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Ok, I am in my final semester of grad school and I will be graduation in May. I have completely lost all motivation for school. I often look at my assignments and just stare for several minutes and become distracted by something else.

And it's driving me crazy because I do want to have a decent grade by the end of the semester. I feel like all my work is half assed, and I took a midterm and got the lowest grade I have ever gotten on any test.

In the program that I am in, you have to maintain a 3.0 average, which I'm sure I can do easily. But I got a little worried yesterday when I went to work on my biggest assignment that is worth the most for the semester and I couldn't have cared less about it. The worst part about all of this was that I though about dropping with 2 MONTHS left! And I won't do that because that would just be stupid on my part.

Senioritis sucks.

An tips for getting motivated?
 
Hmm, that's a tough one. What are you going to school for? All I could really suggest would be to maybe just try keeping in mind what you're trying to accomplish by getting the degree? Is there a certain job you're trying to get with it once you get out? I dunno, for me my biggest motivation was just wanting to get the heck out of school :/ And as far as the big assignment, is it something where you can choose your topic, or are they pretty strict about it? 'Cause I know that makes a difference too, if you can't customize it to something you like, it is a lot harder to stay motivated :hmmm:
 
Well, being one who pretty much had very little motivation throughout college, I may be able of some help. I think you should stay focused on the graduation and use the degree as your motivation to help you claw through it. That's what helped me for 5 years, knowing that after it was all done that all the hard work would pay off. Some of the work may seem boring and redundant and it may not have any direct effect on what you'll do for a career, but so long as you get that 3.00, you're golden. I never shot for a high GPA, so I tended to half-ass everything I did, and it worked for me! I'm not sure what your major is either, but for most majors these days, what you learn in school all gets regurgitated to you again in the career, so it almost doesn't matter to do really good and put in your best work on it. But for now, it's just about the grade, the passion for what you do can come when you start the career. :ryan:
 
So far, nothing has motivated me like Thomas Jefferson.

"It's amazing what you can accomplish when you are constantly doing something."
 
I like to think of it as doing myself a favour, people often think about things in their past that they would change if they had the chance. I pretend that I am in the future thinking about what I am currently doing in the present and ask myself what I would have done differently (presuming I am considering not doing something).

I guess it kind of sucks.
 
Rydia said:
Ok, I am in my final semester of grad school and I will be graduation in May. I have completely lost all motivation for school. I often look at my assignments and just stare for several minutes and become distracted by something else.

And it's driving me crazy because I do want to have a decent grade by the end of the semester. I feel like all my work is half assed, and I took a midterm and got the lowest grade I have ever gotten on any test.

In the program that I am in, you have to maintain a 3.0 average, which I'm sure I can do easily. But I got a little worried yesterday when I went to work on my biggest assignment that is worth the most for the semester and I couldn't have cared less about it. The worst part about all of this was that I though about dropping with 2 MONTHS left! And I won't do that because that would just be stupid on my part.

Senioritis sucks.

An tips for getting motivated?
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Do you have a job?

If so then as long as your employer hasn't stipulated that they won't rescind your acceptance less your GPA drops just maintain and hit the 3.0.

If not then your GPA is likely a major factor when employers decide whether or not to interview you. In this shitty job market, might as well end strong and make sure your GPA is as high as possible.

Most people in grad school would have a job secured by their last semester, so I'm guessing you're in the first category. In essence no need to get motivated since any marginal impact it may have on your GPA doesn't matter for shit.
 
Sometimes its often hard to see the silver lining in the cloud when your in the nitty gritty of things, and its not uncommon to begin to lose your motivation as you progress through each semester, as it often does feel like your doing all that work for nothing as you dont see any initial results other than what you can often feel is a bunch of useless theory.

But believe me, it is worth all that effort and you will see the results once you have your qualifications under your belt, With each new qualification, a new door will be opened for you and a new possiblity, something many of us have often taken for granted.

The best way I used to find to keep motivated is to try and work in parts rather than all at once, set yourself achievable goals such as doing X amount of course work for Y amount of hours a night and reward yourself with something you enjoy doing upon completition.

Giving yourself a goal and a reward is often enough to keep you pushing on, even if things are looking bleak.
 
I too have lost my motivation for studying. I'm trying to get into university and I'm sitting every day home alone with my books, but it's really hard to keep yourself motivated when you have to work it out on your own. My situation is kind of different since you're still in school and I'm not, but I guess there ain't courses left so much for you anymore.

If you have a day off, you should just wake up really early in the morning and stay away from temptations and get right to the point. Also, I don't know if this is helpful, but you could try exercising. Do something physical that makes your muscles sore, then get yourself comfortable and start reading again. It helped me.

Anyway, remember to take little breaks once in a while (keep them short, use alarm clock so that you won't continue your break forever) and do something completely opposite than reading. My dad said to me that it can't be very efficient to read textbook like 1 hour and after that relax by reading a 1000-paged novel :D I think he's got a point.
 
Ugh, I've had this problem since about the eighth grade. School is probably my least favorite thing in the world. And yet, I'm a year and a half away from a second bachelor's degree. Man does it suck so bad.

The only thing that I've found works for me is to go to a coffee shop or a library, bring nothing with me but my school stuff, bring some snacks and water or just order a nice, caffeinated beverage, and keep myself hostage there until I've finished what I need to do or just can't think anymore.

Of course, this is working less and less for me. I'll just end up trying to write my novel in a notebook or on a napkin instead of doing school work. Plus, a lot of my instructors are assigning work that has to be done online. How you can make yourself do work with all of the internet there to distract you, I have not yet figured out.

Anyways. Best of luck! Hang in there, you're almost out!
 
Wow I forgot all about this thread XD.

Well to answer Ireal, i dont' have a job yet. Technically, i am not graduating until December of 2010, but I will walk in May. I still have to do six months of field work before I can officially graduate. I will start looking for a job sometime in October during my second field work rotation.

I did find some motivation recently. Though I feel like I turned in a very poorly written paper today. XD (It was for a rather pointless class)

Oh dear, less than a month left! And thanks for all the advice guys!
 
Rydia said:
Wow I forgot all about this thread XD.

Well to answer Ireal, i dont' have a job yet. Technically, i am not graduating until December of 2010, but I will walk in May. I still have to do six months of field work before I can officially graduate. I will start looking for a job sometime in October during my second field work rotation.

I did find some motivation recently. Though I feel like I turned in a very poorly written paper today. XD (It was for a rather pointless class)

Oh dear, less than a month left! And thanks for all the advice guys!
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I, too, have lost motivation for school. I'm a month away from finishing high school and I just keep taking everything lightly. I have two tests tomorrow, yet here I am on the internet, wasting away my time instead of studying.

Good luck with your studies, Rydia! :highfive:
 
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