in life updates: decided to enroll in a notoriously difficult class this semester. civil law is my achilles heel, and i also wanted to force myself into better study habits and time management.
last week, i took the midterm and braced myself for a fail: despite improvements in the way i prepared for class and spoke during cold calls, i'd still been struggling over the semester. after the exam ended, i went and checked the schedule for dropping classes.
one week later. dear reader, i passed.
as the new semester begins, I want to share one of the biggest academic lessons that it took me years to learn: talk to your registrar if you’re struggling.
I was five weeks into an econometrics course before I realized I didn’t have the foundation to catch up. Even that late in the semester, they found me a different course that fulfilled the same requirement and ended up being a turning point for me in discovering what I want to study for my masters.
if you feel like you’re out of your depth in a course, talk to them. If you’re not sure if you’re on track for your degree requirements, talk to them. Even if you’re overwhelmed with course selection and want advice on which classes might be a good fit for your interests. You are not annoying them and your problems are not inconsequential—they are what the registrar is for. While they may not be able to solve everything, the position exists for you to seek support, so never feel like you don’t deserve to seek it.
Absolutely love how the professor told me there's a bunch of works i can use as sources for my paper and yet there's almost nothing available through our uni