I Failed My First Year Of University - 3 Lessons I Learnt

Failing Your First Year of University is never easy. It's a big change, moving from High School to University. There are different expectations, different work loads, no one cares if you fail University. It's a big shock. In this video I talk about my experience at the University Of New South Wales, how I failed my first year at University, and the 3 lessons that I learnt from this experience
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:21 Why I Failed
2:50 What I Study
3:09 Lesson #1
4:23 Lesson #2
6:00 Lesson #3
6:36 Outro
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Music:
Song: LAKEY INSPIRED: Days Like This
Intro and Outro Song: Lo-fi Type Beat -Rain Prod Deadboy Beats
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[ky-ikcz]

I'm and first year and I've always been a major procrastinator. Despite this, I was able to do well all throughout highschool and on my external exams. As a result, I never broke these bad procrastination habits. I was always able to get away with doing to bare minimum and still getting relatively high results, and so my bad habits carried over from highschool to uni, and now, im behind on all my classes... the difference between highschool and univeristy is that atleast in highschool i was up to date with content because there was no option for me to not go to class. I feel like a failure. It's embarassing, especially since the uni im attending is "prestigous" and all my friends in my class are incredibly smart and don't appear to be struggling. it's just me. I've been contemplating switching programs in semester 2, but there is nothing else i could see myself doing, and i shouldnt just give up just like that, because I haven't even tried hard in the first place, let alone try at all. Im slowly trying to break these habits, but it's towards the end of sem 1, and I know im gonna fail, it's too late. Ill just have to hope i get better next sem :(

[tawseeftaher]

1. uni is hard
2. study smarter, not harder. active recall and spaced repetition is mandatory
3. consistency

4. catch up (mandatory) if you are on lag
5. don't let your grade/result degrade your self esteem

[Svabby]

I don't know what to do with my life. I'm in my first year, first semester, and there is only 1 week left till finals. I don't have the courage to tell my parents or others that I might fail and I don't want to be a disappointment but I know I am. I just wanted to make my parents proud with good marks & degree. I have been working and saving money for this university for awhile. I went into uni working full-time thinking I could do it, got about a little more than halfway through before I had quit my job and now it's finals and I feel useless.

[ahammedmuhammadshafin]

Love the way you just give away key answers to questions we are curious about, not farming video watchtime. Really saved my time coming back to watch the full video and to comment. Thanks a lot!!

[madisonlawson]

To just vent a little bit, I am currently enrolled in my first year at my university and I have failed two semesters. I went to class at the beginning of each semester and I studied super hard. However, I got my first exam back in pretty much all my classes and it was disappointing to see such a low grade. I had worked really hard and that is the grade I got? So at that point, I stopped going to class and I didn't study because I came to the conclusion that even if I do study I'll fail anyway. I pretty much spiraled after that and I got into this depression stage where I didn't really want to do anything. I'm currently on academic probation and I'm scared about what the next semester will bring, or if I even get to go back. I can't afford to see the look on my parents' faces If I have to tell them I failed out of college. Anyway, thanks for listening.

[RMakeVideos]

Currently failing 4/5 classes (failing all the online classes, doing good in my in person class)
I don’t play video games, I don’t party, I don’t go to clubs. I have pretty bad mental health issues that are mostly managed by medication, but overall the thing I lack is work ethic UNLESS I’m absolutely obsessed with something, and even then I still procrastinate. I dropped out of college last year because of the same issues but went back thinking I was prepared. I was not. I’m at the point where I MIGHT be able to catch up and pass, but most likely I’m going to fail. I’m very scared about my future, I don’t want to get kicked out of college or not get my financial aid that I need to stay in. I can only stay at my parents home rent free while in college, my relationship’s future kind of depends on this, and I struggle to hold a job because of my problems. I could go into this a lot more, but I just want to say that I am very scared.

[Thylacinuscyno]

this really helped. I just failed my first class college algebra 143. I feel terrible but i realize its not the end of the world. I am a straight A student in all my other classes, I just need a second chance.

[wangvito]

I faild my first year, I thought it is like high school, retake courses and u can get back on truck.. But things doesn't work that way in Uni, today I just had a conversation with an advisor and ready to apply the reinstatement letter to show that I have the ability to do study. I was totally lost myself and hanging around with some friends, not even go to school bcz it was online records. I just want to hang out. Maybe it is because I studied really hard and had a bad time before so now I did everything rataliated. Untill one day I realized I am failing the first year. And I don't know what to do now... I am really scared to tell this to my parents and my friends…

[platonymous]

Watching this after failling my intro to C class (a prereq for pretty much all of my cs courses) and calc 1. Im gonna just take this as a learning experience and make sure to not repeat my mistakes.

[szynkaparmenska]

I passed all my subjects for first year exept the one - constitutional law, and unfortunatly I needed to retake it the second year. The second year I passed all subjects for the second year, except that sneaky CL that I had already failed the previous year. But because I passed all of the others and I've done very well, I was allowed to repeat it once more. In september I will have an exam in CL and I pray to God for me to pass.

[lydierayn]

I just did my first round of exams. I failed so hard, i need some emotional support

[lbell]

I'm not a first year (third year student of physiotherapy) but I failed 3 out of my 4 subjects this semester. This means I can't do 2/4 subjects next sem (those subjects are prerequisites), resulting in me having to repeat third year again. I failed because: a) 3rd year is a MASSIVE step up from 2nd year, b) I wasn't prepared with the different requirements of the course (the last two years were more theory and less clinical, marking standards are harsher), c) I'd never developed consistent study habits as a result of taking advantage of my ability to pierce connections together quickly and d) I was not able to stay calm under pressure, nor manage my time well during my clinical exams.

I took advantage in high school of the vast amount of resources at my arsenal (good quality teachers, principal recommendation, extra tuition and my parent's guidance). When I did a challenging course that eliminated all that privilege, it was a level playing ground and well...I failed. I know that 3rd year of physiotherapy is hard and many people fail it - but 3 subjects? That was a tough pill to swallow.

I think it's better I know the taste of failure now then later when I am growing and when I have the capacity to bounce back. If I was a business owner at 32 and failed then, there would be more of a fall then my current 20 year old self.

I think everything happens for a reason and I think this is the universe telling that I can't progress until I develop the basic building blocks to succeed (discipline and consistency). My mum had always told me I have a lot of strengths and if I work on those two, I would be unbeatable and considering where my parent's are now, I'm inclined to believe her.

Thanks for this video. I'm sure it was a challenge to expose your vulnerabilities for all (including those aunties and uncles - I'm Asian I know haha) to see, but I think you're mature for not trying to hide and smooth over it.

This year has been a disaster and I'm sure next year will be better. For how would we be able to know good if we didn't know bad?

[rsc]

I failed 1st year too. Im also studying a Bsc.
One tip that may help...
For theory and understanding a concept;
Find its origin
Think about what depends on it and research anything (at least one thing) thats connected to it
Construct a digital flashcard for it
Keep an excel list with question location and correct/wrong collumns and test yourself frequently on the concept
Finally think about the concept when youre not expected to (such as when watching an ad and your mind wanders to something pointless)
Even if you think you now understand the concept or one of its subcategories.. ask/confirm with your lecturer!

[LindaEdith]

Major spoilers in the first 20 seconds of the video but it's worth it to watch the whole thing haha. I like how you edited it & these are some great lessons! I would argue you did change a bit from first year to your last year because you gained awareness about your studying habits and took action to change it! (:

[useless]

Im in the same sort of position, went to uni this year to study Architecture which is something I've only ever sort of been interested in (never had a passion for architecture I just thought it was an acceptable degree). I went to uni and immediately started drinking with new found friends, staying up late and doing stuff that all 18-19 year olds do. Im coming to the end of the year and Ive completely flunked it. I had unfinished assignments from my first term which I had to do in my second term which in turn caused a lot of stress especially considering I really disliked my course and I thought the tutors were useless. Im considering transferring courses or straight up taking a year out.

[freeman]

What you need to succeed at uni is a gap year. I have had 37 gap years and am ready to start my engineering degree in 2024.

Greetings from Western Australia.

[oliveryoung]

I just finished my sophomore year and failed basically every class. I have no idea what’s wrong with me, my classes aren’t even too hard I was doing perfectly fine freshman year. I’m starting to think I have ADHD or depression or something, I’ve never dealt with this type of subconscious self-sabotage before but I’m determined to turn my Uni experience around.
Anyone have advice, tips, or anything? What was your major and why/how did you end up in your situation? I also should def be telling all this to a therapist but this vid rlly resonated w me and you said leave a comment ahah but yea much love great content

[ominsakiro]

I just failed my 3 subjects in my 1st year of college which are algeb, trigo, and readings in philippine history. I really want to change. Tbh I never studied from the upcoming exams and quizzes, I just kept procrastinating those subjects thinking that I could do it in just one day. And I confessed to my parents that I’m failing 3 subjects, which my parents were sad and frustrated. I was dissappointed in myself that I wasn’t able to change this attitude being lazy. I really wanted to prove something for once, because I kept pleading even in my elementary to senior high school days that “I will do better”. It wasn’t working I just kept dreaming that one day I will change. My classmates are smarter than me, but I don’t compare myself to them it only makes me overthink. So that’s why when I retake those subjects I will do my best to prove that I could change. I want to fix this attitude of mine being “lazy”.

[flpZ]

thank you for this super helpful video, it reallly helps to get advice from someone’s thats been in the same situation as me :)

[ccy]

My first year is smooth even though I was working part time during a full time course, but in the second year I failed twice and now I'm so depressed I'm so embarrassed and it's gets harder and harder