Hi! This is my first post so I am not sure if I am doing this correctly lol but I wanted some advice. I just found out that I failed my second calc 1 exam after a week and a half of studying. I am going to drop the class because there is no way that I will be able to pass with a C. Before I get more into it, I will introduce myself a bit. I am currently a sophomore pre-dental student. I transferred to a new school in the fall because I wanted a stronger STEM department and more STEM opportunities that I felt that my previous institution did not provide. I ended my freshman year with a 3.63 and took a full-year of general chemistry and biology. At my current institution, I was taking organic chemistry but unfortunately was failing due to certain circumstances so I chose to take a W. Since my school is smaller, certain classes are only offered during certain semesters (ex: gen chem 1 and 2 are only offered in the Fall, biochem is only offered in the Spring, etc), so when I dropped Orgo 1, I knew I would have to wait until my junior year fall semester to take it. Back to Calc 1, so I realized as a human biology major that my major does not require me to take calc 1 and most dental schools do not require it, so I do not care about dropping it, I just do not know if it is bad to have 2 Ws on my schedule now. I am really upset because I spend a lot of time studying and often times do not get the results I am looking for. My school also does not curve so there is really nothing to fall back on and my school has a rule where you cannot retake a class in the summer at a different institution if you passed, even if it is not passing for dental school. I am not worried about my GPA as I had a 3.97 last semester, but since I dropped orgo 1, I was not taking super rigorous classes. I just feel like a failure because I did decently well freshman year and now I feel like it is going downhill and I feel behind. It feels like no matter how hard I study I do bad which is really disappointing and I always feel like I am scraping bye. I really try my best but sometimes I know I can try harder and be more motivated at times, even though it is hard when I am constantly facing rejection. I am sorry for ranting I would just like some words of encouragement, tips or even some study tips that can help me succeed. I started using Anki for biology and that allowed me to get an A- but I feel that I will not be able to pass upper-level science classes (especially organic chemistry) when I keep facing rejection despite studying really hard and I am nervous about the Ws on my schedule, I feel like I look really dumb and as if I cannot handle rigorous classes which I guess is true unfortunately. Any tips of advice or words of encouragement? I know my life is not over but it feels like it especially when I see the stats that other people have. I just really don't want to give up on myself, I know I may not be the smartest, but I am passionate and have always wanted to be a dentist so I just feel really upset for not being able to perform well.