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I'm and first year and I've always been a major procrastinator. Despite this, I was able to do well all throughout highschool and on my external exams. As a result, I never broke these bad procrastination habits. I was always able to get away with doing to bare minimum and still getting relatively high results, and so my bad habits carried over from highschool to uni, and now, im behind on all my classes... the difference between highschool and univeristy is that atleast in highschool i was up to date with content because there was no option for me to not go to class. I feel like a failure. It's embarassing, especially since the uni im attending is "prestigous" and all my friends in my class are incredibly smart and don't appear to be struggling. it's just me. I've been contemplating switching programs in semester 2, but there is nothing else i could see myself doing, and i shouldnt just give up just like that, because I haven't even tried hard in the first place, let alone try at all. Im slowly trying to break these habits, but it's towards the end of sem 1, and I know im gonna fail, it's too late. Ill just have to hope i get better next sem :(

1. uni is hard 2. study smarter, not harder. active recall and spaced repetition is mandatory 3. consistency 4. catch up (mandatory) if you are on lag 5. don't let your grade/result degrade your self esteem

I don't know what to do with my life. I'm in my first year, first semester, and there is only 1 week left till finals. I don't have the courage to tell my parents or others that I might fail and I don't want to be a disappointment but I know I am. I just wanted to make my parents proud with good marks & degree. I have been working and saving money for this university for awhile. I went into uni working full-time thinking I could do it, got about a little more than halfway through before I had quit my job and now it's finals and I feel useless.

To just vent a little bit, I am currently enrolled in my first year at my university and I have failed two semesters. I went to class at the beginning of each semester and I studied super hard. However, I got my first exam back in pretty much all my classes and it was disappointing to see such a low grade. I had worked really hard and that is the grade I got? So at that point, I stopped going to class and I didn't study because I came to the conclusion that even if I do study I'll fail anyway. I pretty much spiraled after that and I got into this depression stage where I didn't really want to do anything. I'm currently on academic probation and I'm scared about what the next semester will bring, or if I even get to go back. I can't afford to see the look on my parents' faces If I have to tell them I failed out of college. Anyway, thanks for listening.

Currently failing 4/5 classes (failing all the online classes, doing good in my in person class) I don’t play video games, I don’t party, I don’t go to clubs. I have pretty bad mental health issues that are mostly managed by medication, but overall the thing I lack is work ethic UNLESS I’m absolutely obsessed with something, and even then I still procrastinate. I dropped out of college last year because of the same issues but went back thinking I was prepared. I was not. I’m at the point where I MIGHT be able to catch up and pass, but most likely I’m going to fail. I’m very scared about my future, I don’t want to get kicked out of college or not get my financial aid that I need to stay in. I can only stay at my parents home rent free while in college, my relationship’s future kind of depends on this, and I struggle to hold a job because of my problems. I could go into this a lot more, but I just want to say that I am very scared.

I faild my first year, I thought it is like high school, retake courses and u can get back on truck.. But things doesn't work that way in Uni, today I just had a conversation with an advisor and ready to apply the reinstatement letter to show that I have the ability to do study. I was totally lost myself and hanging around with some friends, not even go to school bcz it was online records. I just want to hang out. Maybe it is because I studied really hard and had a bad time before so now I did everything rataliated. Untill one day I realized I am failing the first year. And I don't know what to do now... I am really scared to tell this to my parents and my friends…

thank you for this super helpful video, it reallly helps to get advice from someone’s thats been in the same situation as me :)

Love the way you just give away key answers to questions we are curious about, not farming video watchtime. Really saved my time coming back to watch the full video and to comment. Thanks a lot!!

this really helped. I just failed my first class college algebra 143. I feel terrible but i realize its not the end of the world. I am a straight A student in all my other classes, I just need a second chance.

I passed all my subjects for first year exept the one - constitutional law, and unfortunatly I needed to retake it the second year. The second year I passed all subjects for the second year, except that sneaky CL that I had already failed the previous year. But because I passed all of the others and I've done very well, I was allowed to repeat it once more. In september I will have an exam in CL and I pray to God for me to pass.

Keen for your future vids - great stiff!

Major spoilers in the first 20 seconds of the video but it's worth it to watch the whole thing haha. I like how you edited it & these are some great lessons! I would argue you did change a bit from first year to your last year because you gained awareness about your studying habits and took action to change it! (:

Watching this after failling my intro to C class (a prereq for pretty much all of my cs courses) and calc 1. Im gonna just take this as a learning experience and make sure to not repeat my mistakes.

Thanks for the tips

Im in the same sort of position, went to uni this year to study Architecture which is something I've only ever sort of been interested in (never had a passion for architecture I just thought it was an acceptable degree). I went to uni and immediately started drinking with new found friends, staying up late and doing stuff that all 18-19 year olds do. Im coming to the end of the year and Ive completely flunked it. I had unfinished assignments from my first term which I had to do in my second term which in turn caused a lot of stress especially considering I really disliked my course and I thought the tutors were useless. Im considering transferring courses or straight up taking a year out.

I just finished my sophomore year and failed basically every class. I have no idea what’s wrong with me, my classes aren’t even too hard I was doing perfectly fine freshman year. I’m starting to think I have ADHD or depression or something, I’ve never dealt with this type of subconscious self-sabotage before but I’m determined to turn my Uni experience around. Anyone have advice, tips, or anything? What was your major and why/how did you end up in your situation? I also should def be telling all this to a therapist but this vid rlly resonated w me and you said leave a comment ahah but yea much love great content

I’m currently just one exam away from applying for college… seriously I’m not mentally read for college. I keep distracting myself hence the reason I’m repeating but this video will surely help me.

After being an honor student in HS to failing 2 classes in my first semester, I realized that... It not hard but I didn't have the discipline by myself. I am considering getting a tutor or someone who can check once in a while how Im doing.

I started out well but as the reading load increased, I concentrated on the more challenging classes and disregarded the less demanding courses, and now I barely get more than three hours of sleep as I rush to accomplish assignments. It's about the halfway point of the first semester, and I already feel exhausted.

watching this after dropping my first year course last year but then coming back this year to do the first year

I'm not a first year (third year student of physiotherapy) but I failed 3 out of my 4 subjects this semester. This means I can't do 2/4 subjects next sem (those subjects are prerequisites), resulting in me having to repeat third year again. I failed because: a) 3rd year is a MASSIVE step up from 2nd year, b) I wasn't prepared with the different requirements of the course (the last two years were more theory and less clinical, marking standards are harsher), c) I'd never developed consistent study habits as a result of taking advantage of my ability to pierce connections together quickly and d) I was not able to stay calm under pressure, nor manage my time well during my clinical exams. I took advantage in high school of the vast amount of resources at my arsenal (good quality teachers, principal recommendation, extra tuition and my parent's guidance). When I did a challenging course that eliminated all that privilege, it was a level playing ground and well...I failed. I know that 3rd year of physiotherapy is hard and many people fail it - but 3 subjects? That was a tough pill to swallow. I think it's better I know the taste of failure now then later when I am growing and when I have the capacity to bounce back. If I was a business owner at 32 and failed then, there would be more of a fall then my current 20 year old self. I think everything happens for a reason and I think this is the universe telling that I can't progress until I develop the basic building blocks to succeed (discipline and consistency). My mum had always told me I have a lot of strengths and if I work on those two, I would be unbeatable and considering where my parent's are now, I'm inclined to believe her. Thanks for this video. I'm sure it was a challenge to expose your vulnerabilities for all (including those aunties and uncles - I'm Asian I know haha) to see, but I think you're mature for not trying to hide and smooth over it. This year has been a disaster and I'm sure next year will be better. For how would we be able to know good if we didn't know bad?

I just failed chemistry 😢it's painful but I accept my defeat and will not give up!

My first year is smooth even though I was working part time during a full time course, but in the second year I failed twice and now I'm so depressed I'm so embarrassed and it's gets harder and harder

Great Video! Can I ask what editing program you use for these videos?

Just failed one of my classes due to an investigation into one of my assignments about to do a resit in august it’s tough guys but try and stay positive

I failed 1st year too. Im also studying a Bsc. One tip that may help... For theory and understanding a concept; Find its origin Think about what depends on it and research anything (at least one thing) thats connected to it Construct a digital flashcard for it Keep an excel list with question location and correct/wrong collumns and test yourself frequently on the concept Finally think about the concept when youre not expected to (such as when watching an ad and your mind wanders to something pointless) Even if you think you now understand the concept or one of its subcategories.. ask/confirm with your lecturer!

Damn, its 1:1 me rn :D I started studying electronics because i thought It will be fun playing with hardware and software but damn, its hard... I wanted to challange myself but now im 99% sure im gonna fail my first semester and take a break and try next year and change my degree to something else. There's so much going on after I moved from high school to university that I can't focus on studying, I keep distracting myself and end up playing games or thinking about dropping out instead of just start learning... I think Im gonna just take a break and try next year :)

What you need to succeed at uni is a gap year. I have had 37 gap years and am ready to start my engineering degree in 2024. Greetings from Western Australia.

I didn't get the part that how we should study effectively, and how many hours should we study per day in general , I'm just wondering about the balance between studying and social life

My first year was pretty okay It set a high standard and helped me realize that I could do it, and i was smart. But I'm in my final year now, and i just failed one course in my previous exam Now i don't know what to do. I feel ashamed, and I want to meet my professor to discuss my grade I'm so scared, bro. But im gonna do it.

I also failed my first year at uni and now I about to face an preclusion which I’m trying to appeal to

My New Addiction is watching all these kinds of videos

I failed my first college math class(which was two classes in one! So technically that's two classes) And I am freaking out and I really don't know what to do. It feels like everything I put so much effort and time towards doesn't yield anything. Any advice for what I should do? Should I retake the class?

So the story starts when I got my first internship at web development company in my first year I was like the ball energy that time I didn't know WTF happening in collage after 2 months of internship I got my job as Jr.web dev but here the devil come my end year exam started , I was going from office to exam centre like pendulum after that my practical/viva started, so I didn't go to the practicals after 5 1/2 months some family issues hit I resigned from job and after a week my result came out with BiG F because I didn't attend practicals , I contacted to authorities but they don't even give shit about that :-( Now please if anyone can help me what should I do......

Truly my dream lifestyle

I'm a first year, and I recently lost my first test which contributes to my average 😅 thank you for this

I’m at a spot where I chose an engineering degree, I slacked off, didn’t see myself being an engineer, and failed my first semester. I’m trying to get ready for my second semester, but I don’t know what I want to do.

sir what is your rank is osu!

I found 1st year to be basically a re-hash of the HSC, to a large extent....I was a Maths major and maths, physics, chemistry etc were all a repeat of Years 11 & 12 stuff. 2nd year got harder and I gave it up as my life changed directions. I was a DE student thru UNE and they are great for older-aged students like myself. A study was done by a mob in Oz and they found that the students who do the most number of past exams are the ones who get the best results. That was the #1 determining factor.....not the only one yet was #1. Just cos one studies doesn't mean we study the right things. I found that out in my Psychology 2 exam and failed miserably until I heard the qns were taken from an online quiz which I didn't go thru....like, duh!

Im gonna fail my first sem. And i dont know what to do. I'm exhausted even though I didn't do much. Too much pressure.

I just failed a module and I got an email for a reassessment. I'm now anxious if I'll be able to make it and get my diploma.. :""""""/

I dont understand what my project assignment for python is saying and the lecture notes is so complicated. I don't know what part I should be practicing for my assignment.

video imported in my head.

Im actually doing great even tho i dont study hard but what makes me sad is that there is another student who will pass me in top 3 , i dont wamt that to happen

This is just my first year of college and I'm so lost. I worked so hard this term but I still failed my class. I have never failed a class in my life, this failure just hit me. I feel so disappointed in myself, I'm a failure to my family... I know that the only step to take now is forward and do better. But I just don't know where to start. Please...help...I don't wanna give up, but this feeling is too painful.

Me watching this video after coming from the exam in which i know im going to fail. Consistent is really really important thing even i thought

I relate

Sir, What is mean conceptual understanding? Please tell me example?

Today was my physics exam..it was bad. i wll fail..i didnot answer anything.. I am in depression.. I am first year student i have to retake in 2nd year student.and always got low number in the class. I feel shyness to go University i dont have any frnd to group study.i didnot understand anything easily.. Now what can i do.. I am so depressed 😑

I also asian just wondering what your parents said for failing the first year of university

im here rn cuz I failed one of my majors. for the first time, i feel really bad failing a subject.

Is there any chance left to save the life of a college student that failed 2 semesters in a row… kinda depressed now.

i have exams tomorrow, i am fucked exactly the way you were, this semester is a goner

0:57 that's the video game Osu right?!

I failed my first semester too.

i worked extremely hard on assignments and my class mates i worked with and helped got higher marks than me and i got a 35%

tell you what if you ever get a class where the professor is like "there are no due dates, just make sure you have everything turned in by the end of the semester" don't fall for that...... stick with the due dates and if you have to shift an assignment to the right do that, hahah but I got CRUSHED in one of my networking classes with labs, like I was going to admit defeat but I spoke with the professor and he tried to help me out and gave me an extra day to do them and I did as much as possible and passed the class..... hahah never again wtf.....

I have my Discrete Math Exam TOMORROW, and I think I'm gonna fail. Well at least I might get a condoned fail if I do well in second term. edit1 - typo

Hey Matt, I really want to talk to you. I'm having a hard time in my uni and would really appreciate if you could help me with that just my hearing my story. Please I really need your help.

i Came Here Just After Seeing My Results in First Year Of My Degree CS..i Can Really Relate To Uu Please Give Me A Tip.. Actually I Was Also 90% Marks Kind Student But Now I Failed 2 Courses In My First Please What Should i Do.

oh god hahahahahh i thought i was the only one

HAHAHA ofc it’s maplestory