r/Purdue

i scored 48 in midterm 1 which ik is super super low and i can’t absolutely can’t retake this class what do i do i need to do well in this class 😭😭😭😭💔💔💔💔
how cooked am i and how do i uncook myself

Nothing special just decided to celebrate alone in Texas Roadhouse.

Dear Purdue

You constantly take away our lives through stress and HW, and then rail us with midterms, and if that wasn't all, you add another midterm a day later to kick us while you're down. But why oh why must finals week be when Avengers Doomsday is coming out? You make Dr. Doom look like a saint...perhaps Marvel should've gone with Dr. Pur-doom

I don’t understand why PUSH makes you wait a month or longer if you’re sick or injured. Is this normal or are they understaffed? ATP why do I pay the wellness fee.

Minnesota beat Michigan, granted Michigan isn't very good this year.. and we beat them by quite a margin.

Not that I'm complaining, but.. what's going on. We going bowling this year?

Instead of studying CS classes I decided to make this website that tracks every Instagram post from clubs that mention free food or events. I have a list of about 900 club instagrams that it goes through every other day in search for events. Let me know what you think!

Disclaimer: I'm don't go here, I made it for my friends at purdue.

Just had the midterm. Felt like I got cracked. George.

Hi guys, as October starts and school starts picking up, I felt like this was something a lot of people could resonate with.

My freshman year, I was so unhappy to be here. This school was never my first choice, and I'm also in a very rigorous major as an out-of-state student. I was super homesick at all times, and to hide how miserable I was, I spent all my time partying, hanging out with friends, or just doing anything but studying or going to class.

Obviously, I failed miserably my first semester. I did so bad I was put on academic notice in both my sorority and through Purdue. I failed two major-required classes and I was so embarrassed that my mental health slipped even worse. I'm like 90% sure I was depressed for all of my second semester, and I barely managed to scrape by with my grades so I wouldn't fail out.

It's now my sophomore year, and I find that my life is going a lot better. I sucked it up and I'm retaking the classes I've failed. I have support systems who genuinely care about me. I'm taking classes with mandatory attendance and finding it so much easier to get out of bed, even when they're 7:30s. I'm eating right, sleeping right, and taking care of myself thanks to the people in my life who care about me.

My only problem: relearning how to be a student. I haven't genuinely sat down and did my own homework in years, always using AI or blatantly not doing it because I was smart enough to get by on the exams. I feel like a five-year old, trying to sit here and stare at my screen and actually retain the information that I'm trying to learn. I'm embarrassed, and quite frankly, it's been a huge blow to my ego. I see people around me who are able to sit for hours and hours at a time and work through huge lectures, and I can't even sit here for long enough to focus on one problem on my 20 question assignment.

It gets better, and I know now that I am never alone. Life has its' up and down points, and at Purdue, I feel like the down points always hit way harder. If anybody has any advice or kind words, that would really help me out here.

TDLR; I failed my freshman year, trying to be better during my sophomore year, but unsure how to learn how to study and learn how to be a student again.

I passed CS 182 with a C last semester and had to retake CS 240 this semester. Given I pass 240 this semester, the default plan is to go into CS 250/251. However, I heard from a few people taking the course that it's pretty much CS 182 mk.II (ie. an extension and application of concepts from discrete math)

Given that I didn't do too well in CS 182, how can I prepare for CS 250/251? Do I need to retake CS 182 for a better understanding (and grade)?