studypops:

Fair warning, this is not going to be nice. But it will be honest.It’s what you need to hear, though.

1. Stop complaining and get your shit done. No one gets a 4.0 gpa by sitting on their ass and complaining about their professor. No. one. Printer ran out of ink in the library and your project is due in 30 minutes? Guess you’ll be sprinting to Kinkos! Need help in a class but your professor sucks and wah wah wah? Guess who’s going to tutoring hours and learning this shit on their own?? YOU. 
2. You HAVE to take responsibility for your own education. No one is going to hold your hand and kiss your head when you get a bad mark. You have to motivate yourself, you have to put forth your own effort. 
3. Take advantage of allllll the resources you are given. Email your academic advisor, talk to your TA after class, get notes and old tests form the library and for the love of God please email and go to your professor’s office hours. I don’t care how big of an asshole they are. They are people, people who have control over your grades. And being so, control over scholarships, degree plans, letters of rec, and a ton of other important shit ok. Go talk to them. Email them before the semester starts and ask about the course, express any interest you have. Make sure they know who you are. Trust me.
4. Your professor gets paid if you pass or fail. if you attend a major research based university, you will run into professors who honestly do not give a shit about the lecture you are in. But the thing is, you still need to get an A. If the class is large enough there will be a TA, they are a godsend. Email them, discuss, meet with them. Get through the work. It is your responsibility,
   
5. Be prepared to make sacrifices. I feel like people often forget whyyyyy they’re paying $50,000+ a year to go to college. You get your degree, you go on to better things. College is not about the parties. It is not even about your friends. College is selfishly about you and your education. I know, I know, BUT SARAH ELIZABETH-       No.         College needs to be taken advantage of. You will make friends and bfs/gfs and that’s all great and dandy but sweet lord it is NOT why you are there. If you are putting off reviewing for an important exam for chilling with friends and netflix, you have already hurt yourself. You lack the drive needed. Your grade will suffer. Fun is fine, when the time is right. But finals week, the night before your 8 am final is not the time to go out. Sorry not sorry. 
6. Stop picking BS classes, people. Look at the world, no like, reallllly look at it. I know you love to study XYZ subject but come on. We live in a capitalistic society, everything is measured by monetary gains, this is our reality. If there is 0% marketability in the degree you are working towards, do not waste your money. Please. College is expensive, do not waste it getting a degree that will not help you in the future. It’s reality check time. Switch your major, it’s ok. I know, that’s not nice. But shit, I have watched tooooo many people get their degree, spend thousands and thousands of dollars getting it, graduate, and then BAM! They can’t get a job with it, they can’t pay off their loans, they are in debt for a very, very long time. Google your potential job marketing for Christ’s sake.