<p>I'm in my fourth semester. In most of my classes i'm doing fine (i think...), but always in one class, i tend to mess up so much. i suppose it isn't that bad, but i study so hard for it. the class in question is math 54 with rezakhanlou. his tests are beginning to become horrible. i scored below average on both midterms but not quite one full SD, so i guess it is fine. i just hate that i might end up with a C in this class...might be my 4th C if I do. </p>
<p>i feel that i might never get the chance to go to graduate school. my grades in other classes are fine, but they aren't really A's, so my GPA is actually pretty horrible (hovering around 3.0, might be a bit less...) Yes, I know, that isn't the worst; people have worse, but I feel that grad programs always take the top students.</p>
<p>Maybe I should have gone to another easier school...I feel I will end up working at Mcdonalds or someplace else...does anyone have any advice? i'm feeling a bit sad about life, lol. i know this is stupid, but I just feel horrible when all my friends brag about how they make dean honors list.</p>
<p>edit: i also feel that if i can't even handle lower divisions, how can i handle upper? i've wanted to major in applied math or statistics, but i heard upper divisions are even worse...i don't know what to do now.</p>
<p>I just made a looooooong post vaguely similar to this, only I’m a spring admit with more “superficial” worries, but switching majors is not as easy as people say it is Can your other courses help you switch majors? Sorry for not being helpful, I just really get where you’re coming from, and have seen how others (especially those that are “worse off”) really just don’t get it.</p>
<p>Reza’s Math 54 is hard. And if you want to go to grad school, the good news it that there’s always a demand for grad students to do all the tedious work for the professors in almost all universities. The only question is would you mind another 5 years or more in school? I think you need to re-consider is it just the bad grades that’s making you unhappy or the school itself making you feel tired?</p>
<p>yeah i understand. his lectures are very confusing. and yes, i wouldn’t mind. i actually like school, gives me something to do instead of sitting on my butt all day. i think it is the grades and my friends (yeah i get it, you have awesome grades) who brag about their grades all the time that are making me unhappy.</p>
<p>People who brag about grades at Berkeley are tools that are insecure about what they have accomplished in life. Make new friends, these guys are just looking for attention to feed their inferiority complex.</p>
<p>lower div classes aren’t a good indicator of how well you’ll do in upper div classes. i have friends who did very well in lower div classes but are suffering in upper div classes because they don’t have the study habits that are needed + ability to keep up w/ the material.</p>
<p>i would just try to make the most out of your classes this semester(gradewise)…and maybe in the summer practice learning how to learn…in a medium such as starcraft?? this may sound kind of dorky, but what i mean by this is doing w/e it takes to get from bronze → diamond in the range of 1 summer. there’s a mechanical way of doing this and it involves being able to learn efficiently. i’m sure once you learn how to learn properly + make sure you keep up with the material in your future classes(on a lecture by lecture basis) you’ll do great and never have to worry about this stuff again.</p>
<p>source: i’m a 2nd y too but i’m doing well(so far)</p>
<p>Have you joined any clubs or anything? I’m going to try to get more active in things completely unrelated to my major (martial arts, taiko, etc) to see if I meet people I actually like spending time with and not talk about classes and stuff.</p>
<p>@sagert HAHA that’s a great idea!..too bad I’m awesome at staying focused in games but can’t when it comes to lectures and stuff…hope the OP isn’t like me xP</p>
Can your other courses help you switch majors? Sorry for not being helpful, I just really get where you’re coming from, and have seen how others (especially those that are “worse off”) really just don’t get it.</p>