Second year EE student in distress

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<p>Hey all,</p>

<p>I am facing a delimma. I am a second year electrical engineering student, at the University of Toronto. Tough school, tough program, and tough competition. I currently have a 1.94 CGPA, and my average is about 63%. I barely been getting by, and this semester has caught upto me. I currently feel like I might not even make it through. This is known to be the toughest semester. I am essentially failing 3 courses, and border line in two others. </p>

<p>It is not too late to manage a passing grade, but honestly I have no interest in the subjects anymore, and the work just seems to be dreadful. I feel like I am not learning anything. All my class mates seem to be doing so much better than me, and I am just starting to hate it. </p>

<p>I thought I would like this program, but my bad study habits caught upto me very quick. Every semester I would say "I am going to get it right this time", but never seem to do that. </p>

<p>I am thinking of switching out into something else. The thing is I am afraid that if I do it will not be any different. Nothing really seems to interest me all that much. I still like the prospects of engineering, and selected my third and fourth year courses. I am heavy on the bioengineering stuff. </p>

<p>The thing is I feel like no matter how hard I want to, I cannot find the will in me to study everyday and do well. Even if I switch out it seems like that will be the case.</p>

<p>I was a relatively gifted student in high school. I went to college with a 4.0 GPA from high school. </p>

<p>What would your advice be if you were in my situation? </p>

<p>I want to switch out, but I am afraid if I do I will only do poorly in another program and do not want to waste more time and money.</p>

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<p>Can you drop some classes? That will prevent your gpa from taking a big hit.</p>

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<p>See honestly, my GPA is already very bad as it is. Makes no difference to me anymore. </p>

<p>My bigger concern is not the poor grades, but rather that I do not like where I am, yet I don’t know where to go. </p>

<p>As an engineering student, most grad programs only care about 3rd and 4th year. But I do not know whether I can still manage good grades in those years. </p>

<p>Also even if I graduate with poor grades, I have enough job experience and a other skills that will still guarantee me a good job. </p>

<p>I do not think that I am incapable, I think I just hate the courses I am doing right now. </p>

<p>I think switching to another program will make no difference…</p>

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<p>you can drop classes at UofT? i thought it was like UW where you can’t.</p>

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<p>dude… go to your professor’s office hours on a consistent basis</p>

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Change majors. I have friends who were EE and they said the 1st 2 years were, if anything, EASIER than the last 2. The 1st 2 are primarily about teaching you the tools you’ll need for the 2nd 2 years. That’s why you load up on calculus, physics, etc. You also take intro EE courses. If you’re failing at this level, what are you going to do in classes where they assume you mastered the lower division material?

What can anyone say? This sums up what happened. Unlike a History or other liberal-arts major where each semester is pretty much a fresh start, the sciences and engineering are all cumulative. Short of starting over with your frosh classes, which I doubt your school allows, the future in engineering doesn’t look good for you…</p>