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Do the math on remaining points to see your best realistic finish; if you’d need near-perfect scores to hit your target a single W is usually kinder than a low grade that drags your GPA and risks the scholarship. Ask advising about options like pass/fail, grade replacement on a retake, or taking the course in summer/at a community college with guaranteed transfer so you don’t slip a semester. If you stay, ruthlessly focus on high-weight items and spin up a quick peer study group; two focused sessions can beat waiting weeks for tutoring.

To add to that - Co-sign the points audit and add one check: your aid’s SAP rules (often a 67% completion rate and a max timeframe) treat W’s as attempted credits & so a string of withdrawals can threaten eligibility even if your GPA is fine. To avoid pushing graduation, see if the class runs in summer or has an approved equivalent you can transfer from a community college or an online section your department accepts. If your school offers grade replacement on repeats, a W now plus a strong retake beats a low grade that lingers; if not, the math still rules - drop if the needed points are unrealistic.

Before you decide double-check your scholarship’s Satisfactory Academic Progress rules; a W can count as attempted but not completed credits and hurt your completion rate even if you stay full-time. Use the syllabus to map what scores you need to hit your GPA target, and get a quick, candid read from the professor on whether that’s realistic and if options like pass/fail or an incomplete exist but then... in practice, a single W isn’t a red flag, but multiple Ws are, so if pushing through risks dragging down other classes, withdrawing can be the cleaner choice.

I've got this quirky habit of timing my solo study sessions with a kitchen timer that looks like a cartoon brain to keep my ADHD in check and and it works wonders for focusing alone on the tough stuff. But yeah, join the group for those sticky biology bits – splitting time sounds smart, like one evening group, the rest solo. For rules, we always designate a 'focus captain' who rings a silly bell if chit-chat starts, keeps it fun but on point.

One more thought - Solid plan. Two quick adds: start with a 2‑minute brain dump to clear the noise then use that page as your capture sheet, and set a concrete target for each sprint (finish problems 1–10) with a visible timer so there’s a clear finish line but then keep breaks low‑stimulation - stand and stretch, water, snack - but skip feeds; earplugs or steady brown noise can also blunt ambient distractions and make it easier to restart.

Build a spreadsheet mapping every term by prerequisite chain and slot accordingly. For what it's worth, taking a few minutes to practice this in a calm setting usually helps it stick.

Paper plus a folder and daily 10-minute review beats any tablet.

Put on noise-cancelling headphones and blast focus music.

Hey Eleanor. You will remember more if you spend the time retrieving, not rereading. Use this 30 minute timer routine. Minute 0 to 1 pick two topics and put your phone on Do Not Disturb with the timer open. Minutes 1 to 13 do a blurting round on paper. Close the book and write everything you can recall for those topics and like definitions, steps, dates, and formulas. Minutes 13 to 16 check with the book and mark misses or shaky items with a star. Minutes 16 to 24 review only the starred items and build simple prompts for them, like Q on one side and A on the other on scraps of paper. Minutes 24 to 30 do a second recall round from memory on the starred items and two random ones you got right earlier. To keep focus, face a wall, put the phone on DND with the screen down, and study in the same quiet spot each night. Since long reading makes you zone out, turn headings and bold terms into questions first, skim for answers, then cover and write or say the answers from memory. For facts and vocab use cover write check, and for processes use the Feynman test by explaining the steps in simple words as if to a younger teammate. Keep a tiny hard list of misses and bring them back on a simple spaced loop like next day, two days later, and a week later, and on test day spend the first minute doing a quick brain dump of the formulas or steps you drilled.

Hi Donald, Divide your week: days 1-2 review notes. Days 3-4 practice questions. Days 5-6 full mocks and review errors. Day 7 light review and rest.

We went through this with two kids and an old farmhouse :) A simple non Wi Fi kit was the least headache. Ours is the that model and it does the basics really well. The handheld reaches from attic nursery to first floor kitchen and out to the porch where our Wi Fi is useless, and it stays paired without me fiddling in an app. Battery life has been better than I expected. With the screen on for dinner and bedtime routines it still has plenty left for a late check, then in VOX it coasts till morning. On a heavy day I plug it in during story time and that covers it. Night video is grainy but perfectly usable to spot pacifier drops and those little half sit ups before they fully wake. If you know you want phone access and sharing you can do a Wi Fi camera later, just beware you will probably need a mesh node or an extender near the nursery or the patio or you will be chasing disconnects and notifications that lag by seconds when you most want instant feedback.