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CS is for a certain type of thinker. You can be smart, driven and focused and simply not be that type of thinker. My husband is all of those things but he tried CS and it didn't pan out for him. He wound up becoming a religious studies major, and then learning several languages. I struggle with just the one. But he'll never do CS. I'll never speak Mixtec.
I'm not saying that's necessarily your situation. I don't know enough about you. It could be that your learning style doesn't mesh with their teaching style.
Can I ask if you went in knowing any CS or was it all new to you?
For my part, I never want to uni. I was at microsoft at 18 but I also know I didn't have a lot of the ancillary skills necessary to do well in that type of academic environment, like just the rigor and the propensity for good study habits.
The reason I bring that up is it might be that you can code, but uni can't teach you.
For my part, knowing only what I know about you from this post, I would have a plan B in mind, and hopefully a minor in something really solid, but I wouldn't switch majors just yet.
I don't know if they have tutors for CS stuff but if they do, maybe see about getting one.
Real programmers use butterflies
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When I started studying at university I was preparing myself and read some books on Java. It was hard but I did learn the syntax and the basic concepts and how to make objects and what classes are and so on. But I feel like everything goes too fast. I have my own tempo. I understand what I learn and find it intresting but I'm a slow learner. I learn most effective by reading entire books. Lectures don't work for me at all. After listening to a lecture I still have very little knowledge and the teacher just talks and I can't push the stop button so if I don't get what he/she keeps talking. My focus is bad when I'm listening, because I easily get distracted so I prefer online courses or books so I can pause and think about what I learned. It's not that I don't get what I learn. It's just that no one will wait for me to and I'm really slow. When I already have learnt things I'm fast but my learning process is very slow and I simply can't catch up on the material. I have motivation, I enjoy what I'm doing but I'm too slow and I always behind and I fear that in the end will fail too many courses and have to drop out anyway and have a big loan that I have to pay off working as a cleaner 
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I don't even know where to start, so let's have some fun first.
Your profile says you're in the US but you call it university rather than college?! I call BS on your supposed location. 
I'm surprised that CS is focusing this much on software. When I took it in the latter half of the '70s, our second year mandatory courses were calculus and linear algebra (FFS) besides two programming courses (algorithms/Pascal; assembler). Later there was more programming, but still some math-oriented things.
Not only that, but this sounds like a baptism of fire, jumping all over the place. It's as if they want you to be able to check off a bunch of boxes on a job application rather than learn how to really do software by focusing on a narrower set of things in depth. Jack-of-all-trades, master of none.
What size is your cohort? Mine was about 60 in 2nd year, dropping to 7 in 4th year (as there was also the option to graduate with a 3-year degree). But I have to wonder if they're trying to weed out a ton of folks, in which case all you need to do is survive for a bit. I suspect many of your classmates are also feeling overwhelmed, and based on what you wrote previously, I think you have a good shot to make it through if you focus. If you can record your lectures, maybe that would help. I'm also a slow learner, but things worked out in the end.
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Better advice than i gave. 
I am from the US, but I call college "uni" a lot of times. I rarely say "university" though.
Real programmers use butterflies
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I thought "uni" was British!
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It is. Because of my odd sleep patterns and my being monolingual I wind up talking to lots of british folks online and pick up some britishisms in the process.
"you lot"
"uni"
"can't be arsed"
etc
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Lol, I'm not british. My english grammar and spelling is terrible. But I use british words because in Europe british english is dominant in all textbooks for english classes. When you learn english as a foreigner you allways listen to the tapes recorded by Britts and you have no choice to learn american english. Than you watch some Youtube-videos and you learn some american english, and than som australian english and you end up mixing words from every dialect without knowing the difference.
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British-American Dictionary[^]
They should add other English-speaking countries too. Canadian is closer to American but sometimes follows British. There there'd be the English used in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, India...the first two probably qualify as a different dialect!
Off the top of my hand, a couple of Canadian ones that usually puzzle Americans are
- eavestrough = US gutter (sometimes used here too, but usually means where water runs along the curb/kerb)
- soother = US pacifier
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...and then, of course, you have the individual English regional dialects... 
Whey, man, divn't drop ya dottle on the proggie mat o the gapher'll kick yi oot....
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Leo56 wrote: Whey, man, divn't drop ya dottle on the proggie mat o the gapher'll kick yi oot.
American regional dialects also exist. Most aren't quite as incomprehensible to the outsider as that...
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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British English is a language.
American English is a dialect.
Australian English is a speaking disorder.
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Close, but no cigar!.
Eavesthough - is just what it says, a trough along the eaves of a house to catch and direct rainwater. In the U.S. it's called a gutter, true, but the translation doesn't go both ways
It's been a long time since I lived in England, but I believe the roadside rain catcher is called a gutter there too.
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I didn't mean to imply that it went both ways. Eavestroughing is only what's on a house.
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*lol* "can't be arsed".... I'd love to hear that in an American accent...
Though I have yet to hear an American say "Ask me bollocks" (regardless of how they swing... pun intended)
Who the f*** is General Failure, and why is he reading my harddisk?
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Well, I'm not from US. I can't tell you where I'm from because of privacy  If you're a hacker you can check it yourself though  . Actually my degree can be translated to Software Engineering but after 3 years I can continue and be master of Computer Science (Which I already know I won't ).
It's as if they want you to be able to check off a bunch of boxes
I have the same feeling. I just study for the exams but still am not good at anything, because there is no time to deep dive in what we learn...
What size is your cohort?
We are about 110, and I don't see anyone dropping out. It seems like everyone doing well besides me  I'm happy for them but it makes me feel extremly dumb. But maybe I'm wrong? I never meet my classmates because of COVID-19 so I can't tell how they actually do.
But I have to wonder if they're trying to weed out a ton of folks
Yeah, I think you are right about it. This is exactly what I think. They want to get rid of us who are beginners and unexperienced and focus on grinding only the real diamonds of programming. Well, I can't blame them, but they should have different requirements before they take in people, because "college" costs and someone can end up with a huge loan and wasted time. I'm lucky that I at least enjoy what I do even if I fail to deliver. I feel sorry for those who are total beginners.
Anyhow thank's for comfort. I already thought about retaking the courses but in my country you have to fail on many exams to do that. I failed only one exam in each course and have second chance to retake them, so I have to continue. You would probably say: So it's not that bad. What's the problem? Well, I don't feel like I have strong fundaments to continue with more advanced stuff, because I didn't learn my basics well. I have a feeling that everything gonna collapse soon like a house of card when the harder stuffs come. Anyway, thanks for reading my whining post. I feel a little bit better. I will give it another try... I probably come back whining after about a month and it goes on a loop for two and a half years Moderators better block me already
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Member 14971499 wrote: I can't tell you where I'm from because of privacy
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Member 14971499 wrote: They want to get rid of us who are beginners and unexperienced and focus on grinding only the real diamonds of programming.
Sorry... but that is bullsh1t. Get rid of many... yes. But keep the real diamonds of programming... totally wrong.
Being able to pass exams in the university has nothing to do with being a good programmer. I know a lot of very good programmers who have no studies and are self taught. And I had a lot of co-students that were passing the exams even with good marks but then couldn't do anything useful in the real world.
I had myself a lot of problems at the beginning of my studies because I had the feeling of not learning enough. Then I was afraid of the exams because I pushed myself down like you. Somewhen I just realized that to pass the exams I didn't need to know all the stuff properly. So I changed my mindset. I focused in passing the exams and learned later what I thought it was more important for me.
Besides from all the academic content that I learned during the studies I have only needed a small part in my professional life.
The most important things I learned where actually "passive" or "non academic" skills, like how to use logic to find the root of a problem, how to learn by myself, how to discriminate relevant from non relevant information in a text and things like that.
Once I started working in the automation, I had to almost start over, because it was mostly new stuff I had not seen during studies.
One of the most important things you have to understand is... the degree will only be useful for your very first job. Afterwards experience and successfull projects are more important than what you studied.
TL;DR: Learn how to pass the exams and get the degree, get your first job, then learn what you need in your job while look for a better job that fits better what you like.
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Thank you for your reply Sorry I'm late with my reply. I was studying and took a week off. It really makes me feel better, because I was feeling extremly dumb
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Member 14971499 wrote: Thank you for your reply
You are welcome
Member 14971499 wrote: Sorry I'm late with my reply.
No problem at all.
Member 14971499 wrote: I was studying and took a week off.
I hope it was successful
Member 14971499 wrote: It really makes me feel better,
Nice
Member 14971499 wrote: because I was feeling extremly dumb
That's what they try.
Focus on passing the exams, specially the first 3 semesters. The good stuff comes at the end, where everything is way less populated.
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Member 14971499 wrote: They want to get rid of us who are beginners and unexperienced and focus on grinding only the real diamonds of programming.
That's pretty much the conclusion I came to during my first year of computer science. IMO, high school counselors are either full of sh1t, ignorant, or complicit, or a combination of all three. They kept telling us kids while in high school that college/university were really hard to get into. Just as a scare tactic to keep us in check and study hard. Yeah, study hard, but don't lie to kids as for the reasons.
From my perspective? No, it's NOT hard to get yourself accepted. At least back in my day, when coding still wasn't so mainstream (not that it is today, but bear with me) they knew people were joining because they had heard it "paid well", even if they didn't have the discipline or motivation and really didn't belong in that field. Don't learn something because "it pays well", that's a terrible reason to do it. But that doesn't matter; they'll accept practically anyone, and during the first year, they'll throw everything at you to drive you to quit and provide you with no support. Why? To maximize profits. Universities are run like businesses; the more people they can cram in during the first year, the more money they make. You quit, they get to keep that money. It's pure gravy. For subsequent years, it gets harder and harder to get qualified people to teach the material, so the smaller the classes, the fewer teachers they need on payroll, and the more manageable the teacher's workload. It's now decades later, and nobody's managed to convince me otherwise.
That is the lesson I learned right after high school, and that lesson is NOT taught when you need it the most.
Back to your situation: Make of that what you will. Just don't be surprised if you feel like they're trying to weed you out. They are.
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I didn't expect to hear a reply after this much time. But, it's all good.
People think I'm cynical for thinking this way. But as I wrote, when I make the argument, nobody has yet to convince me I'm wrong. Or even tried to change my opinion.
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Greg Utas wrote: Your profile says you're in the US but you call it university rather than college?!
The 'U' in MSU (where I graduated from) doesn't stand for 'College'! And I'm in the states!
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Oh yes, lots of "U"s in university names, but hardly anyone calls it that!
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Well, I read you describe yourself and it seem like you're describing me.
Let first start by telling you something about doing what we (programmers) do. It's because we love it. It's because we're curious and it's because we love the feeling of accomplishment, almost as if we were performing magic when we make something work for the first time.
Now, if you share some of that sentiment, you're likely on the right direction and on the right path, everything else is learned, including the way of thinking.
I for one, always learned best with books. As you said, doing it at my own pace, with the book open over my lap or desk, while I would try whatever I had just learned. It takes time. Fortunately when I started I had time, I was 14 years old when I read my first book. My first book was from the series "teach yourself in 21 days", which was obviously impossible for me with a book of over 700 pages, doing hands one. It was more likely 21 weeks.
What I also didn't know at the time is that I have ADHD (actually ADD, which is the mostly inattentive version). That said, books were one of the only things that actually captured my attention and focus. But yep, in that sense it also made me a slow learner. I started treating myself for the condition just now, over 20 years later, back then I was completely oblivious of the situation, as a matter of fact, I have spent a lot of my life being oblivious about too many things. Too much time in my head and I am thankful for discovering programming (by accident), which gave me some direction.
When I actually went to university, I already knew so much that I would spend my time in class helping others, rather than learning myself, this let me slide through CS classes quite easily and the prior knowledge removed the pressure to learn all of these subjects at the same time. As I never liked to do homework, I could use my spare time in class to do exercises on subjects I was not very savvy about, like physics and calculus.
So maybe you should ask yourself if it's the right time to do Uni of if you could take it slower. I am not sure about the education system there, but have you considered if you can take less classes at a time? I think this could help you focus and give you room to properly learn stuff. There is no point on rushing through uni if you cannot retain what you're being fed with. It's just a waste of time and money. You should realize what you're experiencing as a red flag and you need to reassess your goals.
I think it's no shame on taking longer in the uni if that's all that's at stake. Having that said, you need to also realize why you don't have time. Do you don't have time because you work full time? If your goal is to learn programming and you learn better with books, then why attending uni in the first place? Of course it has a lot of valuable stuff difficult to get from books, but then, maybe now is not the right moment. A lot of us are self taught anyways. My first formal job as a programmer was before I even started uni. So think about this. Put your logic skills to good use and evaluate your life rather than a computer program.
I hope you figure it out and good luck!
To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems - Homer Simpson
Our heads are round so our thoughts can change direction - Francis Picabia
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That make sense, becuase it so strange that the requierments for college application were so low while the degree itself is really hard to take.