Gah I am going nuts
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Originally Posted by Kestrel
I bet you're not the only person who feels overwhelmed. My first year in grad school was a lot like yours, professors just start talking and expect you to understand, but the fact is you don't. The advice I'd give is probably do the reading, attend class, and, most importantly, work with other people on homework.
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Go to office hours. If there are any TA's or older grad students who have taken the same class, ask them about what you don't understand. Usually they went through what you did, so they know how to explain and conceptualize things. Don't fall behind. And it does get better....a lot of classes overlap, so by winter you'll be seeing things again and it'll be easier.
Edit: Oh, and doing homework and surfing HAN doesn't work so hot. Trust meh:
Edit: Oh, and doing homework and surfing HAN doesn't work so hot. Trust me
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Originally Posted by axemansean
School sucks... I feel excessively underprepared for my classes. I am expected to know so much more than I do. Its really starting to get me down, I spent the last 8 hours doing hw and it still doesn't make sense. 