Thank you for your responses. I don't believe I'm dealing with depression. Although you could definitely define the mood I was in at the time when I wrote this as depressed I was still mourning the loss of my friend at the time and am doing somewhat better now. As for teachers giving me special consideration that's part of the problem. I asked for an extension on a project for one class when I was in the middle of a crohns flareup and my professor refused to give me one, resulting in one of the worst grades I've ever gotten. Thankfully there is a second half to the project which, assuming I did it correctly, will be much better. Also I can't really cut much of anything because I've already cut a lot over the years. My freshman year I was a member of around 18 different student groups and now I'm down to three that I go to regularly, so there isn't much more I can cut.