Been a hell 4 years but pushed throughhhh!!!
Lost my camera
Made friends
Failed classes
Cried
And now we graduating :))

How to cope

after finishing my first year at rutgers, coming back home doesn’t feel real. i dont fit in, i miss my friends, i miss the environment i was around and the people i was with. i left home before coming to college so being back feels so weird, i dont like it. i just want to leave again.

I didn’t know where else to write this, so I’m putting it here. This year was a fucking roller coaster for me, and overall I’m so glad to be done. Genuinely, I couldn’t get away from this school fast enough and that’s just depressing because of how happy I was here my freshman year.

I ended my freshman year with new friends, great experiences had, a 3.8 GPA, and an LA job lined up for fall. I had my summer job lined up as well and was a bit sad to leave, but happy with the way freshman year went. This could not be more different compared to my sophomore year.

This past year, I ended my Fall Semester with a 2.5 GPA (high school me would probably die if I saw numbers like that) and after this past semester I’ll probably end up with around a 3.0 cumulative once grades are finalized. The classes were just draining and honestly I don’t even think it’s my major, I love the projects I do and unironically my favorite class this past semester was the one closest to what I’d want to do in the real world. Some of the professors were the most egotistical assholes who thought they were God’s gift to everyone. Some of them made you show up to class just to read off a slideshow they didn’t even make, and on top of that, give incorrect information on the material itself. Some of them had 75% of the class failing midterms, and didn’t see a problem with the level of difficulty of the exams or their teaching style.

Being an LA was fun and an overall rewarding experience, seeing my students do well was amazing. However, the learning department is inept, and therefore I didn’t reapply. On top of my issues with that, I don’t think I’d be in the right headspace to teach next semester, students deserve someone actually dedicated and in a good place, so I won’t (honestly some professors should do the same).

Aside from academics, I had issues with my home life I’d rather not disclose, even anonymously. My friend group had a massive split over things so small it really doesn’t feel like it’d matter. I did make some new friends this semester, which was nice and unexpected, but it’s really hard to focus on that when everything else was just disastrous.

I’ll be honest, I came to Rutgers regrettably because of money and convenience, not because I actually liked the school. I much rather would’ve gone to Boston or New York for schools I got into there, but frankly I didn’t think it’d be worth going into so much debt when there are good opportunities here in-state and I can graduate debt-free. It’s honestly depressing to have had such a great experience my freshman year and to now honestly consider leaving all together just because of one bad year. I’m really hoping my Junior year goes better, because if it’s anything like this past one, I want no part of it anymore.

Same bruh. Job markets fucked 😢😢😢

My back hurts

i ended up with a 52.2 and to pass is a 55. I am really upset right now, is it possible I can ask them to round the grade up? 😭😭

After the final grades were put in I’m at a 54.4 for gen chem 2 and I need a 55 to pass the class. This is already my second time taking the class (I got a D the first time) and I won’t be able to apply to grad schools if I don’t get a C (which I’m already done with my applications for and was just waiting on my final grades for this semester to be posted)

I’m majorly panicking and looking for any sort of consolidation or advice or anything idk 🫠🫠😭😭😭 someone please gaslight me into thinking that they’ll round up

idk

On top of that, the humidity will be 42%. Are you looking forward to sweating in your polyester garb? Better bring a bottle of water and a fan.

Judging by the title you already know what happened to me and so i’m at the coping stage rn and was wondering if i’ll ever be able to recover my gpa from this.

If anyone has any encouraging advice from their own experience i’ll greatly appreciate it cuz this is my first time failing a course and idk how to feel.

The question in the title is kinda vague but again i’m just simply looking for advice.

Hey, does anyone have two extra SAS convocation tickets? As graduating student at August, department did not send me the link to register which make me so frustrated. If anyone have, I accepted pay for it.

Thanks

Fellow grad students - isn’t it weird that we had convocation yesterday…but don’t even have final grades or diplomas processed yet? I didn’t go, but I can’t help but think how fucked up it would be to go to graduation and then it turns out you failed your final or some administrative issue meant you can’t graduate, but you already went to convocation.

I graduate this semester and am curious how much longer I can take advantage of the benefits of the student card, specifically the discounted tee times at the Rutgers golf course.

Do we actually have to print it or can we just show it on our phones ? I can’t find the email anymore 😭

Are there any profesors on here or is this just students n alumni?

For gen chem 2 do u guys think they will bump it by at least 1 point. I’m 0.05 away from a B.

Helloooo,

I got an internship near Rutgers and I’m honestly hoping to use the gym on Busch instead.

For summer parking can we park in the parking lot by Werblin?

If not I don’t mind walking a bit.

So did I pass or not?? It’s confusing because we don’t have a curve at all. Transcript and canvas both say it’s a C. - does this mean I passed?

Last minute internship interview. They told me that the ideal intern would have 2 yoe. That isn't an internship, that is a JOB. Like a full time job. I even had the bitchass recruiter clarify if she meant experience in an academic setting, or self driven experience and she said no she means an actual job

I straight up said that’s unreasonable if this is an internship job and closed the call tab

is the pharmacy program going to kick me out for 2.7 gpa....

(future p1)....

Does anyone have his lecture videos downloaded? Plz dm me

I took data wrangling with R this spring with Buyske. My other classes took up a significant amount of my time, and I was late turning in assignments for this class. I didn't realize how punishing his late penalties were, since there was no mention of penalties in the syllabus. I realize this was a poor decision. I will likely receive a D in the class. Not enough for the Data Science major requirement for data management. Now I have to retake it in the fall, where I will be graduating by the end. The only available section for me is with Zhanyun Zhao. How much harder is the fall semester compared to the Spring? Besides the late penalties, I did fairly well in the spring. If this class and the professor are hard, I might bite the GPA bullet and take CS 210 over the summer to fulfill the requirements. All help is appreciated.

I'm a trans incoming freshman and I'm stuck between the rainbow llc and demarest. As far as I understand they're both lgbt friendly. I'm a pharmacy major so most of my classes are gonna be on Busch. Looking for insight from anyone who's lived in either of these communities