My first semester at UWM I kinda blew it off. This is alot because I heard UWM is an easy university, in that even if you skip half your classes you'll still pass. However this proved wrong for me when I toook at look at my transcript for the first semester: C, C+, D, F. 1.4 GPA and got kicked to academic probation. I didnt study for the quizzes, for one class I didnt do the big paper assignment(at this point I knew I was gonna fail said class). I had no idea what was going on and I blew it off thinking it was no big deal. Since then I've of course changed my attitude. I actually dont rush the assignments, or papers. I do kinda blow off studying still though. :p I'm on the brink of getting dropped for a semester but I'm doing alright I think. I believe I'm getting all B's(and maybe even an A) in my classes this year. I feel much more connected than I did my first semester on campus.