Hi everyone! Thank you all for listening to my story and for sharing your own stories as well! Very happy to say I recently earned my doctorate in materials science and engineering after many years of hard work! Thank you for all the support :D

I failed college algebra, calculus 3, physics 2, and chemistry 2... I am now an E.I., engineering is not for the weak. Just keep going.

I remember watching this video after failing Calc2 and I legit thought I couldn't do it and questioned my ability. Now, I'm a senior in Mechanical Engineering and I have 9 credits left to graduate ( 6 electives ). DON'T GIVE UP! STEM is hard but not impossible.

“Tough time don’t last, but Tough people do”

Currently struggling with anxiety, depression, and failing calculus. But your video is giving me motivation to keep going! I want to be an industrial engineer and I have a long way to go, but thank you for putting your story out here!! 😭

I feel like this video was sent to me by God. I really needed to hear someone telling their story, thank you :)

I just failed my calc 2 class for the second time and it hit me too hard because i really thought i was going to pass. I was feeling so down and lost so i searched up failing calc 2 and your video came up. I am currently a Biosystems engineering major in my second year of college and i really needed this video. it gave me hope so thank you.

I just failed pre calc for the second time and this is barely my first semester as a computer engineering major. I am grateful for the newfound hope and motivation this video has instilled in me. This setback serves as a catalyst for my determination to strive harder and persist without giving up. Thank you for being this positive inspiration in my career. ❤

I failed calculus for the second time yesterday. It feels so devastating and I’m kicking myself so much because I get it, yet I never studied. For the final I didn’t study at all and it’s completely my fault for consciously failing to apply myself. I’m gonna go back and take it again and while I feel motivated to do it I’ve just been so angry today. Thank you for the video and if anyone wants to stop by and reply to me I’d really appreciate it. Just need some cheering up. Peace and love to all of y’all.

I never really enjoyed math and I dread having to take Calculus in the future. But i tell you one thing, MY DETERMINATION IS GREATER THAN FEAR OF FAILURE!

CS student here. I can relate to what you mean about stereotypes and expectations. I’m Black so it’s usually the opposite kind of expectations but just as harmful. I’m A Computer Science student hoping to go to grad school like you. Failing my first Calculus exam really brought me down. I really questioned my self worth and wondered if science was for me. This video was God sent and really gave me courage. I may not be the best test taker, I don’t go to the most prestigious school, but like you I am really passionate about my field and technology. I would do anything to see my dreams through. Kudos to you for not giving up, many people do. And even more kudos for putting this video out there. It has helped me and a ton of people. I believe it would keep helping me through college so I plan on rewatching and rewatching until I meet my goals.

i failed calculus 1 two times and its hella depressing 😭 its sad that i am left out of my friends ... i am currently studying mechanical engineering

I'm a freshmen and I think I'll be failing calc this sem. This was motivating and it got me out of panicking too much. Thank you

I took trig four times (two years straight) now I'm about to fail calculus for the first time. This CS degree is hard but challenging yourself makes life fun

This came at the right time. I worked all semester to get my Calculus grade up, only to blank on the final and fail. I realized that I did not grasp the fundamentals at all and was simply memorizing whatever was taught. I've wanted to be an Engineer since I was 9 and this is my first major failure in that path. This story gives me hope and determination to do better. I now know that this doesn't mean I cannot be an Engineer. I'll be back with a Calculus grade update in May.

I had to retake calc 1,2, and 3 and I just got my Engineering degree yesterday. It sucked but classes are much easier when you retake them

36yrs old and Just started a new career path into Mechanical Engineering. Math has never been my strong suit, and I know it’s gonna kick my ass. Glad to hear a success story from someone with similar struggles. Keep at it brother! Give us an update once you reach the finish line.

I can totally relate to this. In my very first semester of electrical engineering I failed 3 out of 4 of my papers. That devastated the life out of me. Everyone was so disappointed at me especially my parents. I always recall that moment as the darkest part of my life. I didn’t give in tho. I guess I just didn’t like electrical engineering, so I moved to what I really love which is mechanical engineering. After that, I just didn’t want to fail anymore because I didn’t want to see my mother cry out of sheer disappointment. So I persevered and push myself to work diligently. I ended up with straight B+ that sem. Which opened my eyes to my own potential and that I know to myself that I’m not incompetent and that I can do anything as long as I put my mind into it.

I failed calculus 3/ differential equations and gentics in one semester. However, I took them both again the next semester and passed. It was very emotionally draining, I started stress eating, and I built up lots of anxiety but i pushed through and by the time the summer came I was happy. I am studying biomedical engineering. I never thought I was smart growing up but I am here and I am doing it. So if I can do it, you can too!! for the people in the comments looking for extra motivation .

Hi! idk if you'll ever see this, but I'm currently a BioE undergraduate. During my first year, I fell into academic probation. I eventually got out academic probation my second year. My third year, however, I fell under a 2.0 again, and got kicked out of school. I was devastated. Now, after taking some community college classes, I got readmitted. My parents don't know any of this, and I'm afraid to disappoint them :'( The past few months have been difficult for me, because the friends I made in undergrad are now graduating, and I feel like a disappointment :( but your video made me feel like I'm not alone, so thank you for sharing about your struggle and showing another perspective :') I hope the best for you through your graduate school

I'm currently failing calculus for the second time, needed to hear other people talk about it. I appreciate you sharing your experience

I saw the title and after listening to the video, it just screamed hope. Thank you so much for this gem Currently on Academic probation cuz I failed calc 1 twice, but over the summer, I passed it and am now doing physics 1 and Calc 2. WE GOT THIS FRIENDS 💪💪💪

There are so many kids who need to hear this. I'm so proud of you for not giving up. Thanks for sharing this. There is so much bragging and not enough people out here who are willing to share their struggles so people can know you don't have to be perfect and that you can find your way after you fall.❤

I'm not Asian American but I can completely relate to your story. Thank you so much for sharing. It's crazy strange how much I can relate.

Thank you for this video. I really, really needed this today. I'm a mechanical engineering major, and I failed calc 1 once, I'm about to fail calc 2 for the second time, and I've just been feeling really low about it. But the part where you said the reason you want to be an engineer is to help people-- that really resonated with me. That's the main reason I want to do it. I want to see my designs help people, and improve their lives, and help the world in general. In all of the engineering classes, i make As. But for some reason, the calculus is really the sticking point. If i cant get through calc 2 the second time, i will probably pursue something engineering related but less demanding in terms of math. But again, thank you for this video, it really helped me. I feel motivated again.

I'm so glad I found this video. I just failed a subject for the first time in university. Ive been so worried that I will not get in to a PhD which is my goal but then I found this channel and you're doing a PhD. You really inspired me to work harder and change for the better. COVID made it very difficult for me to focus and I became lazy and depressed. Thank you so much for sharing your experience.

I am currently struggling in a STEM class and my professor doesn't seem to care. I started off with a loss of a family member this semester and I missed one class and felt 10 yrs behind. I pay and get finicial aid otherwise I wouldn't be going to school. I honestly was so stressed. This class is mostly graded on group work. I feel bad for me, but also my group members. I have made dean's list many times so this is not normal for me because I try my best. Your story really helps because I know I want to be a teacher. If I have to retake this class again, I will! I am not going to let this class or teacher's grading, get to me. Thank you, I needed this. 😊

I once failed a core EE course twice, & it was a requirement to graduate. I failed it one semester & dropped it in another, it was too hard, I thought it was impossible, I wondered how other kids did it. Some were saying it was very hard, but there are those who say it was so easy like a piece of cake, I felt so low & ashamed. Surprisingly I was able to pass classes that depended on it very well. I put it on hold for a year and a half, then got my revenge in summer.

this video and the comment section is my safe space 🥺i love my cs courses but the math course are kicking my butt!! i failed calculus twice and am taking it again right now, I do understand more concepts now than I have before but I'm still sooo confused. the only reason I'm doing super well is because it's online. but I don't want to give up, it just makes me so depressed a lot of the times. this video and comment section is making me hang in there.

Thank you so much for sharing your story. During struggles times, it’s so hard to see the bright side, but your story just reminded me to keep going.

i watched the whole thing! i'm very inspired by your journey both academically and personally and i know you will do great things in your PhD and beyond. what you said at the end about pressing forward with what makes you happy, regardless of what other think, really resonated with me as i've come to the same conclusion throughout my grad school experiences

I was also that nerd in middle school. I still plan my life 15 years out to this day lol. I did very well until junior year. When I was scheduling my classes for my junior year, I was ill-advised to take Duel Enrollment Pre-Calc, as it wasn't the equivalent to honors that my councilor had made it out to me. The class load was far too much for a bearly above-average student-athlete, thus I got sucked into "School is more important than mental health" scam. I worked nearly 8 hours a day for that class alone at its peak, which unfortunately occurred right after my first love broke up with me. I didn't know it at the time but I now remember the moment my brain stopped producing serotonin. I ended up passing the class by 0.1%, but at the cost of my senior year, my freshman year, three jobs, and three relationships. I struggled deeply with addiction and when I visited my family that summer, I couldn't remember their names or how I knew them. My parents didn't believe in mental illness before this, so they were completely naive. Senior year, I was filling out my college application for my dream university, Auburn University. Auburn was my inspiration to work my way out of the prison of special-Ed, give up any opportunities for a social life, and do well in school. I had my first major anxiety attack, that was so bad that I ran away from my computer as if my life was in danger. I ran for an entire mile screaming at the top of my lungs. Not being athletic, my mom found me collapsed in a ditch conscious but unresponsive to her. A few days after, she bought me my first prescription of antidepressants. I had started the Rocky road of recovery. This antidepressant seemed effective, but it slowly made my symptoms worse. My use of OTC pills got worse witch certainly interacted with my medication. This climaxed when my dad beat me for the first time and I ran away that night because I thought I could risk being capable of killing him. I wasn't home for 10 days and only returned because we were going to see family for Christmas. After we got back from vacation, my doctor prescribed me my first effective antidepressant. I stayed on that for 13 months. I was able to really start healing my grades, all of them were Fs. I managed to early scrape out straight C's my second semester because I had learned so little the first semester. Thus, ending the year with Ds and Cs. News Flash: This disqualified me from attending Auburn University. I then found out we were moving to Fayetteville, Arkansas so I applied to the University of Arkansas and got in. I wouldn't have graduated High school if I wasn't so far above a standard Diploma and if my teachers hadn't forged some of my grades (I had nothing to do with it. they simply felt bad that the system would prevent a honors-level student from graduating). We moved to Fayetteville, Arkansas immediately after graduation and I thought if I took the summer off, I would have enough time to be mentally healthy by September. You guessed it! No f*kin way. I quickly relapsed and started failing again, but worse academically. My average grades were about 35%. I thought I could get it up to a C if I got clean again, but that didn't happen. By the time I realized that I had little chance of passing, there were no more tuition refunds for dropping out, so I decided that leaning 35% was better than learning 0%. I continued to study until the day before the last day to drop classes. Since then I've struggled to keep a job but I have discovered that the medication I was taking was impacting my memory greatly, and have found a new medication that has brought me back to my former happy days.

Glad to hear I'm not the only one. I was behind the curve getting into university. Failed Cal I twice, Calc III once. After enough work, I become competent enough in the area. Now I have a few degrees in Comp Sci / Math. Been well employeed for over a decade now. Just ended up being a tiny bump in the road. That bump was mainly my ego.

For anyone who may need this: there is so much more than the grade. Get internships, take leadership roles for class projects, make connection, work/school life balance, etc. I have a lot of sucessful friends who failed and retook classes. I also know plenty of those who did well academically but struggle climbing up the ladder in the work force including myself. Be persistent & if academic performance isn't your best friend, embrace your soft skill strength.

I am so happy you shared your story on KZfaq. I am a freshman in BME and I think I just failed my chem, calc 1 and withdrew from physics. I have never been so low and I don’t know what to do with myself. It’s hard to see myself happy 4 years from now or even a semester from now. But somehow I know I will get through it all because of you. I am so so thankful!! ❤️

This really stuck out to me considering im currently on the verge of failing my calculus 3 class and its just my 2nd quarter in college. im also an mse major and ive only met one other person who shares my major so it was really great to hear you say that you are also in mse, it kinda inspired me to keep going, since ive thought about switching multiple times, telling myself that nobody's even heard of this major, nobody cares about it etc. etc. but this really hit home, thank you

wow!! what a motivation_ haven’t commented on any video on KZfaq before.. but you’ve inspired me to the core.

This was one of the most sympathic speeches ive ever seen thank you so much

Thank you for taking the time making this video! Very much appreciated

this is brave and beautiful as a younger undergraduate all I see hearing this is that you are smart enough to not leave your mental state get in your way.. Such an example

I am a neuroscience major who feels pretty lost about my future. You thinking about what you really want at the end of summer after sophomore year really resonated with me as it is what I'm going through right now. Taking all the premed requirements is nice and dandy, but I know going to med school isn't what I want. Problem is, I haven't exactly done enough extracurriculars for other grad programs or anything. Taking physics for now, but I aim to have some sort of plan by the end of summer. Thanks for sharing your story!

My major is maths. I failed cal1 3 times and the fourth is coming in a week. I'm going to fail again. And I don't know why this is happening to me. I didn't study at all. I didn't study a thing for two years. And now it's so hard for me to get back into maths. I am in deep pain and I don't understand why others around me can't understand my pain. I need support, I am severely depressed and I can't continue. Seriously. I feel like I have ruined my future.

Failed my first test in Calculus 1 today. But, swear to God that I'll go back to this video with my Civil Engineering license!💖🔥

Thank you for be transparent and encouraging!

I'm also a first gen student. My first semester of college was fine. 2020, though, has been getting increasingly worse. First I was struggling some in classes, and once quarantine happened, I barely passed my classes. I was fearful for my aid as well, I hoped this semester would go better (Fall 2020), but its not. I just turned in another assignment I don't feel too good about, and I'm glad I found this video to keep my persistence up.

Thank you for this video! I feel this deep and needed to hear your experience. I've repeated about 5 classes. Went through a major change and then switched back to accounting. So now, I am in my senior year not even in the business program yet. I feel like a failure and so behind. But this is my journey, and I need to keep pushing.

I really needed this. I hadn't failed a class before until this last semester, and it hit me pretty hard. I studied as hard as I could towards the end of my Calculus class, foregoing preparation for the finals of my other classes in favor of that small chance that I could pass Calculus, and as a result I ended up failing my computer science class despite thinking that I knew the material well enough. I was already contending with this mindset of being "pathetic" or a "failure" (which I never had until college), and it felt like failing two classes in one go solidified that idea in my head, but I'm starting to see now that thinking that way is disrespectful not only to myself, but also those around me who also failed much in the same way and yet still succeeded in the end. I hope that one day, I can make a video similar to this in the hopes that I can also reach another person who's dealing with the same bs. Thank you!

I needed to hear this, I am in CC and I’m taking 5 classes, i am doing well in class work/ homework but I have a hard time on doing well or okay on the exams, I get stressed out when I get a bad grade and I feel that my world is just falling apart but the I came to this video and I started to feel that I wasn’t the only one. So thank you 🙏

I’m failed my math class twice now and I’m taking for the third time with ambition. I was always bad at math and it hurt to fail but I’m coming back to finish it strong

Many people give up because they think about what other people are saying, and they are deterred from their goals at the first hint of failure. But failure is an opportunity for reflection, and to reform your actions.

Very good video my guy. I'm currently going thru something similar and hearing your story made me feel confident in my path so thanks

gpa - 2.9, dropped two classes on my 3rd semester. I just switched to computer systems engineering from EEE and this video just gave me the bump of confidence i needed. Thank you!

Hi, thank you so much for this video. I’m in similar situation to how you started and seeing that it is still possible to go to grad school is so uplifting.

hey, a civil engineering student. Just failed three courses( one physics, two maths). I didnt tell my parents about my result until recently... i really want to succeed in this field. I have never had a good grade in math but when i see people get it so easy so its like a challenge. Many hourse of hardwork. I am currently on 2.4 gpa. I dont know the zeal is coming from to get a 5.0gpa but my test scores are really low. I will keep pushing. I CAN DO IT... WITH GOD❤

That is the key to success--keep on trying. A very inspirational video!

Thank you for this 😊 I'm from the Philippines and I feel like I'm now left behind because I got delayed in med school. Sometimes I get ashamed but I appreciate you sharing your story because I can relate. 🤗🤗🤗 Lotsa hugs to you and I hope your family is doing fine in this pandemic!

I just failed Calc 2 for the second time. But everything you said about a personal shame really resonated with all the emotions I’m going through right now and it makes me feel better to know that there’s a way forward. Thank you so much for sharing your story. Truly inspiring

I remember watching this video after failing calc 1 in the fall of my freshman year. I was going through everything u were. Took it in the spring and got a B. Currently taking calc 2 over the summer and it’s going good so far. Appreciate you for posting this

God is good. I failed calc 3 due to my health issues but I was able to make it right the second time which i got an A. Also, I got A in all other math after that. Believe in God. Your story is important.

this video really hit home for me, i’m watching hours after a physics final that i’m pretty sure i failed. it’s my second time around taking calc 1 and physics 1 and i’ve honestly been feeling super anxious and depressed lately because i just didn’t want to mess up again but it feels like no matter how much effort i put in it just doesn’t pay off. i knew i wanted to do engineering since i was 7 years old and sometimes it feels like i’m not cut out for it but this video has made me see that others have faced similar struggles and have overcome, it’s given me the motivation to keep trying

Clicked on this vid as a prospective stem student who’s having a hard time in calc lol. Your story is so inspirational and I really admire your work ethic and perserverance through all this. Good luck with your PhD! You have shown you’re capable of doing well imo from your achievements so far.

Im a chem major and with all the online i genuinely think I might fail my orgo 2 class. Thanks for the motivation, it’s hard to feel like you might not succeed at the thing you’re supposed to be the best at!

Was almost failing Calculus AB earlier this year, but trying to get my great up before the AP test, thanks for the inspiration my guy

I needed this. Thank you.

Your video gave me so much hope. I'm currently struggling with depression and anxiety. On top of that, I'm going through a breakup that intensified everything. I'm in finals week right now. I found out that I'm not going to have to retake a class. My other 3 classes grades are C, C, B. I also think I'm on the verge of retaking another class. It really sucks because I'm striving to transfer to a state university and depression has messed up all my plans. On top of that, I have to pay for classes out of pocket next semester due to extra credits, so now i'm juggling with work and school. It really sucks :( I have reached out to my professors but some of them don't even give you a second chance. Well, I gotta keep my head up high and stick through it. I can't give up, not this far along in the game. Thank you for the story. Truly motivating.

It's my first year in college and taking Computer Engineering course, I manage to do decent grade on calculus 1 first term but later failed on my midterm, and now currently in the final term of my semester. I really lost my confident and started getting worried on failing entirely because I was doing good in mathematics during highschool and felt a lot shame to myself, but this video allowed me to gain motivation and confident again to continue working hard in my course, Thank you.

My son also failed Calc in high school . We got him a tutor and by the time he was in university he passed his exams with ease.If parents kept an eye on their children's progress , they can help or find help to improve the child's understanding of difficult concepts.

struggling with one of my ece major i failed the final exam and i hate losing. im going nuts. im so burnout atm. feeling so hopeless and i need to hear someone talk about failures and their solution for it. thank you for sharing your story.

I appreciate the honesty and candor, from the many comments below we can see that many people are getting encouragement and insight from it. So you already are (truly) helping people as an engineer. I was fortunate to not fail any class for Mechanical Engineering at Ohio State back in the early and mid 90s; but those years were the most stressful and most humbling years of my life. The stress of work, getting married, getting a house, having kids, paying taxes, etc, etc, etc....Nothing, nothing, nothing in "real life" has been as stressing as studying and/or taking tests.....Not even getting my Green Card and becoming a US citizen was as stressful as undergrad.....sheeeat.....not even getting fired was as stressful. The kicker is that I choose ME because it sounded hard and I wanted to do something hard.....I thought that I was gonna do an Engineering degree as undergrad and then do an MBA and then work in international trading (China was starting to open and develop then).... ...But after 5 years of not studying, taking the GMAT convinced me that I was no good for school. I wished I could remember my score so we can laugh together but no.....Like childhood trauma I totally blocked it (at 29 or 30 when I took it)....I honestly can't remember, even when I want to joke about it. I would not recommend Engineering, least to people like me who never planned on working as an engineer. If I had the chance to do it again, I would choose Economics or Business Finance/Accounting....The (Math) skills gained/learned (because I was not naturally talented) would still allow people to think that I am smarter than what I am, but the effort/stress would have been less. I was in college from 20 to 25 in San Francisco, CA and Columbus, OH......I should have enjoyed those years more.

Thanks for your transparency! Great video!

Dude I really needed this video! Thank you so much! I failed my second exam for statics and I literally won’t be able to pass the class. I literally thought I did good but I guess not. This video helped me so much because all my friends are really smart and are doing good with like 3.8 gpa and I just felt dumb but yeah thank you so much man!

Words of wisdom. This video is very meaningful and I hope you continue making these types of videos which will help many others. Thank you.

i am currently riding a low D in my first physics class and my world feels like it is crumbling around me. but this video, made 4 years ago... is a blessing. i want to save it and watch it every day if i need too. i was ready to give everything up. im doing it for the right reasons also. i hope i can return to this comment in a few years with a great update.

Thanks so much man, I feel for you on most points you covered here. For me. I am now a third year at UCLA and I got rejected for engineering because I wasn’t able to get the pre req GPA. I came in as undeclared physical science and I too want to pursue engineering. My options would be to stay at UCLA as another major but nothing else interests me so I am planning on transferring. I’ll do whatever it takes.

Thank you for sharing your story, its very encouraging.

I listened to the full thing. thanks for sharing your experiences. that had to have been TOUGH going through repeated failure as an Asian (due to the expectations that may have come with that)

Thank you, I really needed to hear this. I am an Architectural Engineering major and I failed my HVAC 1 class again the first time I got a D however I need a C to take the next course. I got an F the second time but I took it online. It is just sad that I am going to graduate in 6 years rather than 5 and it sucks cause I can pass every other class but this one, I just hope it gets better.

i'm watching this after getting my first D in college, and it made me feel defeated and devastated, but hearing your story made me feel like i can get back up!! thank you!!

Thank you for posting this It truly warms my heart to know that I am not the only one feeling like a failure on my final year of pharmacy school. I am literally going back and forth over if I am really competent to study therapeutics and experimental pharmacology even after getting accepted to top universities like UCL and KCL. I am currently scoring so horribly low on these subjects in my final year of undergraduate and I may possibly lose my rank among my class that I've worked for so hard. It breaks my heart to feel that all my undergraduate work is going down the drain infront of my eyes and I could have never imagined myself in the position I'm in right now. I keep asking myself "what is this trying to teach me? " I've come to the conclusion that I really never had any tangible academic experiences that involved failure. Although the courses I am taking now are tough and hard, but I feel that it is my fault I am not attaining the grades I want. I've studied nights, days and weeks and barley scored a passing grade. Thank you for sharing this because I am learning that this is a station in our academic journeys that we must stop at and learn something out of. Grades aren't everything yesss, but that academic competent student inside of us fails to recognize it. Thank you. Sending greeting from Jordan 🇯🇴

Thank you so much for your sharing, as a EE student, your video helps me a lot u can not imagine. I am anxiety and no self-esteem after I fail two classes 😭. Thank you sososososos much.

Thank you for sharing your experience. I want to become a Mechatronics Engineer. I failed uni twice and I`m re-doing my first year. Right now my confidence level is pretty much non-existant. I deeply relate to your life story as my parents did up to Secondary school and I am the first one going to university in my family. And just like you, I genuinely want to become an engineer to help others and most people laugh when I say that. Most of my Seconadary school friends are now graduates with a 3-year degree in hand and here I am redoing my year1 of uni. Your video gave me some hope that I can do it.

Thank you for sharing your story!

After earning a degree in engineering, I worked for three years as an engineer doing research and development. I NEVER used calculus on the job. Engineering science, sure, but not calculus, per se. And if you get a job in manufacturing engineering or quality control, statistics will be much more useful than calculus.

You are a legend. Keep it up!

It's been 3 months since I've thinking to shift into an another course because I failed calculus one on my first semester in civil engineering but your story made me realize that how can I fulfil my dream that is to help people if I'm going to stop pursue this chance. I think its time to decide for the comeback the stronger and better you. Thank you for sharing your journey.

I failed 2 years of my course recently and got academically suspended. Im doing EE and at this point I have failed so much I started getting anxiety. I can still get back into it next year and im hoping ill get a steady 4.0 gpa from now on. I was never an A grade student and the thing I lacked the most is my dedication and discipline on studying. I've never put on the hours. I honestly don't see myself doing a different field other than engineering, and engineers are prone to failures. If you're stressed out, just know what really got you into engineering or stem and hold unto it.

I really needed this video, thank you.

I am also an engineering student. I failed my calculus in my first year. I took it for the second time and I failed again, almost made it but no. I feel so down, I do even think about shifting course. I'm not confident enough to try the third time...

I know this is an older video, but it really spoke to me. Thank you.

I needed this. Thank you for sharing this video

I am currently failing the intro class of my major which is neuroscience. I am honestly questioning everything in a way, I try so hard and I've been changing my study habits. Im just struggling a lot with anxiety and depression, I don't know where to go from my standpoint now.

I received an email right now from my Calculus professor but when I saw this I feel relived 😭😭😭 thank you so much 😭😭😭😭

Currently in my 2nd sem., 1st year C.E. I'm already failing all my math subjects since 1st sem. And I'm becoming more depressed as days/months go by. Thank you for sharing this. It kind of lessens the stress and anxiety I'm currently going through😢

I also watched the whole video. I just failed Calculus A (which is equivalent to about 2/3s of Calculus I) twice in my freshman year. Thank you so much for this video. You motivated me to go on and pursue an environmental engineering career.

Hey man, I'm watching this at a not so great point in my second semester. First semester went well, but seven courses are beginning to kick my ass right now. No fails on my midterms, but not so great grades (I'm transferring to another school and need decent grades). I wanted to thank you for this video and this message, I want to pursue engineering to express my creativity and dreams. From what I see, I guess persisting even through the terrible will get me there! Also, I know this is a couple years delayed, but congrats on your PhD Dr Kong! :)

it was refreshing to watch this video and see someone else with the same struggles, but i’d like to also add a bit of my own perspective. i passed calc 1 with a A and no less than a 97% on any exam. i went into calc 2 two semesters later and scored a 51% on my first exam (albeit i did not study much). as a 4.0 student, i put immense pressure on myself to get 100% on every other exam in order to get an A, and put about 3 times more effort into my second exam, but still not enough. i scored a 51% on exam 2. the exact same score as before. i was defeated and stopped attending the class and decided to get an F, delay transferring by one year, and retake the class. i am currently in calc 2 again a year later, and although i understand the concepts and am putting in the work, i feel plagued by fear and anxiety. my emotions are a mess. in some ways, i don’t think retaking this class is worth the emotional distress, but i’m also worried that this perspective is short-sighted. i’m at the point where i’m going to take the first exam and see how it goes... and if it doesn’t go well, i’m going to give myself an out, which is changing my major. it’s funny because the idea of changing my major feels like lifting 100 pounds of bricks off my shoulders-because i’m not passionate about my major, and it is all just about ego. so my opinion is to analyze the situation carefully and put your emotional health above all else. if you are dreading a class this much... maybe it’s not worth it. but if you can get past this dread, i fully agree with the importance and working hard and overcoming failure.

this video really helps out. I started out as class of 2023 instead of 2024 because i did lots of credits in high school. well, I've failed calc three once, withdrew the next, and now I'm taking it again and it seems like I might fail again too. my first semester of college I ended up getting a 0.5... next semester I got a 2.0. now I'm on academic suspension meaning I cant do engineering courses and I'm now in class of 2025. I have one more shot after suspension. wish me luck!

I got to say God sent me this video. And helping people is why I want to pursue chemical engineering!! Thank you for making this video, thank you!!!👍

As somone who is currently taking Vector Calc and failing it at the University of Arizona this was a video I needed to see

I just ended up on academic suspension, which means I have to take continuing ed classes to get my GPA back up. My family calls me a failure on the daily, but I refuse to give up. I’m glad I fucked up, because I learned exactly what not to do in the process. It’s a minor bump in the road in my opinion. I will do everything it takes to achieve my dreams.