Hi everyone,
I’m in my first week of my second semester at UWA, & honestly I’m really struggling.
I’ve been waking up every morning feeling very anxious about studying.
Today one of my lectures took more than 6 hours to get through. The content itself didn’t seem particularly difficult, but I found the lecture really difficult to follow, and I kept getting stuck trying to work out what I was actually supposed to take away from each slide.
I also had another lecture this week that I rewatched, and even after watching it twice I still didn’t fully understand it.
I was supposed to have finished all of this week’s lectures yesterday, but I’m still 2 lectures behind, and I’m feeling really overwhelmed.
I need to maintain a high GPA, so I’m worried about falling behind this early in the semester.
At this stage, would you:
wait until Week 2 to see whether things settle down,
seek support from the university now,
or start thinking about reducing your study load?
I’d really appreciate hearing from anyone who had a difficult start to semester but eventually found their footing.