Help
If someone can give me advice on my situation, or if they’ve been in a similar situation it would be great to hear a successful story!
For context, I’m on probation for failing out my first quarter of first year. I’ve been doing fairly well up until this one class - visual psychophysics. My luck for the 2 midterms fully went against me :(
Weirdly, I got really sick the night before both midterms and barely got to properly retain the information. Now I’m at the point where I need a 75 on the final to pass the course. The problem is, this is the last final I have after 5 finals back to back so I know I will be absolutely exhausted.
My “probation contract” states that I have to get a C or higher in all my courses to stay in the program. I’m really scared I won’t do well on the final and I will be dismissed from the program.
I know I can do this, I have just always have so much going on in my personal life it gets really hard to balance everything. On top of that, maybe it’s trauma from my first time around, but I get severe anxiety in a testing situation and the school refuses to allow me in the accommodations testing room. My body also does not know how to handle stress anymore and I fully just shut down and cannot think for the life of me. I’ve never had this problem but recently with all the pressure it’s been getting worse
Posted Apr 29, 2026, 6:49 AM UTC