<p>Good evening, all! I haven't been on in a while because I've been overwhelmed. I am taking three dual-enrollment course at a university; I am self-studying AP Physics C: Mechanics; I am only in one extra curricular, though. It doesn't seem like a heavy load, but I don't know why everything is going terrible. </p>
<p>My classes are not hard, at all; however, I can't get myself to start my hw. I usually start my hw at 10pm and don't go till bed till 1-2 am (I always end up getting sidetracked, so it drags), then I wake up at 6:20 am to head to school. Sometimes, when I have multiple exams, I go up to 40 hours without sleep (as a matter of fact I had a midterm today, and I am currently going on 36 hours without sleep). </p>
<p>I don't want to blame my lack of sleep for my grades (because I man up to them), but I don't understand how I just failed one of my mid-terms terribly. It wasn't hard, I crammed everything the night before, but I did terrible, I remembered covering the material as I went through questions, but I was between two answers on the multiple choice. I remembered last year that I self-studied AP Psych and AP Biology (within two nights, before the AP exam) I managed to get a 5 on both, but I don't understand why that doesn't work on my university classes - where I actually am in class and the exam is easier. </p>
<p>I feel really unmotivated and easily sidetracked to keep trying. I don't get anything fruitful done; I am suppose to study for SAT II's and possibly try to bring SAT I up, but I haven't found the time for that. </p>
<p>So, I am asking college confidential advice on how to better manage myself and keep the ambition that has driven me before in the past.</p>