Almost got kicked out. Graduated with honors Freshman year…
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Almost got kicked out. Graduated with honors
Freshman year GPA was 2.1. Got the academic probation email in my dorm room and immediately felt my soul leave my body. Had to call my parents. If you know you know. My mom started crying. My dad just went quiet which was somehow worse.
The thing that messed with me was I felt like I was DROWNING. Constantly stressed, always "busy," running on 5 hours of sleep, practically living in the library. How was I failing when I was working this hard??
Second semester I started treating studying like a job with a timecard. Clock in, clock out, see the real total, share it with my study group for accountability.
First week's total: 7 hours.
SEVEN. I was physically in the library for like 40 hours that week. Studied for 7 of them. The other 33 was anxiety, phone, "resting my eyes," chatting with people, getting food, staring at my notes while dissociating about how stressed I was.
Once I had real numbers I could actually fix it. Stopped sitting in the library for 8 hours performing stress. Started actually studying for 3-4 focused hours then leaving. Revolutionary concept apparently.
GPA went 2.1 → 2.9 → 3.4 → 3.7. Graduated with honors. That probation email is still in my inbox. I look at it sometimes when I need perspective
#inspiration
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Freshman year GPA was 2.1. Got the academic probation email in my dorm room and immediately felt my soul leave my body. Had to call my parents. If you know you know. My mom started crying. My dad just went quiet which was somehow worse.
The thing that messed with me was I felt like I was DROWNING. Constantly stressed, always "busy," running on 5 hours of sleep, practically living in the library. How was I failing when I was working this hard??
Second semester I started treating studying like a job with a timecard. Clock in, clock out, see the real total, share it with my study group for accountability.
First week's total: 7 hours.
SEVEN. I was physically in the library for like 40 hours that week. Studied for 7 of them. The other 33 was anxiety, phone, "resting my eyes," chatting with people, getting food, staring at my notes while dissociating about how stressed I was.
Once I had real numbers I could actually fix it. Stopped sitting in the library for 8 hours performing stress. Started actually studying for 3-4 focused hours then leaving. Revolutionary concept apparently.
GPA went 2.1 → 2.9 → 3.4 → 3.7. Graduated with honors. That probation email is still in my inbox. I look at it sometimes when I need perspective
#inspiration
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