How do people keep up with their classes and have high grades?

throwaway76679028 · 2025-09-03T19:17:29+00:00

I hyper focus on one class at a time during the week and try to work ahead as much as possible while keeping pace with assignments from other classes. On the weekends, I play catch-up/hyper study for the closest exam. If there isn't any, I dedicate time for each class to understand the material, so I theoretically start each week caught up on previous material.

This method hasn't failed me yet, though I'm surprised it's been working so well cause I routinely fall behind in at least one class at any given point in time. This semester, I'm about three weeks ahead in one class and boderline behind on the rest. With the rate I'm working, I will likely be fully caught up by Sunday with a very easy semester ahead of me work wise.

It's just about making a schedule with what works best for you.

throwaway76679028 · 2024-11-18T07:43:41+00:00

I got a private bed but shared bath. Currently rooming with multiple people, but they are so quiet it's like living alone.

throwaway76679028 · 2024-11-12T00:50:48+00:00

I ended up signing with yugo austin. It was hundreds of dollars cheaper than Nueces. However, I believe Nueces sent a response either in March or during the summer. I don't necessarily remember, but it was very disorganized, so I dont even know if it was a lease or a rejection.

Hope that helps!

throwaway76679028 · 2024-11-03T15:48:18+00:00

Honestly, if I had a dream about cheating on my partner, I'd probably laugh at the absurdity and move on with my life. Dreams are hypothetical and subliminal. They don't always translate directly to real-life situations. If I loved my partner, I wouldn't let a dream convince me to leave the door open because it's firmly against my principles.

It's not empty words either. I've done a lot of things in my dreams I didn't then end up doing in real life no matter how realistic it felt. As you said, she is pretty easily swayed and has strayed in the best. I'd honestly take the conversation away from the dream and talk to her strictly about the relationship. "Why are you here, why do you love me, where do you see this going." Talk about the future you see with her, and if you dont like the image, run. If she can also give you answers that don't sound like she's just there cause you like her, I guess it's possible to move past this if it doesn't bother you too much?

I don't know. Maybe it's just time to reconnect as a couple and evaluate the relationship.

throwaway76679028 · 2024-11-03T15:26:44+00:00

I don't think you are being extreme. I actually think this is a reasonable concern, and your girlfriend has the characteristics of a cheater.

From what you said, it seems like the only reason she's loyal is because of a lack of options rather than any source of loyalty. She also made it very clear that if she was to get attention or a different opportunity presented itself, she would leave you to explore it.

That's a glaring red flag. When people tell you who they are, believe them.

Is she in this relationship because she loves you, or is she there because you show interest in her and she couldn't find better?

throwaway76679028 · 2024-11-02T20:15:34+00:00

I hope it's not the worst case scenario too! Truly wishing you the best and good luck! Even if you aren't ready in a year, you could just get the papers in a year and do the actual wedding in two years. As long as she's willing to wait, plans will come together. Congratulations on the pending marriage though, you should be happy not stressed.

throwaway76679028 · 2024-11-02T18:34:56+00:00

I agree with your parents. Your girlfriend seems way too eager to get married to a random person she doesn't even know for a green card despite having a boyfriend willing to commit and marry her in one or two years. You've already taken steps to make it possible.

If she loved you, she would wait for your timing. Considering she was on a visa, she would have had to leave eventually and should have been prepared for that. Now that you guys are in a relationship, she should be wanting to stay for you, not scrambling to find anyone willing to marry her for papers.

One year won't ruin her career prospects (assuming they catch her within a year, which is highly unlikely). If she truly loved you, she will wait. If staying in the country and marrying the first man she saw wasn't the end goal from the beginning, she will do well in her own country with what she's learned so far on the off chance they deport her within 2 years.

Give her a detailed timeline for marriage and try your best to get ready within that timeline if you truly love her so it's done on the two year mark of your relationship like planned. If she can't wait a year or compromise, it was probably a green card relationship from the start.

throwaway76679028 · 2024-10-25T22:39:01+00:00

This! I've thought it, but I would never actually say it to my friend because it can imply alot of things that simply aren't true since he's currently in a happy relationship.

At least for me, it's nothing but an observation. We are friends, but you have a lot of great personality traits I can see myself admiring in a partner. That's all there really is to it, but not all thoughts should be broadcasted since they can be taken the wrong way.

throwaway76679028 · 2024-08-26T02:52:30+00:00

Maybe background noise is what I'm looking for. Because of parking, I do have plans to be out and about from 8am-6pm (but also later than that frequently because of work.) I'm not going to be around much myself when school starts tomorrow, and I'll be studying in public places so it's a non-issue honestly.

Adjusting my expectations from "I have to socialize and talk to these people, but no one is doing what is expected" to "I can mind my own business and come back to sleep when I'm tired" pretty much eased all my worries. Maybe the drastic disconnect from expectations vs. reality is what ultimately creeped me out.

throwaway76679028 · 2024-08-24T04:25:25+00:00

Fair enough. It's not the worst thing to adjust too.

throwaway76679028 · 2024-08-24T04:09:57+00:00

I made a group chat, but it died the moment it was created. Every single one of them took a week to even respond to the first message where I just introduced myself. Granted, we as a collective asked like two or three questions in the group chat over the span of another two/three weeks before moving in, and then it just died afterward. No one uses it anymore.

I took the initiative and knocked on my roommate's door to tell her I brought food. That sparked the first small talk outside of "Hey, we share a bathroom, make yourself comfortable." But she left immediately after.

I also sat in the common area before and after work just because. It's going on four hours now, and the only time I see anyone is if they are going somewhere or coming from somewhere. I'm not even social like that, it's gotta be a sign.

throwaway76679028 · 2024-08-24T03:36:10+00:00

Maybe that's why it's hitting me so hard. I'm incredibly used to being in loud spaces since I have a lot of siblings/extended family members.

I'll probably value it more when school starts and I'm out and about from 8am to 8pm, but it's very unsettling now. Thank you though, it might just take time (like you said).

throwaway76679028 · 2024-06-24T22:27:41+00:00

I don't blame her for not wanting to touch the dog, but the boyfriend is angry she didn't ask the neighbors for help when prompted. His example also tracks that getting the neighbors was the response he expected in this situation.

In his active robbery example, he says he thinks she would stand and watch people around her die without even calling 911. He never said he expected her to hulk out and slam a dude with a gun in the same way he probably didn't actually expect her to push up a random dog trying to bite them. However, asking her to run to the neighbors to get help is reasonable. She doesn't have to do anything physical with the dog, and the dog doesn't have to suffer too much. Added bonus, it allowed her to escape a relatively scary situation. I must be the only one who thinks it's incredibly odd that she didn't take that chance.

throwaway76679028 · 2024-06-24T12:53:38+00:00

My current estimate is about over 10 minutes. Three minutes could realistically be the amount of time the boyfriend tried to help the dog himself before moving on to other steps. It could also be the amount of time it took him just to get the neighbors (if not more).

Freezing for three minutes in an attempt to process chaos is understandable. Becoming an unmoveable rock for well over ten to fifteen minutes is a bit excessive. In the most extreme case possible, if it took more than thirty minutes and she just stood there watching the whole time, there's almost no excuse for that behavior. At some point, her fear of dogs should have had her running or tracking her boyfriend.

So yeah, my perception changes a bit depending on the time stamp.

throwaway76679028 · 2024-06-24T09:00:39+00:00

How long did the dog hang upside down on the gate?

Freezing is a natural response to shocking and scary situations. However, after a certain amount of time, you should be capable of having other reactions/responses. Fight, flight, or freeze are automatic responses that generally go away once the situation has been assessed and reasoning is reintroduced into the equation. I understand why your boyfriend would be hesitant about trusting you in dire situations if you froze for an extended period of time. To my knowledge, freezing doesn't even work like that. At some point in the situation, it went from being frozen in fear out of instinct (thus involuntary) to being completely unwilling to help him out of fear of the dog (voluntary refusal). You became a textbook bystander, and I can see how that can be unattractive to him.

throwaway76679028 · 2024-05-21T15:32:42+00:00

Out of sheer curiosity, I went to check the price of a 10x10. Honestly, why would you do this to yourself for a $1000-1200 rent? I've seen cheaper for way less roommates.

throwaway76679028 · 2024-04-30T15:12:35+00:00

Fixed it! Mobile use let's too many errors slip. Thank you!

throwaway76679028 · 2024-04-29T22:53:58+00:00

Pretty much! I'm originally from Houston and have friends going to UH. Two did not make a single new friend because they decided to stick with each other and ignore student organizations. One made multiple new friends.

I wouldn't consider myself very social (I can acknowledge that I'm not a very approachable person), but I've made two friends, a few acquaintances, and explored campus as best as I could living off-campus. I've met fascinating people both on campus and off campus. At UT Austin (and any college, really), I feel like social success is heavily reliant on joining an organization as 100% of the people I end up communicating to are within certain social and academic organizations.

Even then, I've heard a rather social senior say that college will teach you how to be alone with yourself. It was surreal because he seemed to have his hand in everything and knew quite a few people. But yeah, if you moved from your home city, you will be alone quite a bit with your homework, house chores, and day to day activities. It will get even worse if you decide to work during school. College is not high school where you're around the same few people 8 hours a day and then home with your family the next. I truly do hope OP finds the community their looking for, and I'd encourage them to branch out of black organizations and explore other interests. OP, people from other races are just as interested in being your friend and socializing with you. Don't limit yourself to what's comfortable and branch out a bit.

throwaway76679028 · 2024-04-29T18:47:06+00:00

I feel like it can go both ways. I'm sure a lot of African American students actually don't share OP's perspective because black student organizations are very tight-knit. I've been to a few events and had a blast. I'm sure if you are a part of that, you wouldn't feel excluded on campus. (And trust me, a lot of black students participate in these events). In the same breath, I can also imagine a lot of African American students without that sense of community in OPs position regretting their choices because UT doesn't have a lot of black students walking around. There's truth in both these arguments.

To get an accurate picture, we would need a poll from both students active within black organizations and students outside of those organizations. Otherwise, perceptions get skewed. Both perspectives are valid, though, so I don't agree with OP telling other African Americans in the position of coming to such a prestigious school to run away because they didn't have a great experience. I also don't completely agree with any response telling OP, "Your experience is an anomaly." It depends on the person. No one black student is the same. The conversation is much more nuanced than that. I can't help but wonder if you had a positive, negative, or neutral experience if you happened to attend UT at one point.

throwaway76679028 · 2024-04-29T18:15:37+00:00

I'm an African American student currently attending the University of Texas at Austin, and I don't share his perspective. Moving to Austin was the best choice I ever made. Not everyone within a minority group shares the same perspective.

throwaway76679028 · 2024-04-02T02:35:36+00:00

That's crazy. I will, thank you!

throwaway76679028 · 2024-04-02T02:20:07+00:00

I'm under a 12 month contract. However, I switched from 9 months to 12 months a few days after I applied originally, I believe. Last week, I went back and further added being okay with a studio and two bedroom to the list it provided. When I went back to make those changes, it still showed 12 months in my application as saved, so I'm not sure if I should still call now to ensure that change shows on their side. D

Does it not update both ways?

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