I got an F once.
To make things worse, so many others got high grades including some of my friends in the same class.
I was depressed.
It felt like my whole world was coming to an end.
To be honest, I hated the class from the beginning. It was Sensor Design, an Engineering class. And even though I enjoyed my other Engineering classes, for some reason I couldn’t stand this one.
Still, I pushed myself to study as much as possible and get a passing grade.
So when that F hit me, I crashed.
I felt so much shame failing.
Plus somehow I felt even more pressure because most of my academic life had been defined by getting high grades.
All I could think was: “How could I let this happen?”
Can you bounce back from failing in college?
Looking back, I see now that the F was a slow awakening call for me to recognize that there’s life beyond my grades.
I am not the F grade.
I am not an A grade.
I am not my GPA.
Over 10 years later, I look back and that F just didn’t matter.
Not one bit.
I don’t care what Ohm’s Law is and I couldn’t give a rat’s a** if V=IR to understand Sensor Design. It just doesn’t matter.
Don’t get me wrong.
I’m not saying you should go intentionally fail all your classes… that’d be crazy.
I’m saying when you have a setback in your grades, you should never let it define you.
Say it with me:
You’re not your grade.
You’re not your GPA.
You’re much more.
It may feel like everything is coming to an end but I want you to remind yourself that there’s something way bigger than college grades.
And that thing is that you’re a lifelong scholar on a mission.
Your mission is to discover yourself — it is to learn, grow, and keep that fire of curiosity burning 🔥.
And on that mission, college is just one stop.
You’ve got this!
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