What are the chances of my freshman botany class haunting me?

<p>I'll start off with this tid-bit of information: My Botany class isn't my favorite class... Scratch that; it's probably the worst $hit creek that I've decided to stay in despite my common sense yearning to pull me out. Well, too late to drop it now.</p>

<p>I am currently scoring a nice D- or F in my Botany class. Whichever it is, I'm pretty sure it may only get worse here in the coming months as I combat the state my family is in, a debilitating depression, and an overall poor social situation I get to have fun with.</p>

<p>My Botany class is a five-hour course. In the lab portion, I am doing a <em>decent</em> job. Not bad, not good. C grade work, at most. In the exams and lecture assignment portion, I've got a nice 50% average, I'd say. I put off studying too often, which is often a major problem, but the course content is not even a strong point.</p>

<p>I'm studying pretty hard for the next test tomorrow morning, but IDK how I'll end up doing.</p>

<p>I have a solid feeling that this 5-hour class, out of my entire 14 hours, will sink. With an F. I just can't do it. Not right now.</p>

<p>I'm changing my major to english at the start of my next semester because it's something that I love, and can do, and will help me in my pursuit of law school. I've already got a line of work set up for when I graduate college (if this semester 1 freshman year ****up doesn't do me in entirely) so that's no big deal.</p>

<p>I'm passing Sociology, Meteorology, and English with flying colors. I've actually become quite friendly with my english teacher, so he'd give me a break if I need it. My sociology teacher is very nice, and my meteorology teacher is one hell of a guy. All in good ways.</p>

<p>For Botany, it's different. I just can't enjoy it, and from what I can read out of the teacher is in the way of "I've done my work, you do yours."</p>

<p>If I pass my other classes with great/decent grades (B at the lowest in only one) how will that end up affecting my future college track? I've done the math, and my GPA can, at best, get around 2.5 if I let botany **** the sidewalk. That is, if I get an 'A' in every other class, which at this point in time isn't going to happen.</p>

<p>If I start taking adderall, I can probably manage a C-. It isn't late enough that I'm entirely doomed, but I'm willing to put out all the stops and get a prescription, Doctor or not, to get by. I can't flunk out of college. If I do, I'm either going to just carry out suicide plan A or rob a bank with a water gun painted black for suicide-by-cop. I have my reasons...</p>

<p>I actually JUST dropped my Botany class two days ago. I had it with the lab and just couldn’t hack it. I already have a big workload and am trying to transfer. It’s my first W but at least my GPA isn’t going to change. Good luck though. I didn’t find the material terribly difficult to grasp, it’s just a lot of information to take in.</p>

<p>In my school, a withdraw counts as a failure if it, like now, is too late in the year.</p>

<p>Fortunately, I just passed an exam in class today with a 76%. I’m fairly sure this brings my grade up from an F to maybe a D- or, hell, D. If I can get a D in this class, it’ll lighten me up a lot and make my GPA a nice(r) looking 2.3 if I end up ****ing up in some other class. Otherwise, I may be able to hit my current set goal of 2.8+</p>

<p>Next semester, this will all be different. I’m changing my major to english and taking a full course load of easy classes; 15 credit hours worth.</p>

<p>I’m at CCC student trying to transfer to Humboldt state, thankfully I dropped in time so it wouldn’t affect my GPA. It’s super important I don’t get anything lower than a C which could likely hurt my chances of getting in :(</p>