Hi guys! I am a freshman in college right now. I am taking Calculus 1, Mandarin, and General Chemistry. I always go to office hours and tutoring mainly for Calculus because I am not great at it but it doesn’t always help. There are usually many students there so I don’t always get the help I need or I’m stuck waiting because the tutors are helping other students. Some of the tutors aren’t that great too so I feel like I am wasting my time. I’m feeling pretty stressed right now and it has only been 3 weeks of college. I think if I worked on better time management too, things would go better.
The class that is stressing me out the most is Mandarin. I feel like it is distracting me from doing Calc and Chem because of the workload. But maybe I just need to get better at time management and then I can handle it all.
My friend helped me make a Time Management weekly schedule on Excel which included my classes, eating, studying, and free time. Can you give me any other tips on how to successfully navigate college life? I have 8 am classes 4 days a week and a 9 am on Tuesday and I sleep at 1 am because I’m usually up doing homework or studying. I go to office hours and tutoring combined for like 5 hours everyday but it isn’t super helpful. I feel burnt out by the end of the day. Help please!! Thanks!