<p>So I just realized this is the first weekend since the semester started that I did no homework, no studying, no nothing, no NOTHING! And for what? FOr nothing. Just pure fatigue and a well-needed reboot. But this is happening during what could be an important semester for us all! THe fall semester before transferring--(applying to)--</p>
<p>Any advice on how to overcome!?!</p>
<p>Get off CC</p>
<p>I have the same problem. I need a break…</p>
<p>I was going through the same crap. I was taking 5 classes but had to drop 2 of them. Golden rule is protecting your gpa then doing very well in your major classes. Compromise sums it up.</p>
<p>Just remember that if you keep going, you’ll be at UC [insert name here] at this same time next year!</p>
<p>I know 
I think I’m unmotivated because I dislike my classes and have nooo clue what I want to major in (and have a little over a month to pick–let alone write an essay on it!?)
So yes! 
haha</p>
<p>Hope everybody’s powering through this! I think also I was at a 4 yr for 2 years before ccc and it’s tough to de-adjust if you know what I mean. Anywhoo I’m off to try and “study” lol</p>
<p>What classes are you taking currently?</p>
<p>You can overcome it by snapping the hell out of it and focusing your mind on what’s important. </p>
<p>That’s what I do :)</p>
<p>Having a withdrawal from a course is equivalent to an F, or a withdrawal failure. Withdrawing from classes may not hurt you in undergraduate applications but when graduate schools come around… Good luck.</p>
<p>@ lilaterila: haha, yeah I try but sometimes the birds and blue skies are so distracting, yet other times it’s like I can breeze through. Weird</p>
<p>@ rpicton: i’m taking:
)–so this is really challenging</p><p>This is my last semester at community college before I transfer to UCSC, and I’ve come down with a severe case of transferitis. I’m only taking two classes this semester (which is one more than I actually need for IGETC), but I’m having such a hard time getting started on my work. Not because I don’t understand the work (I do), but because I’m just ready to get the hell out of my CCC. It’s much worse than other semesters, when I would take 3-5 courses. It’s just that, I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, and it’s getting closer so fast, yet oh so slowly. I just wanna be out of my CCC already!</p>
<p>Excuse my tantrum, haha. :]</p>
<p>I’m going through the same thing… mostly because I’m going to need to stay at my current job which means I’ll be staying in LA…which means UCLA, USC, or CSUN =( so I’m totally bummed that UCSD and UCB are no longer options. I know it sounds stilly but this made me lose motivation because UCLA is so damn competitive and USC is so damn expensive! I hope I didn’t waste time trying to get good grades just to end up @ CSUN.</p>
<p>I’m going to restructure my educational plan to focus on UCLA and USC. Maybe this will help me get some motivation back!!</p>
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<p>out of curiosity, where did you hear that? for law school i read withdrawals only count as 0s if your UG counts them as 0s.</p>
<p>From the LSDAS handbook:
Grades Excluded From Conversion:
Withdraw,Withdraw/Pass—only if the issuing school considers the grade nonpunitive.</p>
<p>Withdrawal grades that signify failure (such as WF=Withdraw/Fail, WU=Withdrew Unsatisfactory, WNP=Withdrew Not Passing) if the issuing school considers the grade nonpunitive. The total number of credits assigned to these grades will appear on the applicant’s LSDAS summary, but will not be included in the GPA calculation.</p>
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Sounds like Rosenthal, cancels class and doesn’t have the courtesy to send a mass email from MyVCCCD informing there is no class… seriously it doesn’t take much effort. I took him last Spring and I’d drive all the way over just to see there was no class. </p>
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I’m not that interested in life science either. I’m taking that class right now with Baker. Material isn’t so bad but it’s hard to gain motivation to study.</p>
<p>Medical schools consider withdrawals as F’s. I guess law schools and grad schools aren’t that strict on withdrawals…</p>
<p>i’m having a midsemester slump too. i’m taking 8 classes, 24 units. i still have like the highest grade in all of my classes besides my art class…it’s the easiest class so i never really pay attention in class, so i have no idea wut’s going on in that class. i aced all my first tests/midterms in all my classes so i kinda took a break the last 2-3 wks. now i’m taking my 2nd wave of midterms and i’m kinda behind. but i know that i only have 8 more wks of this crap before i’m going to (possibly) be at Haas next yr. good motivation i guess</p>
<p>Thank you guys fo da feedback ha. I’m going to have to bash my computer so that I can get this poop done! Getting into berkeley/ucla won’t come from a computer! (unless there’s something I haven’t found out about!)</p>
<p>I’ve been having a slump, too mainly cause I lost my job. I did awful on 1st Spanish test and missed a few weeks of class due to having to attend these job workshops through social services. My instructor was very understanding and even said I could still get a B if I apply myself by doing all the workbook homework (he’ll give me partial credit for past ones) and doing well on the future exams. </p>
<p>As for my math class, I’m just aiming to get a C in that class. It’s a non-transferable algebra class, so I’m not really worried. Lastly, for my other 2 classes (archaeology and a physical anthropology lab, those will be easy A’s. I’m also taking 2 classes during winter break and those are counted as fall classes. Overall, I’ll have 15 transferable units completed at the end of the semester.</p>
<p>Me too. Things have been crazy at work and I’m taking a class this semester that does not play to my strengths (Physics). I’m trying to buckle down and apply myself as much as possible. The end of this semester can’t get here fast enough :).</p>
<p>You know–maybe THIS is why a quarter system is/will be better for all of us! Because by this time next year we will have just finished instruction and be either taking or done with our finals…that sounds better than 2 more months of this shiz…lol (not this time next year but we’ve been in school prob for 10 weeks–that’s equiv. to a quarter i believe)
gr–CCC is frustrating! ok back to studying haha…</p>