<p>Hey guys, so I've been struggling to keep up in college.</p>
<p>I'm a sophomore and it takes me SO long to do my homework. In high school, I would start at midnight so I would go to sleep pretty late. I usually do my best/quickest when I feel the pressure of turning it in (like homework due in 30 minutes online).</p>
<p>But now with the workload harder, I am failing miserably. Don't get me wrong, I'm getting good grades in Statistics and Spanish, average grades in Biology, and (probably will be getting) bad/average grades in Orgo.</p>
<p>I never cared/don't care what my grades are. What kills me is knowing that I can be doing soooo much better and being SOOOOOOOOO much happier (having actual free time.... and sleeping).</p>
<p>I have had ADHD for as long as I can remember and a "perfection" issue (rewriting notes, etc).</p>
<p>There's no reason for me to be struggling so hard. Students have jobs, sports, and I haven't even been as involved as I would like to me.</p>
<p>I don't know what to do to be happy besides dropping out...</p>
<p>Does anyone have any advice, specifically on catching up? </p>
<p>Is your ADHD disagnosed? Are you registered with the office of disabilities? March over, make an appointment and say: I would like a counselor to help me learn better organizational skills.</p>
<p>if you need medication to help control your ADHD tendencies–then get it.</p>
<p>It is time you started acting like the adult you are. Put yourself on a structured schedule and stick to it. Make a study plan and stick to it.</p>
<p>It is a good thing to start taking responsibility now. In a short time you will be out in the real world and there will be real consequences if you can’t organize your life to meet your responsibilities.</p>
<p>I really actually don’t know what the solution is. I can tell myself I’ll get work done faster, but if It never works it is not much of a solution.</p>
<p>I just made an appointment with the office. No, I haven’t been diagnosed, but with all the issues I’ve had in school, particularly elementary school behavior and high school work pace, I’m pretty confident I do.</p>
<p>Now, make appointments with yourself to get your work done. Make early appointments.</p>
<p>For example, write down in your calendar that you will do your calculus problem set on Wednesday afternoon at 1:00. On Wednesday at 1:00, make sure you are at the library, or at a study lounge near the math tutoring office. Sit down, turn off your phone and other social media, and get to work.</p>
<p>Repeat for all classes.</p>
<p>Even better, sit down at a certain time every week and plan out what you will do, and when and where you will do it.</p>
<p>^^I’m sorry for your predicament but I don’t see how anyone on the internet could possibly say whether you should drop this class. How confident are you that you will do better on the next 2 exams?</p>
<p>My best suggestion is to have a meeting with your professor in this class to get a realistic sense of where you stand and make your decision based on that.</p>
<p>Didn’t you already pass the add/drop period? Won’t you get a fine for dropping a class before after the regular period? Or will you just get a “W”. How many units do you have?</p>
<p>No, I go to a school with a quarter-system. November 1st, I believe, is the deadline. I don’t know what units are, we don’t have the typical “credit hours”. </p>
<p>Thanks, I’m just so clueless and don’t know what to do.</p>