Stressed about GPA!!

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Hi, guys! So I am a freshman at UCSD and I have been absolutely freaking out about my GPA as I feel like I am going to be a massive failure! I think my predicted GPA for my freshman year is going to be a 3.2 and I feel like it’s terrible. There are the classes I have taken and the grades so far. As a background, I’m an international student from Singapore and its been quite hard to adjust being so far away from home as well as adjusting to the huge university and different types and pace of the classes. I’ve also been having really bad anxiety issues that I have been seeking counseling. My parents keep telling me that it is fine, just focus on the coming 3 years and your minor but I feel like I am doing quite poorly. Any advice on what I can do to get better and my current performance (is this kind of a record normal early on?)

CHEM 6A- B
CHEM 6B-B+
CHEM 6C - In progress (estimate B+)
Math 20A- B-
MATH 20B- In progress (estimate B- )
MATH 4C- B
BILD 26- B
ETHN 1- A
PSYC 1- In progress (estimate B- )
LISP 1C- A
LISP 1CX- P
HUM 1- B+
HUM 2- In progress (estimate B+)
Gospel Choir - P
CHEM 1- P

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you have a better gpa than most of my friends right now, from what i know from people who are older than me, is that people always mess up their first year. Your gpa isn’t bad and since this is your freshman year you’ll have plenty of time to raise it. As for the stress, its a part of college, just make sure your managing your time where you putting enough into studying and enough into free time. If you’re studying non-stop 24/7 you’re gonna burn yoursel out. I would also keep going to counseling for the anxiety. Planners really save my life and I plan out everything in my day and i mean everything (including sleeping and eating). It may seem dumb but it really helps me stay on track and as a result i’m not super stressed like before.