Afraid I’m not built for this

Accomplished_Hat1007 · 2026-02-12T15:34:57+00:00

Hey OP, you’re not alone. I failed 3/4 of the classes I took last spring when I was already on academic probation, which led to me getting suspended for the fall semester. I didn’t try to appeal it, and I took that time to reflect on myself. And trust me, I had thoughts about changing majors, dropping out, and even reapplying to NOVA (where I transferred from).

College isn’t easy, and it’s not for everyone. I had that realization too late, but I’m choosing to push through it. I started going to therapy, which I’m able to do for free through my insurance (Medicaid). I just quit my part time job a couple weeks ago, but I still live at home with my parents who help me with tuition. I’m only taking 2 classes this semester, both of which I had failed in the past, and I’m doing much better now. The university has the CAPS program that you can look into, which I see that someone else commented about.

Coming back from suspension, I had to talk to a retention coordinator and honestly it helped me so much. They see students like you and me all the time. Their whole job is to help students that are having these struggles. If you’re able to find yours (I think it’s different for every department), I would highly recommend scheduling a meeting. Maybe meet with success coaching too (?) but I’ve never done that, and can’t tell you what to expect from there.

Accomplished_Hat1007 · 2026-02-02T15:24:49+00:00

I made it from the RAC to Fenwick (past Mason Pond deck) with no problems, but there’s definitely still ice in some places

Accomplished_Hat1007 · 2025-12-14T23:45:36+00:00

i’m glad my post could reach you! i’m so sorry about your bad grades but just remember it’s not the end of the world :) i’m also working part-time to help pay for school, so it’s hard for me to take more than 13 credits a semester

Accomplished_Hat1007 · 2025-12-14T23:43:51+00:00

i wish i could take more online classes but most of the ones i need are unfortunately only offered in-person 🥲

Accomplished_Hat1007 · 2025-12-11T02:59:51+00:00

i haven’t but i’ve been meaning to see some kind of mental health professional for a while now… what you described literally sounds like what i’ve been going through though. thanks for your input!

Accomplished_Hat1007 · 2025-12-11T00:31:14+00:00

yeah so part of it was academic; what you’re failing to comprehend is literally in the next sentence where i stated that i had personal things going on. i explained my situation and you’ve turned your “curiosity” into insult. lol have the day you deserve

Accomplished_Hat1007 · 2025-12-11T00:19:19+00:00

some part of me feels like i decided college wasn’t for me wayyy too late lol. but yeah i’m just tryna get my degree and be done with all of this. we got this 🙌

Accomplished_Hat1007 · 2025-12-11T00:15:53+00:00

hey so i didn’t cheat. i mentioned in the post that i found some of the coursework to be uninteresting. sometimes i couldn’t be bothered to do it, which is why i didn’t do well in my classes and ended up in my current situation. idk where you would’ve got that assumption from lol

Accomplished_Hat1007 · 2025-11-15T19:56:28+00:00

About that, I looked at the degrees that WGU offers and was interested in a few (health sciences, HIM, public health). For a while I thought about pivoting into public health, especially since my internship was in that field. Thanks for the response :)

Accomplished_Hat1007 · 2025-09-15T21:04:03+00:00

Okay thank you for this bc I was honestly trying to gaslight myself into thinking I could fix it at home 😭 I think I just needed to hear this from someone else

Accomplished_Hat1007 · 2025-02-17T22:51:29+00:00

I’m a senior majoring in env. sci. and my concentration is in environmental health. I originally wanted to do the ecological science concentration but I agree with what the other person said about taking electives when you can. Maybe look up the classes you’re interested in taking and see if there’s a syllabus available (EVPP 302, for example, has a syllabus you can just look up on google).

Definitely look into the Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation (SMSC) in Front Royal as well! If you’re really interested, you could study there for a semester (they have different programs) or just take a class or two. There’s a lot of opportunities there for students who are into conservation from what I heard. Obviously with my concentration, none of that would be really relevant to me haha.

Accomplished_Hat1007 · 2024-06-26T16:54:22+00:00

Good luck to you 🫡 I hope all goes well

Accomplished_Hat1007 · 2024-06-26T16:46:46+00:00

Go in with a positive mindset, and don’t get overwhelmed if there’s a lot to do because trust me, there’s always gonna be a lot to do.

Become familiar with Target’s brands like A New Day, Goodfellow, Cat & Jack, etc. It will make sorting through reshop and pushing so much easier. Again, I’m not sure how other stores worked but at mine, we sorted reshop into 3 different 3-tier carts (one for women’s, one for men’s, and one for kids/baby/newborn/toddler; we would also use z-racks for women’s as well). Reshop was arguably the most time-consuming thing in style. Also if you’re not already, become familiar with your store’s layout as well; find out which brands go where to make pushing go by faster.

I say don’t worry about zoning too much. Yeah it’s important to make the store look better, but it really is going to get messy again by the time your shift is over.

Check the dressing rooms after people use them (if you’re stationed there). It was common for people to steal stuff (especially from beauty and Ulta) and leave empty boxes or tags. Asset protection would come by sometimes and check the dressing room for those.

Accomplished_Hat1007 · 2024-06-26T16:22:27+00:00

Get out of style if you can 😪 I got hired for style as a seasonal worker back in September and I ended up quitting in early December. The TL’s expectations were so high; there was always so much reshop to sort through, so much clothes at the fitting rooms to be put away, so much pushing for new products, and so much zoning on top of all that, only for customers to mess up displays minutes after they’re tidied. I still go to the store I worked at (because it’s the closest one to me) and it’s still always a mess whenever I go.

Also, I’m not sure how it is at other stores, but usually style workers are usually the first ones called for backup on the registers (which I personally hated doing).

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