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[angel_]

I want to do well. i really do. I just don't know what to do. Studying is so hard for me. dealing with being back at home is fucking hard for me too. I think it's making it worse but i don't have the time to be blaming things. I need to step up big time or i am going to fail. I just don't know what to do with myself. I am really struggling. I

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[froglette]

Everything will be ok Maci you're only young there's no rush in deciding what you want to do. There's no point sticking with something you dont enjoy or have a passion for or at least an interest in because your bound to find it hard to work at if you just dont care. If you need some time to chill out your welcome to come round any time or we can catch up for coffee or something :) Take care and keep your chin up girly *hugs*

[rain_in_spade]

Dropping a subject before the cut off date is better than failing it.(I did it a couple of times to work and rework things) I have been to uni, changed courses sorta, dropped out for 1.5 years, gone back to a different uni but finished my degree. I did modify my course when it bored me to death but I kept going and finished it and I am very glad that I have that, you can't put .5 of a course on a resume can you? non completed studies are worth absolutely nothing. I did marketing as a major and I highly doubt I will ever work in that department directly but the fact that I finished those studies in my experience has always put me in a much better position for any job I apply for and much more chance of promotions within organisations.
Also I did a minor in something compelely not career related but very interesting and fulfilling for me and I think that was the best part of it all. So yeah maybe alter your course a bit for the work world and a bit for you as a person, best of both worlds. imho :)

[hypersomnia]

what they said! :)

i've failed 4 subjects. dropped down to 3 for 1.5years.. pulled out of one this semester because i couldn't manage 4 at once... and it took me til 2nd year to get my head around the whole uni thing... as buckets said.. its better to drop one than fail it (my fails look shit on my transcript) and it's a mammoth load off just doing 3 instead of 4 units.. even if its only a psychological thing.. i could have done 4... but doing 3 means i dont kill myself. a good trade off.

[hypersomnia]

i think it's too late for me to drop a subject without getting a fail for it. *shrug*

things probably aren't as bad as i think they are. ive learnt a hell of a lot more about the subjects im doing this year then the ones i did last year. so maybe i might not fail. i can't make up my mind. i don't think ill be getting the marks to get into pharm though. but there's always bendigo lol. plus im mature age so that's gotta count for something.

and if i don't get in i can always do what my uncle did to get into law (which he did so well in that they named an award after him) and call them every day till they get sick of me and just give me a place. but i don't know if pharm works like that. apparently the entry is very tight. they only allow as many ppl in as there's going to be jobs for (hence it's such a stable job).

[angel_]

i forgot to sign in

[angel_]

oh btw my brother failed physics twice and got kicked out and had to talk his way back in and went on to major in it and get accepted into honours and now has a phd. so i guess failing isn't the end of the world either.

[hypersomnia]

cut off date for a 'withdrawn' appearing on your transcript is the last day of april. after that a 'n' = fail appears. you still get charged the unit fee either way though.

but it isn't the end of the world.. as you say.. bendigo rules. id come visit! its only an hour away on the train man.. i pass through it on the way to my folks

[angel_]

i've decided im not dropping a subject. mostly coz im being stubborn, which probably isn't a good thing.

bendigo's only an hour away? man that's the same as frankston. lol

and if not bendigo there's always tas, or qld, or one of the other 10 or so unis that offer pharmacy.

or just not transferring and staying in my degree and working in a lab or something. yeah.

it's frustrating, i just want the year to be over so i can figure out what i doing next year.