{{{HUGS}}} If you are so miserable, call your dad and see if he'd be ok with you dropping a class or two... because if you are lost already, its only going to get more confusing fast. Then you'd have two bad grades on your official transcript instead of two dropped courses. In my opinion, its better to drop a class or two than it is to have two bad grades on your transcripts. Perhaps drop one now, and if you are still overwhelmed, then drop a second class.

My freshman year of college was VERY hard on me. Basically culture shock for me. I was sheltered and thoght life was oh so happy and perfect. Then at college, I encountered an alcoholic roomate & her sex-crazed boyfriend

I *tried* so hard. Even was on the freshman student council. I just couldn't make it... I remember feeling my worst when I sat down watching cartoon re-runs from my childhood crying and eating shoestring licorice. I decided to rough it out til the end of the first semester. It was hard, but I made it. My grades however were the worst they ever were all 4 years of college.

Can you get a tutor? My son is taking macro-economics and is also confised (I remeber feeling lost in that clas too) and has a tutor that is really helping him. Maybe the sense of being overwhelmed will go away if you understand the information.