I am currently a first year chemical engineering student, it is at the end of the year and the year end exams are nearly over.
In my first semester I did all right, passed everything except chemistry and our introduction to chemical engineering subject. My dad was livid about this, and told me there is no use in continuing with the course. never the less, I continued.
The second semester was where the real trouble started: I had only 4 subjects (Engineering Mechanics: Statics, Electric Circuit Analysis, Calculus and Linear Algebra, and Humanities). I did very poorly in Mechanics and Calculus, ended up deregistering the modules and didn’t get exam entrance for Electric Circuit Analysis. I wrote one exam, Humanities, and it has nothing to do with my degree.
I am going to be academically excluded, and will have an appeal, off of which it will be decided if I am allowed to continue my studies or not.
My parents aren’t even considering allowing me to study further, and even if they wanted to they wouldn’t be able to afford it, as my one sister is doing her final year next year, and my eldest sister (who is currently paying for her masters and helping out with my other sisters tuition) took out a loan so that I can study this year.
So I will have to take a gap year next year... I am so anxious about this and I feel so out of control.
This year has really been the worst and I feel like a complete failure.
If anyone has been in a similar situation or has any advice, please share your wisdom.