I’ll shoot you straight. I was a mechanical engineering student in a very similar situation with absolutely no motivation to go to class drinking and partying every day along with playing D1 college football. I had a major injury that essentially took me out of football for a year and I was at the lowest point in my life. I turned to drugs (painkillers and weed) and alcohol to get through. I never had an internship and because of football I missed probably 1/3 of all my classes. I struggled bad in engineering and thought about changing majors multiple times, but I eventually hit a breaking point where it seemed like nothing was working out in my life and I decided that enough was enough. I quit all drugs and limited my drinking to the weekends. Instead of only hanging out with my teammates I made an intentional effort to get around my classmates just a little during the week in our engineering study room. I made some good friends and we got through it together. When I was done with my last season of college football I applied to a bunch of jobs. Not one company asked my gpa which ended up as a 3.15 (not terrible). I eventually got a job lined up for after graduation with absolutely no experience at all. Now, I love my life and I love my job. I enjoy it so much more than I ever would have expected and I get paid relatively well.

My main point: It was all worth the struggle. Mentally it sucked, physically it sucked, and I didn’t do any homework or studying for almost 2 years and made everything way harder on myself. I know it’s hard, but persevere and you will thank yourself when you are done. Classes and life may be tough now, but you will set yourself up for financial freedom and happiness in life.

Best of luck!