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made a previous post about a group project where my members weren’t contributing much. Since then, the deadline situation changed a bit.

We found out the l submission wasn’t until Thursday (we present Friday). my group members said they would work on their slides, and I told them I couldn’t do the entire project alone. but they communicated so I thought wed be good

However, today, no slides were done, and only 1 person shows up to class, avoiding me .

bc I emailed my prof Saturday and explained the situation, she came over to me to talk to her, and I told her everything about how they went ghost pretty much and they said they would do slides and still nothing has been done and then I was doing the whole thing on my own up to this point. I said it in front of the other kid who was sitting behind me

she talked to him after class and idk what she said .I texted them one more time asking if we could please meet before our presentation to make sure everything is all set with absolutely zero response.I thought because she talked to him that maybe he would be more willing to do work and communicate, but he’s not responding and he still hasn’t done any slides. I’m kinda shocked

I’ve already done a significant amount of the slides (11 of 21), and I’m worried I’ll end up presenting most of it aloneevery other group has four people where they all did five slides each.

At this point, I’m trying to figure out what the best approach is.if nobody shows up To our next class, which is on Wednesday, I was thinking about talking to my professor one last time since our presentation would be due Thursday and if nobody does their slides and still doesn’t respond to my text message should I ask her if I can present just my portion at office hours???I really don’t think it’s fair to do an entire project meant for four people completely on my own and presented to our class completely on my own and I’m gonna be honest it’s been causing me a lot Mental distress and I’ve been crying all day and in general for the past week or so I’ve constantly been in distress

Has anyone dealt with something similar? What would you do in this situation?Should I ask her if I can present at office hours and not have to do more extra work?I really had to put off my other responsibilities already to do extra work and try to get people to communicate with me and I’m getting behind in my other personal obligations and things that I have in my life over this project and I’m really upset

I’m a single mom in my late 20s and I feel completely lost right now.

I got pregnant young, had two kids, went through an abusive relationship, became a single parent, and spent most of my 20s just trying to survive and stabilize my life. While other people my age were building careers, dating, traveling, making friends, and finishing school—I was in survival mode.

It took me years to finally get my life stable enough to go back to college, and I started last year feeling really hopeful. My original goal was nursing, and I’ve also considered computer science because I know I’m capable of more than just surviving.

The problem is… I feel like I got terrible guidance.

My advisor basically discouraged me from pursuing nursing and pushed me toward just “raising my GPA” first because years ago I had dropped out of college and my GPA had fallen below a 2.0 after withdrawals and failed semesters during an extremely difficult period of my life.

So for spring, summer, and fall semesters, I focused on boosting my GPA—and I did. I brought it up to a 3.0, which I’m proud of.

But then I realized I spent three semesters taking classes that won’t really help me transfer into nursing or computer science. I should’ve been getting back into math/science prerequisites, and now I feel behind all over again.

This semester was my first time taking full in-person classes, and honestly…it’s been mentally brutal.

I’m surrounded by freshmen, and I know age shouldn’t matter, but sometimes I feel completely out of place. I try talking to people and it rarely goes anywhere. No one seems openly rude, but I definitely feel isolated.

Right now I’m in a group math project where my group members have basically ghosted me, and I may end up doing a 21-slide presentation alone. I’ve been crying daily over this.

One day my laptop died before class, and because everyone uses laptops in class, I skipped because I felt too uncomfortable asking someone for help. That probably sounds small, but it really highlighted how alone I feel there.

Outside of school, I’m also dealing with the pressure of being a single mom and needing financial stability. I’m terrified of ending up stuck in low-paying jobs forever.

And on top of that, I feel like I’ve sacrificed so much of my personal life. I haven’t dated in years. I barely have friends. I don’t have much family support. Sometimes I feel like I missed out on my entire 20s just trying to survive.

I also realized it would take me two years to complete the early childhood education degree if I did just go ahead and do that since it’s the easiest option and I think nursing or computer science would also take me 2 1/2 years so it wouldn’t be much of a difference major in reality. The only difference is, I would probably have to go in person for some of the other classes those major. I’m also just feeling like I’m getting too old to still in school now. I don’t think Financial Aid cover summer classes for me anymore and it only covers so much now that I’ve maxed out my loans so all I have is grants and I don’t even think I would be able to take five of classes this semester anymore, unless I paid for out-of-pocket, which I don’t have the money to

I worked so hard to rebuild my life, and now I feel like I’m failing anyway.

I could really use advice from people who’ve been in similar situations because I feel incredibly alone right now.

I’m seriously considering dropping out again, but this time I would never go back. I’m so sad and honestly, I know a lot of this is my fault but a lot of it isn’t.My parents didn’t give me the tools for anything in my life. I had no guidance at all pretty much, no family members, and I’m surprised I’ve even gotten as far as I could with the life that I was born into and I feel like the majority of people just don’t understand that.

Post:

I’m in a college group project that’s due tonight (21 slides total). I’ve already completed 11 slides and set up the structure/outline.

My issue: my two group members have been mostly unresponsive the entire time. One of them went into the shared PowerPoint last week and added a few partially completed slides (like 3 slides), but nothing finished. The other barely responds at all—just “yeah” or “we’ll do it later,” and then nothing happens.

We’ve also had attendance issues in class recently, so I’m pretty sure I’m going to end up presenting this alone.

I’ve tried reaching out multiple times over the past couple weeks, and I even emailed the professor but didn’t get a response back.

At this point, I’m stressed because:

• The project is due tonight
• I still have other school work to do
• I don’t want to be stuck finishing everything last minute
• I haven’t done a presentation in a while and I’m nervous about presenting solo

My plan right now is to check again around 8 PM, and if they still haven’t finished their parts, I’ll complete the remaining slides myself so we don’t miss the deadline.

My question is:
Should I just finish everything and move on, or should I document everything and report it to the professor after submission?

should I send them a text message saying if you don’t do your side and show up for the presentation you’re not gonna get credit and I’ll tell her you did nothing

I don’t want to seem dramatic or like I’m trying to get them in trouble, but I also don’t think it’s fair that I’ve done over half the work while they’ve barely contributed.

What would you do in this situation?

In really feeling like crap on this but one person completely ghosted the group and the other one is loosely collaborating but he hasn’t been in class all last week & he generally is absent/late, he hasnt done any slides, & I think there’s a high chance he won’t show up for the presentation and I’ll have to do it alone

I feel like crap and this whole experience has been a lot like I already know I’m gonna cry after and go home but then finals will be like two weeks after I think and then I’ll never have to go to this class again. I was just wondering if anyone else had to do a PowerPoint presentation alone because their group members ghosted them and how it went and if you have any advice

I need advice about a group project situation because I’m honestly stressed.

I got placed into a group earlier in the semester and right away I got the vibe one of the members didn’t want to work with me (he was asking to be in another group). Whatever, I didn’t take it personally. He was still friendly in class so I just went along with it.

At first, I basically did everything myself because I assumed he wasn’t that interested in contributing. Then another person got added to our group and wanted to change the topic, so we switched to their idea. It ended up being more complicated than my original idea, but I was like fine, we can make it work.

Now the issue: our presentation is next week, and this week both of my group members have not been in class at all. I’ve been trying to coordinate—asking about dividing slides, etc. Only one person briefly responded. The other hasn’t agreed to anything or responded at all.

I even messaged one of them directly asking if he wanted to meet up on campus to work on slides together, and he didn’t reply at all.

At this point I feel like I’m getting completely ghosted and I’m worried I’m going to end up doing the entire presentation alone.

What would you do in this situation? I haven’t even started my own slides because I just wasn’t sure how to move forward and part of me was thinking about just going to my original idea and doing it myself because I don’t think that they’re gonna show up at this point from what I’m seeing. The person who was originally just me and him started being more friendly with me, so I felt comfortable enough to ask him if he wanted to work on sides together when he didn’t show up to class because then I would at least know that we were gonna be doing the project and getting it done, but he didn’t answer at all like he didn’t even say yes or no. this is so frustrating :(