you are in school in the first place and to not lose hope. Because once you do lose all hope, you won’t even care enough to get out of bed or even to live, and you don’t wanna go there, trust me…</p>
<p>Also I suggest dropping your worst class (only if you have to) and making the workload easier on yourself, and take things one step at a time. And set up good habits. Because it might be too late to get good grades this semester, but you can start preparing for the next so you don’t throw that away as well. Remember, this semester isn’t the end of the world, you WILL have second chances</p>
<p>Oh and, I don’t know why everyone’s saying go to a counselor, have any of you guys even seen one? Don’t go to a counselor, because in my case every single one of them just wasted my time and made me feel bad and even more ambiguous. Unless you know that your school counselor’s OK, then try them. Maybe I was just unlucky and just met the bad ones.</p>
<p>Hope I helped and I will return if I think of something else…</p>
<p>Thanks for the answers. I’m going to drop Biology. It’ll be my second W, but two won’t kill me. It’s like a GIANT weight off my chest, you have no idea. </p>
<p>Oh and today I aced my Literature midterm! 
I went in scared to death because I didn’t study enough, but I ended up knowing every answer from the reading I had done. I also added up the points and if I get 100’s on my next two Anthropology tests, I can manage an A in the class. In Women’s Studies I’ll have to take the 20 point hit, but she’s offering extra credit papers and I’ll just get A’s on everything else and hopefully manage an A in that course too. </p>
<p>I’m also going to add on a mid-semester Geology course to make up for the dropped Bio. It’ll satisfy my science requirement. Plus online classes are easy! :D</p>
<p>Okay, I feel like I’m on track. Spring Break is here and it gives me a week to get my crap together and get myself organized and ready for the rest of this semester. I feel so much better. I am still lazy, but I feel like I am somewhat in control now. Who knew dropping a course could make such a difference?!</p>