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« on: May 13, 2017, 06:39:06 pm »
5th-year, senile, all-around shitty student and a garbage-grade homo sapiens here.
Storytelling time. I've changed my course after having wasted a lot of time on something I didn't enjoy but people kept telling me was a "proper major". I was the absolute worst for 1.5 year, took a long break, changed my course. In many ways I was still the worst, but simply liking the subject made all the difference, resulting in top grades (somehow), and easy admission for MA. I have to admit that my discipline improved as well, but that came straight from being interested in stuff that I was learning (a feeling completely new to me at the time). Not telling you to do what I've done, but keep in mind that being a shitty student can be heavily dependent on picking a course in which you can't play to your strengths (that's what I keep telling myself to feel better about being a former heavyweight champion in academical shittiness). Normal pro tips include: joining or forming study groups (as mentioned by others), not skipping classes, and asking questions.