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Back at school...back to feeling overwhelmed. I keep hoping it'll get easier, but it keeps going in the opposite direction.
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I wrote 10 midterms (9 of which were in 5 days) at BCIT. Let me tell you, it only gets easier until finals when you have to write 10 more. Yay!
If I remember correctly, you're working part or full-time while doing this. That makes it much more difficult to tread water, and the advice I give is coming from one (me) who refuses to work during times of education, so there's my bias, but cut your work hours back!
The best advice I can give you is chip away at it daily. Take much deserved breaks, but don't stop keeping up to date with the class material as it makes reviewing for exams exponentially more review based as opposed to last minute cramming.
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I'm at BCIT right now. Jeez, I seriously have no life. I'm not even 18 yet, I need to enjoy my life

I &^@#ed a mid term real bad, it wasn't even related to textbook or slides. Half my set failed. All the other mid-terms went really well. Now I'm depressed af though. This will hold me back one semester. No hope for final.
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First of all... holy &^@#! You're not even 18 yet? I had you figured for a mid 20's dude easy based on the [general] maturity of you posts.
Second of all, at your age biffing one class, while not amazing, is not even close to the end of the world. Talk to your instructor and the head of the program, maybe something can be worked out, especially since so many wanked the mid term in the same class. Sometimes a program head will usher you through no questions asked if you demonstrate significant improvement on the Final (like %90 or up if you scored say... %30 on the midterm, just ballpark numbers).
Don't give up though, and don't stress if you need to repeat a class. First things first though, (assuming the worst and your instructor/program head tell you to get stuffed) maybe you can take an online/night school/summer version if you want to finish on time and there's no other way. Dude, just know that at 18 I was dicking around smoking weed and being a goof, and that I continued to do so through much of my 20's as I attempted 2 different careers. What's my point? You will survive pooping the bed on 1 little class. It stinks, but you'll make it out the other side anyways. Don't give up. I'm an older student and would trade anything to go back and do school earlier with what I know now, I simply wasn't ready. If you're doing good in 8 of 9 classes at BCIT that's an achievement in and of itself, not a failure.
It's only my 2nd free weekend for a while now and this was my beer-induced rant.
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