I'm in my fifth semester of college and I don't even know how to write a paper anymore.
As far as I know, most colleges have a Writing Center where you can get help for free.
My former method of getting good grades was to completely freak out at the last minute before an assignment was due
Give yourself more time to get things done. Do a little bit everyday, then you don't fall behind schedule. Usually the instructor lets the class know at the start of the semester what essays are due.
If you are failing one class already and don't think you can make it up, maybe just drop that one and concentrate on the others as the previous poster suggested.
By competition, I'm referring to situations where I take a core class and am expected to know how to do something before being told how to do it.
Maybe your situation is different, but in my case, I found that most of my classes build on information from the previous semester. If there is something you don't understand or know how to do, why don't you see the instructor and get help? Most instructors are willing to help.
It isn't just this semester I'm concerned about, it's the fact that I've been in college for five semesters and have hardly learned anything of real value.
So I take it this is your 2nd or 3rd year of college? Things didn't start to gel for me unil my 3rd or 4th year. Now I see how all my previous classes have helped me get where I am today. Not just because I had to take the class but now I see how I needed the information for what I'm doing now. That's probably why colleges have you take "core" classes before you actually start taking classes that have more to do with your degree.
Hope that helps!
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