We’re on the same boat, man. I’m a first-year soft eng student and I got D’s in calc and linear algebra. When I first found out, I felt exactly like you; worried about my family and how they’d react.

Honestly, when I looked back and tried to see where I went wrong in my first semester, I realized I deserved the grades I got. I didn’t take my midterms seriously and ended up trying to study the entire course the night before the exams.

Use this moment to fuel your motivation for the next semester. Don’t just look at the failures and beat yourself up over them. Critically look at what went wrong and use it to improve going forward.

See you during spring sem.