[Ad Intra]

I'm in my senior year and I've come to realize I'm as dumb as ****. Everyone wants me to go to grad school (and I want it too), but I'm not smart enough.

[CANDC]

Grad school is no guarantee of a career. I wouldn't be so self-deprecating. Maybe you have other talents. A generalist can be a good thing. We don't need all specialists.

CALLINGS by Gregg Levoy is a book about people who hit brick walls and find new directions and how they succeed. If you wish to you can find this on Amazon.

[jelly-bean]

What sort of grades are you getting right now? Please don't underestimate your abilities. The fact that "they" want you to go to grad school tells me that they think you are pretty smart. You might think that you are too stupid to graduate but I think that you are too smart not to.

[rolan86]

I am in a similar boat. I am a senior who is applying to graduate school, and I often feel too dumb to go. I am taking science classes where I feel I am the stupidest person in the class. During lab, I often have literally no idea what is going, while everyone else seems to know exactly what they are doing. I have to try incredibly hard just to barely pass, while others are able to ace the exams with just a nightsworth of studying. Will I still apply to graduate school? Yes. Because graduate school is not a measure of how well you do in your classes, it is a measure of how much you want to do what YOU want to do. For instance, my background in science is sub par, but I am a great writer. So I will apply to enivornmental policy/ethics programs by advertising my strengths with writing, and add the science background as a bonus. Find your strength, find what interests you about them, explore what you can do with them, and find a grad program that is appropriate for you. Graduate school in straight science like biology or chemistry? I'd fail and drop out. Something with more writing? Yeah definitely.

[Crazy Hitch]

We're not all good at everything but we're all good at something.

It's about making the right course and subject selection.

It should be based on ones that you enjoy. That makes you more motivated.

I absolutely suck at maths but I can teach economics and business management pretty well (when I'm not sick from my diagnosis).

The funniest is when I do Maths exam supervision and a student asks me a question whilst I'm walking around the hall. I simply say sorry I can't help you with that. Which they interpret as they shouldn't be asking because it's exam conditions. But the sad reality is that I really CANT help them with that

[Samuro]

Absolutely not.