Freshman vs senior year me is a whole different person

I swear looking at my schedule from week 1 of freshman year vs now is wild. I was taking 18 credits trying to do premed plus a club sport and working 15 hours a week. Ended up with a 2.4 GPA that first semester and basically had a breakdown in the library bathroom. Now as a senior I take like 12 credits max, dropped the premed dream, and actually have time to sleep and eat real food. My GPA is a 3.6 now because I finally realized quality over quantity matters. Anyone else look back at their old self and cringe at how dumb they were about overloading?

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johnson.lee16d ago

Same thing happened to me. Freshman year me thought 18 credits was a flex.

carr.willow15d ago

Right, but 18 isn't even that insane. My roommate freshman year did 21 credits one semester. That's a flex you're paying for with your mental health. He spent the whole semester running on cold brew and spite. Last I heard, he dropped out to become a ski instructor, so that tells you all you need to know.