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ravkes
This really doesn't have anything to do with what most of you are familiar with, but I'd probably peg you guys above average in intelligence relative to other forums so I thought I'd give it a shot.
I had a pretty good GPA and above average SAT scores coming out of high school that enabled me to get into a college that's ranked in the top 50 in the nation.
However, for the past 4 years of my college career I've avoided challenges and picked laziness over schoolwork. This motivated me to pick the easy major, business, after almost failing out when I majored in industrial engineering. However even after this switch I still choose to cheat on a lot of my exams, I don't do any homework, I barely go to classes and I get super low grades. Consequently, now I have 1 year left and I constantly feel uneasy because I know I'm not prepared for life since I haven't learned anything marketable.
I'm lucky to still be here with my 1.93 GPA but whenever I try to study I feel lazy and a great deal of fear and anxiety overwhelms me.
I believe this is a habit that I've had since probably 2nd grade when I had trouble with subtraction. I wasn't able to keep up with the other kids and my teacher didn't help me. Because of this, I gravitated towards to the easier liberal artsy type subjects. However, choosing to attend a school that's comprised of engineers led me to come face to face with the reality that the subjects that I mastered (History, English, Languages) really didn't make me an intelligent person. In fact, disliking and consequently not working hard in my math and science classes over my entire life has left me at a massive disadvantage.
There is a little bit of hope though, I can still get a concentration in either accounting or finance with my remaining credits. However, this is going to require a massive overhaul of deep seeded habits, insecurity and general lack of quantitative thinking processes and experience.
What do you suggest I do to overcome my laziness, fear, anxiety and low self-confidence in terms of academics, intelligence and learning in general? I really want to work towards financial freedom and I know I need to increase my intelligence to do so, because my current habits aren't getting me anywhere.
Thanks.
I had a pretty good GPA and above average SAT scores coming out of high school that enabled me to get into a college that's ranked in the top 50 in the nation.
However, for the past 4 years of my college career I've avoided challenges and picked laziness over schoolwork. This motivated me to pick the easy major, business, after almost failing out when I majored in industrial engineering. However even after this switch I still choose to cheat on a lot of my exams, I don't do any homework, I barely go to classes and I get super low grades. Consequently, now I have 1 year left and I constantly feel uneasy because I know I'm not prepared for life since I haven't learned anything marketable.
I'm lucky to still be here with my 1.93 GPA but whenever I try to study I feel lazy and a great deal of fear and anxiety overwhelms me.
I believe this is a habit that I've had since probably 2nd grade when I had trouble with subtraction. I wasn't able to keep up with the other kids and my teacher didn't help me. Because of this, I gravitated towards to the easier liberal artsy type subjects. However, choosing to attend a school that's comprised of engineers led me to come face to face with the reality that the subjects that I mastered (History, English, Languages) really didn't make me an intelligent person. In fact, disliking and consequently not working hard in my math and science classes over my entire life has left me at a massive disadvantage.
There is a little bit of hope though, I can still get a concentration in either accounting or finance with my remaining credits. However, this is going to require a massive overhaul of deep seeded habits, insecurity and general lack of quantitative thinking processes and experience.
What do you suggest I do to overcome my laziness, fear, anxiety and low self-confidence in terms of academics, intelligence and learning in general? I really want to work towards financial freedom and I know I need to increase my intelligence to do so, because my current habits aren't getting me anywhere.
Thanks.
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