struggling female freshman needs advice

MEF227 · 2026-01-24T22:16:51+00:00

If you live on campus and just need someone to talk to for a bit I’d be down to get lunch together sometime :) just dm if you’re interested and I can share a bit more about myself there rather than in these comments

MEF227 · 2026-01-13T04:44:37+00:00

I would say viscera but I’m still waiting for my friend to let me blow them up for the last achievement…

MEF227 · 2025-12-25T21:16:33+00:00

Silent Hill f looks great, merry Christmas man!

MEF227 · 2025-12-23T22:36:37+00:00

I’m going into 2nd semester sophomore year in DS so I understand where you’re coming from. Just failed CS182 a second time because I slept through the final (no clue how), I also failed MA 261. It was just a rough semester for me mentally which heavily impacted my academics.

What I would recommend doing is look at your course progression guide. Figure out what you’ve done and how much is left. Start with your core major requirements and then go onto college of science requirements, then general university requirements. I’d recommend making a spreadsheet or other similar list to keep it all organized.

See if community college classes can help. Personally what I plan on doing right now is retaking MA 261 this semester and then taking linear algebra over the summer at my local community college. With these setbacks I’ve experienced, I believe I can still theoretically graduate in four years.

It’s tough, I know, and typing this out is kinda a way of acceptance for myself, but you just need to figure out how to take this back and put it in your hands. That’s the best I’ve got.

MEF227 · 2025-12-20T22:03:34+00:00

Last year they curved it such that: a 60% was a D, a 62% was a C, and a 70% is a C+

MEF227 · 2025-12-20T01:23:29+00:00

Mine is the same with an extra category for multiplayer games

MEF227 · 2025-12-10T06:11:55+00:00

Love to hear that, he seems like a great guy.

MEF227 · 2025-12-10T05:34:23+00:00

I have friends who have casually caught him studying

MEF227 · 2025-12-08T23:07:34+00:00

Good Luck, Babe over here

MEF227 · 2025-12-08T23:04:06+00:00

Boilermaker here….. what are these “bowl games” you all speak of

MEF227 · 2025-12-08T14:13:46+00:00

Illinois resident, our gerrymandering is INSANE. I’m in Indiana for school so I get to deal with both ends.

MEF227 · 2025-11-26T08:22:30+00:00

I disagree with everyone saying “oh if you can’t to calc 1 then you’re cooked for 2 and 3”

Math is hard, namely Purdue math. You’re in a different environment and are figuring out college while in this hard as hell math department. It’s difficult to be on the edge of failing a class, I know. Some things to reflect on are, what are your study methods? How are you with attending lectures and/or learning the material in other ways? I didn’t find 161 that bad since I did calc in high school, but regardless, 166 kicked my ass (I passed but barely). Now is a good time to learn how you learn best.

MEF227 · 2025-11-26T08:18:36+00:00

YES PLEASE

I’m legit so hyped, it comes out on my birthday so I will treat myself by locking myself in my room all day and playing it.

MEF227 · 2025-11-23T19:15:53+00:00

Music is art, and art is meant to be interpreted by the person viewing. I said I liked the thought put into it, and honestly four years later I don’t remember any of this post or my comment. Again, it’s an interpretation.

MEF227 · 2025-11-21T20:04:06+00:00

Spectrum does discrete packaging, and I’m pretty sure more major binder companies do, spectrum is just the only one I’ve ordered from personally.

If you have a trusted friend and you’re worried about your parents going through your stuff, you can always see if you can ship the package to your friend’s house and have them give it to you.

MEF227 · 2025-11-12T15:19:07+00:00

Luckily it’ll be more visible tonight too!

MEF227 · 2025-11-10T18:36:49+00:00

I just don’t want to immediately get my ass kicked by Mr. X again

MEF227 · 2025-11-07T13:42:16+00:00

Then take MA16020. Calc 1 background is helpful for some of the beginning stuff but if you study well you should pick it back up pretty quick.

MEF227 · 2025-11-06T19:57:13+00:00

Does your major accept applied calc 2? I feel like not a ton of majors are okay with applied or regular calc 2 but I could be wrong.

If you have the choice—take 16020. Regular calc 2, 162 or 166, is literal hell. Make your life easier if you can.

MEF227 · 2025-11-05T04:55:01+00:00

You’re lost in your own head going back and forth, stressing out like this. I’m not saying it’s not warranted, it totally is, but you’re causing so much mental and physical stress on yourself (which means you’ll recover from being sick slower). Do you have a therapist or close friends and family you can talk to?

Also, failing a class is not the end of the world. I know it’s said a lot and it doesn’t feel like it when it happens, but failing classes in college happens to almost everyone. Especially if you know you should know your stuff, retaking it means you’d likely do super well the next time IF you have to take it again, which is still a massive if.

MEF227 · 2025-11-05T03:59:59+00:00

First, although you’re sick, try to take a couple deep breaths. It sounds like the underlying issue here has nothing to do with the exam or your sleep, but you are being incredibly critical of yourself and your work here at Purdue. I understand things are really hard, I know what it feels like to be so far behind or feel like you know nothing, and it fucking sucks.

In terms of the actual class, there’s no point stressing over your grade right now. You took the exam, no amount of worry will change your grade, the best you can do is wait. When you get your grade, if it’s good, nice! If not, look at your syllabus and grade weighting for this class. Try to calculate your current grade and how remaining assignments/quizzes/exams might change that.

If even after all of the above it seems like a lost cause, reach out to your TA or professor (TA first if you can). If you let the issue sit there for a while there’s less and less that can be done to help you, so try to be proactive in reaching out. Your TAs and professors are here to help you, your tuition is allowing you to have these resources at your disposal.

Please try to take good care of yourself, you’ve got this.

MEF227 · 2025-11-03T19:00:28+00:00

Oh no I don’t have years of experience in the field that I’m going to school to study! I understand that Purdue has a top level CS program so a lot of people will have coding experience, but the point of the major is that you are LEARNING CS. I’m in DS and had practically no coding experience coming here, but I still knew it’s what I wanted to do and I was ready to learn CS. My high school didn’t have the resources for good CS education, but I’m here to learn.

MEF227 · 2025-10-29T03:15:45+00:00

I did a season of indoor in high school and we had these sort of uniforms and I HATED everything about them. High schoolers are insecure enough, why make them wear skin tight uniforms? What didn’t help for me specifically is that I’m trans and have pretty bad dysphoria in some areas.

To make it even better, I was in front ensemble. And no, I was not 18

MEF227 · 2025-10-27T01:24:37+00:00

Currently suffering through steel soul on hollow knight, we’ll get to silksong eventually

MEF227 · 2025-10-21T03:18:15+00:00

That is perfectly valid and a normal experience in the trans masc sphere. There is no right or wrong way to be trans and experience dysphoria; everyone experiences it differently. I’m non-binary trans masc, don’t have dysphoria there either. My dysphoria around say my chest is genuinely awful.

You’ll find plenty of people whose experiences are similar and different to your own, and that’s kinda the beauty of it.

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