First of all Congratulations! You finished your first semester. Chemical Engineering is a challenging subject, studied it myself 20 years ago with focus on food manufacturing and it is hard but rewarding. Gives you a lot of science knowledge and an understanding of Systems. The world needs good engineers and their solution oriented approach.

Don‘t worry too much about exams being very hard and grades not too good in the beginning, it will get better if you stay focused.

Wish you luck and success for the next round! 💪🏻

Thomas