academic struggle
Hello all, I am a second year engineering college student going into my third year. I was a strong student despite a lot of heath issues I had in my first sem (got hospitalised due to viral n low platelets in the end of 1st sem in the middle of my exams). I was struggling on campus as well, had some issues with roommate and stayed off campus with my mom for a sem and a half. Despite this, my sem 1 GPA was 8.94 (on a 10 point scale)
Second sem was alright but not as good as first sem, I had an 8.72 overall. But third sem I messed up. I burnt myself out doing extracurriculars and neglected studies, and I shifted back to hostel so struggled to prioritize properly and with discipline as my attention span is fried. I got 2 Ds in one 2 credit course and one 4 credit course and an F in a 2 credit course that nuked my GPA to an 8.1.
This isn't even as bad as how things are looking in 4th sem which I just finished. I failed another course this sem and the grades havent been released as yet. The worst part is that I was a bit more conscious this sem and tried a bit harder but I still failed that course and barely passed the other courses. I feel awful seeing my classmates move forward when I have 2 failed courses and 1 pending one.
A part of it may be a bit because of the fact I was doing both extracurriculars, I was pretty anemic, fell pretty sick and had to miss culturals when they found out i had 7.7 hemoglobin and started treatment only mid sem. I know it's because I'm not disciplined enough but i feel like shit honestly and idk what to do, because I was a perfect student back in school and the only time when I struggled was back when I was in 11th and this is a lot worse than that
Posted May 24, 2026, 2:59 AM UTC