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JoeBlogs · 11-25-2006, 01:00 AM

Hi everyone,

I'm in my third and final year of an engineering degree and am struggling with the work. Very early on in my degree I realised that I did not like it, but I didn't make the correct decision to change course, I just forced myself to carry on.

So now I'm in the situation where I might as well complete the course and get my degree as it is far too late to change, but I have a huge amount of difficult work to do, none of which interests me and which I am trying to learn on top of a very poor foundation. ie. I stumbled through the first two years so I don't feel that I know the basics well enough.

I'm not sure what to do.

How should I organise myself and my time?

How can I motivate myself to put in hours of work when I don't want to and it will be very difficult?

And I don't really know where to start. I have 9 subjects and a major project to do. The main thing I am behind in, I think, is 3 of the subjects. Though I don't feel particularly confident in any of them.

Any suggestions?

11-25-2006, 01:00 AM	#1 (permalink)
JoeBlogs Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 32	Struggling at University Hi everyone, I'm in my third and final year of an engineering degree and am struggling with the work. Very early on in my degree I realised that I did not like it, but I didn't make the correct decision to change course, I just forced myself to carry on. So now I'm in the situation where I might as well complete the course and get my degree as it is far too late to change, but I have a huge amount of difficult work to do, none of which interests me and which I am trying to learn on top of a very poor foundation. ie. I stumbled through the first two years so I don't feel that I know the basics well enough. I'm not sure what to do. How should I organise myself and my time? How can I motivate myself to put in hours of work when I don't want to and it will be very difficult? And I don't really know where to start. I have 9 subjects and a major project to do. The main thing I am behind in, I think, is 3 of the subjects. Though I don't feel particularly confident in any of them. Any suggestions?