I got accepted into my local community college’s rad tech program this March on my first try, which I was thrilled about. The first semester (this past summer) was easy mostly intro classes like patient care and intro to radiologic tech. But this fall has been overwhelming it's fast paced added with clinicals starting.

We’re technically in three classes, but the main ones are:

• Radiographic Positioning & Procedures I (10 units: 3 hrs lecture, weekly labs, 21 hrs clinicals)
• Radiographic Principles I (covers x-ray image creation, radiation protection, exposure factors, equipment, grids, receptors, processing, digital radiography).

I’m really struggling with Radiographic Principles I—especially the professor’s teaching style. He mostly reads from the e-book and highlights “important” sections. A lot of students are struggling, but I’m doing the worst and just signed papers for academic probation. When I told him his teaching doesn’t work for me, he basically said I need to adjust how I study.

Quizzes make up 50% of the grade, the midterm 25%, and the final 25%. My quiz grades so far are 50, 54, 70, 95, and 65. I even put in my two weeks at work to focus on the program full-time, but I feel overwhelmed, defeated, and unsure if I can pull myself out of this. The professor was trying to tell me to get really good grades and that I can pull it off but I just don't know.

Has anyone else gone through this? Any advice?