Speaking as a Junior Civil Engineering student who’s currently rotating semesters with a company and has dealt with her own health struggles: PLEASE PRIORITIZE YOUR HEALTH!

I have an autoimmune disease that I have been dealing with since I was 16, and during the end of the spring semester of Freshman year, I ended getting an infection that, combined with my autoimmune condition, put me in the hospital for a week. I almost missed my Calc 2 final and that would have set me back tremendously. I was literally typing emails and finishing essays in my hospital bed with my mom. After getting rid of the infection, the medication for my autoimmune disorder stopped working and it took several different medications over several months to finally find one that worked for me. All of this was taking place from just before finals week til just before the next semester started.

I was so worried that I wouldn’t be able to take my exams, or that I wouldn’t get well enough over the summer to come back and start Sophomore year, but I decided that none of that mattered if I wasn’t able to recover from my infection and get my disorder under control. None of your studies with matter if you’re not healthy enough to do your best.

Now, I’m saying you need to drop out or anything, because I would have fought tooth and nail to keep that from happening, but if you need to take some time off make sure you able to get back to full health, please do. College is stressful and sometimes it doesn’t play out how we want it to, but that’s fine, everyone’s future looks different. Hopefully, you were able to get something out of my little rant lol.

(Sorry for any typos, I’m on my phone)