u/newnoon111

Sorry if this is a silly question.

I recently got diagnosed with dyscalculia in March. I reached out to the accommodations office at my school and had a meeting with them. I won’t find out if I get accommodations until August before school starts. Just in case I don’t (or even if I do), I’d love to hear some tips.

I’m in college now, but math has always been my biggest struggle. Dyscalculia is obviously a huge part of it. I have practically no foundational math skills. After my clinical assessment, I found out I’m at about a 3rd-grade math level (which was really embarrassing to hear). I struggle to grasp even the most basic math concepts (like division for example). I’ve failed two math classes so far and a physical science class (it required so much math…), and I still have to take four different math courses for my degree. I would already be done with my gen eds if it weren’t for my math and science classes (the science gen ed credit I need involves a lot of math). I’ve tried tutoring with multiple different tutors (I even received tutoring from my former math professor), but none of the content ever seems to stick. One thing that really worries me is that two of the math classes I still need are only taught by the same professor. I failed her class last semester. She doesn’t allow calculators on exams, and we only get one hour to finish them. The exams are around five pages long with no multiple choice questions. When I took the class before, time would run out and I’d still be on the first page because it takes me so long to work through the problems (even then, I would still get all of them wrong). I don’t think there’s much I would be able to do about this though if I don’t have accommodations.

So for those of you who made it through college math, what helped you pass? Did you use any accommodations, certain study methods, or other strategies that made a difference? Were there any resources you found especially helpful? I’d love to hear any advice or feedback. Thank you.

Silly question, but genuinely…how do you make new friends? I’m in my second year of college and I still haven’t really made any friends on campus. I’ve gone to a few events at school and in my dorm, but I usually end up sitting by myself. I have pretty bad social anxiety, so I’m very quiet and awkward around new people, and I worry that I come across as unfriendly even though I do want to talk to people. I do have a couple of very close friends, but they don’t go to my school and they’re busy with work most of the time. Lately I’ve been feeling pretty lonely and realized I don’t really know how people actually make friends in college. I’ve had social anxiety since I was young but it’s really never been this bad. Any advice would help.

Thought this would be fun :)

Girls:

1. Althea
2. Leonora
3. Maxine
4. Octavia
5. Evangeline
6. Daphne
7. Marisol
8. Theodora
9. Pearl
10. Winifred

Boys:

1. Leland
2. Oscar
3. Beau
4. Dorian
5. Ivan
6. Everett
7. Barrett
8. Reuben
9. August
10. Lyle

After struggling with BED disorder since childhood, I have finally managed to not have any binges at all. The food noise is always there, but I’m powering through it. These past weeks have been the hardest weeks of my life so far…but it’s so rewarding seeing how far I’ve come. I went from binging practically every day at my lowest to no binging episodes at all. 🎉