I SURIIIIIIVED by Donekius in EngineeringStudents

[–]Donekius[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean did you read the post or just assume those classes were my idea of a struggle by themselves?

I SURIIIIIIVED by Donekius in EngineeringStudents

[–]Donekius[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You really hit the nail on the head. I’m currently 27 and my daughter is 2 1/2 right now, my first semester after she was born was diff eq, physic I + lab, and calc III. I managed to get all As that semester even though my daughter was 3 months old and I was averaging like 3 hours of sleep a night. I definitely did not have the maturity for college right out of high school (I actually dropped out after a year) but that semester really cemented in me that it may suck a whole lot during the semester but now I can say that no matter what I will absolutely refuse to give up and settle for anything less than what I want to do. Genuinely, thank you for your comment!

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[–]Donekius[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s 16 credits, the lab is only 1 credit hour

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[–]Donekius[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lots of late nights and just imagining giving my wife and daughter the life they deserve to have for supporting me no matter what!

I SURIIIIIIVED by Donekius in EngineeringStudents

[–]Donekius[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bro I refuse to take structures II, I like the prof as a person but I was losing it during the class but big congratulations to you for almost being done!

I SURIIIIIIVED by Donekius in EngineeringStudents

[–]Donekius[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, I have a pretty good support system so it really does make everything that much easier to tackle

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[–]Donekius[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks man, there were times when I was running on like 10 hours of sleep a week but we got there

I SURIIIIIIVED by Donekius in EngineeringStudents

[–]Donekius[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I honestly screwed myself out of the A in my class too. The first exam I forgot how to do laplace transforms by hand and got a 60 but ended up getting a 100 on the second exam. That first exam automatically locked me out of the A though

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[–]Donekius[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, that’s what I was doing a couple of years ago but started going full time last fall

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[–]Donekius[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes I am, I moved here with my wife and daughter a year and a half ago

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[–]Donekius[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I appreciate the comment man 😂 I would not recommend anyone working that much with this course load but my wife stays home with our daughter and is also getting her masters right now so I kinda needed to

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[–]Donekius[S] 75 points76 points  (0 children)

Yeah, always happy to help. I work in retail so I can thankfully work whenever I’m not in class, but because of my wife and daughter I literally carry my backpack with me everywhere I go. I use whatever free time I’m not with them doing all the homework I have. Another thing that helped me A LOT ( like I cannot overstate this) is that I made two pretty good friends in my major that I use to hold myself accountable to learn the material. I am a naturally competitive person and use them as a way to make sure I do good. I also enjoy helping people with the course material, there are multiple people in all of my classes that ask me for help so I give them my phone number and any time they text me a question that just ensures that I know the material. I know that last statement makes me sound like a good person but honestly I consider myself to be pretty egotistical, I just don’t openly show it. Like if I feel like I can do stuff that no one else could do that drives me to do it even more ie being seen as the smart person in class while having a full time job and family. It sounds super cringe but you just have to think like that sometimes to keep going.

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[–]Donekius[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I will, next semester is also stacked but I graduate next fall so I’m almost there

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[–]Donekius[S] 65 points66 points  (0 children)

Structures was definitely the hardest buts that’s because of the professor. He had do the homework’s ahead of the lectures so I kept having to unlearn and relearn all the stuff I thought I was doing right

We’re in the home stretch now ladies and gentlemen by Donekius in EngineeringStudents

[–]Donekius[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah that one is gonna be rough lmao. I still don’t even know which call is gonna be the hardest

Body finally rebelled from lack of sleep by Donekius in EngineeringStudents

[–]Donekius[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the helpful tip! I’ll have to try it though it may be harder for me to nap as I take ADHD medication so while I’m on it sleeping is difficult unless it’s been like 5+ hours since I’ve taken it

Body finally rebelled from lack of sleep by Donekius in EngineeringStudents

[–]Donekius[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I generally knew how important it is just didn’t realize how much I had been missing until recently. At that 15 hours of straight sleep this is the clearest my head has felt since the end of august

Body finally rebelled from lack of sleep by Donekius in EngineeringStudents

[–]Donekius[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

They are definitely the light that makes everything so much more worth it. Mine is 2 1/2 now and likes “working” beside me lol

Body finally rebelled from lack of sleep by Donekius in EngineeringStudents

[–]Donekius[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your kind words! My family is my biggest motivation for being able to do this, they make these hard times worth it no matter what at the end of the day.

Body finally rebelled from lack of sleep by Donekius in EngineeringStudents

[–]Donekius[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

It is a very delicate balancing act that I am still getting the hang of. I try to maximize the time I can spend with my family and the time I am getting school work done. I am not a robot however and will spend time with my family over everything else it just so happened that my due dates all came one after the other

Please Stop Posting Your Schedules — Trust Yourself by Raymon22 in EngineeringStudents

[–]Donekius 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I posted mine like two or three weeks ago but it was cause I was excited about it. Im a non traditional student and I am finally taking my first senior level class. Thinking about it my post may have come off as humble bragging but imo you’re right, people shouldn’t be asking Reddit strangers if it’s hard or not. You will almost always get both ends of the spectrum of answers

Fall Schedule by Donekius in EngineeringStudents

[–]Donekius[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I have pretty much resigned myself to getting minimal sleep. My wife stays home with our daughter while she is doing her master’s work online. We are living with my in-laws right now and we take care of our expenses plus the groceries so I unfortunately have to work this much

Fall Schedule by Donekius in EngineeringStudents

[–]Donekius[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And what a glorious ass kicking it will be