I burnt out, might loose semester....

[Shiloh]

Anyone got any tips?
I have two weeks of classes left, I am taking three courses.
I have fallen behind in two of them (by one assignment and a lab)
Not much but my brain is done.

It's like trying to shove a rat into a toaster to learn anything.
I got sick this week from pushing myself too much.
Their dad isn't taking them much at all
(or paying his support on time - of course)
I was going to graduate this summer....

now I feel like all my hard work and good grades is going to go down with C's.

[pinksprklybarefoot]

Once, many years ago, I was in your boat. I was behind in my classes, had a lot going on personally. I wound up just dropping out two weeks before the semester was over.

I have so much regret over that decision.

I wish I would have just sucked it up, wrote the papers that were due and called it a day. You can do it! Just two more weeks and you can relax. Lots of coffee, call in babysitting favors, just get your work done. You'll be so much happier two weeks from now.

I can empathize, I am sick and have 6 chapters to review for my microbiology exam on Monday - it is the most ridiculously hard class. I just keep telling myself that after this weekend, it will be over (the exam anyway - I still have another five weeks of school).

[One_Girl]

I suggest you try to pull together and push through. C's aren't the end of the world if you aren't in grad school, but hopefully you can pull through enough to only get them in one class. You are very close to the end. I just graduated in December and I know how hard those last two weeks are with stress and burnout. The teachers in the University daycare said that you can tell when it is time for midterms and the end of the semester by the way the kids act. The last two weeks of each semester I let my dd watch a lot of movies and have a few McDonald's nights so I could study while also letting my dd relax. It really helped both of us. It may not be wonderful parenting, but it made both of our lives much happier than they would have been otherwise.

[Shiloh]

Great advice, then I sprained my ankle on top of getting so sick.
I am going to put all my effort into one of the three courses I should salvage a B in that one. Then do some summer school and work this summer and go back next year and do my undergrad thesis and repeat two.
If I repeat two of these courses, I really need them for gradschool if I am going to apply. C's are not the end of the world but it would put me close if not in academic warning or not graduating territory. I am trying to get a certificate as well as a specialized honours, I need a B+ average in those courses, and two C's might just not be enough. My little one is only a year and a half. (I've got three others) Hitting the work force or gradschool when he's two and a half is probably better. I have to also manage to get divorced....(that's not going to be a walk in the park) and I can keep my on campus job it looks like.

[Shellie]

I would suggest appealing to your instructors for Incompletes and then finishing over the summer so you don't have to throw out all the hard work you've done. Don't forget also that not finishing classes can lead to progress probation and even a loss of financial aid. I almost lost my FA when I dropped 4 of my 10 units a few semesters back...even though you only need to finish 6 per semester to satisfy the FA progress requirements, you have to finish 2/3 or greater of attempted units.

[Shiloh]

The incomplete is a good idea.
I am not sure how they'd handle the exams though,
I can do the course work but I'll bomb the exams.
I might actually get the credits, just with a D or something lower...
Even with these two courses off this year I'd still be a full time student.
Academic probation and me are old time friends....
Even if I drop this I will have finished 4/6 attempted courses so I will still be in the 2/3 finished zone...but the one course I could definitely appeal for an incomplete but the course that is 50% final exam not so sure...

[mirlee]

Talk to your professor. We aren't all ogres. ;-) If they know, they can help, offer suggestions, give you some time. An incomplete is not the end of the world and will be better than just dropping out. I have students take incompletes all the time, particularly for their internships. At this late stage, I also don't recommend dropping the classes.

Again, talk to your professor.

[Shiloh]

You are so right.
I have A's so far, its not like I am getting D's....
With a little time, flexibility I can finish, I just lost confidence as well when I burnt out. And I am really stressing about writing the exams. I am going to talk to them tomorrow. I have all the medical, disability, personal life reasons this month it was just a perfect storm of spraining my ankle, getting really sick, loosing my liveinchilcare provider, my stbx then of course flaked on helping out so I could study and paying his support, the list goes on and all in March...

[Shiloh]

My one teacher was so uber cool about it.
I guess it helps I was doing well.
My parents also might be coming in a week - whooo!
I can do this and worst case senario was my best plan last week
One more teacher to go!

[texmati]

yeah! You can do it!

[Shiloh]

thanks mamas!
I took today off work, still haven't got my voice back from this virus.
Got to get my energy back for the final push!