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Honestly, drop an assignment every once in awhile. When push comes to shove, and you have an assignment worth 1% of your grade that's going to take more than a couple hours, just drop it. Usually the answer key is posted later, just memorize the process and move on. Most of your wasted time is going to be punching numbers into a calculator, when I worked through practice problems I hardly ever did the actual arithmetic which obviously you'd have to on an assignment
Just don't get into this habit too often, or you'll end up like I did when I 90'd my calc II final and ended up with a C+ because I dropped so many assignments
That sounds like terribly advice, for the exact reason you mentioned: it's too easy to make it into a habit and then rationalize it away, "oh, it's just one more assignment, what's the harm". And voila, you end up with a C.
Do NOT skip assignments. Only exception is if your class allows you to. For example, in one of my classes, the lowest 2 homework assignments didn't count. So effectively you could not do 2 assignments. In this example, you should not skip more than 2 assignments.
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Was there anything that helped you guys out when you were particularly frustrated and confused? And how do you juggle the workload with working out, eating healthy, hanging out with people, going to college clubs, etc.?
Engineering is a time-intensive major. There's no way around it. You're not going to have as much free time as your non-engineering friends. Accept that and adjust.
First up: what's your priority? Getting super high grades? (Say 3.5+). Many engineers I know slugged it out in college, sacrificed some of the lifestyle, but then got really good jobs and worked on their lifestyle stuff once they were working full-time. You possibly want to consider this option.
Just being purely honest here: you can pick a hard major (engineering), set yourself up financially and career-wise and sacrifice some of the lifestyle stuff in college or pick an easier major, have a harder time getting a job afterwards and enjoy college a lot more. I can't tell you which one to pick, except I've found the sacrifices I made in college were well worth it long-term. Some of my friends on the other hand took a few more years to get back on their feet after graduating with crap grades from easier majors.
With that said, on working out, eating healthy, hanging out with people and going to college clubs:
This is a bit though to give advice on because it depends on so many things.
1. Sleep:
How many hours do you sleep per night? Some people (like myself) need 9 hours. Others seem to get by on just 5 hours. This'll make a difference.
I would quite often just nap or sleep outright in class to make up for my lack of sleep at night time. Many of my professors weren't the best lectures. More often than not, I'd get lost in lecture. And at that point, it was a better choice to sleep in class and then learn the lecture material on my own, than try to pay attention in a class I didn't understand anyway.
If possible, wake up as early as you can, get your gym time in or do readings in the morning. The early wins in the morning will make you want to continue to be productive throughout the day. I had a hard time with this, because I sleep so much. But the days I woke up early, I felt great and got lots done.
2. Campus activities:
I, for example, was in a fraternity. That was the only organization I did. I enjoyed it and it also provided the social scene. But it took up a lot of time. I also TA'ed courses, did some dancing (as a weekly hobby) and was doing research. All these things added to my schedule.
If you want to work out, eat healthy, game, etc - you can't do what I did. You'll have to pick one organization that does not have a super high time commitment, but isn't a complete BS organization. Pick one where you see a relatively easy road to being organization president or vice-president (leadership skills). Preferably one with a good guy-girl ratio, which will help with the women aspect.
3. Outsourcing to the summer:
a) some courses you can do online. I did one of these over the summer, when my schedule was lighter - as to lighten up my regular academic schedule.
b) internships are a lot of fun, especially in big cities. Focus on your grades, get a good internship and in 3 months you can do a lot of gaming that you may have otherwise skipped out on during the academic year
c) I had some friends who would go super hard workout-wise over the summer, and then mostly do maintenance workouts throughout the year. Consider this a possibility. Your progress will be slower, but it might give your some breathing room during the academic semesters.
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You're definitely ahead of me in terms of working out, eating right and going out to meet women. I didn't focus on any of these things until I was out of college. My focus was my grades and what lay after getting that degree. It's very very easy to get distracted in college, to get comfortable in a certain GPA range, and to simply waste your time.
Stay focused. A simple trick is to take a piece of paper every Sunday and roughly plan out your week:
a) major projects/assignments/readings
b) what days you will do said projects/assignments/etc.
c) break down each task into subtasks that are manageable in 10 or 20 minutes blocks (to reduce procrastination)
And finally, if you haven't already, watch some Jordan Peterson videos on YouTube to keep you focused.
Good luck!
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