LucianoVela

Forgive me; this is a long post -- one for which I desperately need advice for. College isn't going nearly as well as I thought it would...in fact I'm kicking myself for screwing up my undergrad GPA to the point of no return.. My grades are mediocre -- heck, they're pathetic (I have a .94 GPA). I used to be good at school, though I never made the highest grades, but this was years ago (2008), nowadays, whenever I try to make an effort to get homework done or study, I get extremely lazy and lose my motivation to do work. I always procrastinate and I can't seem to manage my time efficiently. I haven't made many friends since being at college either, and I don't know why because I am an easy-going person. As weird as this sounds, I love going to school, not to only see people, but to learn. I can grasp the notes easily in lecture -- but I have the hardest time getting started on my work. Ever since I started attending the community college back home following high school, my performance has dropped dramatically, and despite the fact that I transferred to KU last semester, my academic marks continue to drop, and now I'm completely rim-rocked with a .94 GPA. I'm on Academic Probation -- so yes, I need to raise my GPA above 2.0 after this semester, but the way I see it, having it go from a .94 to a 2.0 seems rather impossible and the term doesn't start for another 8 days. I'm already losing hope. I never had the courage to reach out to tutoring centers or other professors for help until half-way through last semester, which helped salvage some of my grades somewhat. I feel like I didn't start trying until that point, and I want to maintain that motivation for the entire semester -- not just when my grades are low. I've been told I'm an intelligent person, but I'm the type of college student who shows great potential, but is very undermotivated to do work. I have thought staying at KU to obtain a Masters in Cultural Anthropology, but those plans might as well be scrapped because of my grades. I'm a junior at KU majoring in Anthropology, but I may end up staying an extra year because of my poor progress thus far. My career GPA is above the 3.0 range -- it's my overall GPA (.94) that's gotten my future in a dark abyss. The last thing I want to do is to drop out of school. I need help, *not* criticism or anyone putting down my past decisions and progress, nor do I want advice telling me to "just drop out, you have no hope..." etc. I don't even want advice telling me to take time off of school; those are the last things on my mind. What can I do to raise my GPA from a .94 to a 2.0? I am taking 16 hours this semester: Calculus I: 3 hrs Biological Anthropology: 4 hrs. French III: 5 hrs. Academic Solutions (a required class for students on AP): 1 hr. Social Welfare: 3 hrs. Please. I do regret how my grades have been these past few years. I've suffered the repercussions, and there are more to come. As I said, I desperately need advice. Thank you.