Hello Everyone, just found this website and I have digested a lot of good information from all these threads. However, I need some more personal advice on what I need to do.
I currently attend UCR, University of California Riverside, as a Biology major. My overall GPA is a 3.197 with a science GPA 3.2. I just finished my sophomore year and now finishing up my last quarter of ochem this summer. Right now I have 2 A's and 1 B in General Chem and about to have solid 3 A's in the organic series. However, my problem lies in general bio which for some reason I cannot grasp like I do in ochem. I have a B- and 2 C+'s, the sad part is I studied hard =\, in the general bio which really worries me and is killing my GPA. Starting Fall, I will be starting my upper division biology courses and forever done with chemistry ):.
I am thinking of changing to a chemistry major due to the fact that I excel in chemistry and I do enjoy going to lecture and learning anything chemistry related, I WOULD MUCH RATHER LEARN CHEMISTRY THAN BIOLOGY IN A HEARTBEAT. However, some of the hardest courses are in the upper div chem courses, i.e inorganic, physical, and thermodynamics. Would this be a smart decision?
The fact the my GPA is so low due to my poor biology grades has me really nervous about my future. Should I need not to worry as I still have two whole years left and just finish strong, which is very doable?
And lastly, any suggestions of what I should do EC wise? I have not a clue of what I should do as I sadly have never done any sort of EC things before besides the fact that I go to the gym everyday, as bodybuilding is one of my hobbies, which doesn't count.
I currently attend UCR, University of California Riverside, as a Biology major. My overall GPA is a 3.197 with a science GPA 3.2. I just finished my sophomore year and now finishing up my last quarter of ochem this summer. Right now I have 2 A's and 1 B in General Chem and about to have solid 3 A's in the organic series. However, my problem lies in general bio which for some reason I cannot grasp like I do in ochem. I have a B- and 2 C+'s, the sad part is I studied hard =\, in the general bio which really worries me and is killing my GPA. Starting Fall, I will be starting my upper division biology courses and forever done with chemistry ):.
I am thinking of changing to a chemistry major due to the fact that I excel in chemistry and I do enjoy going to lecture and learning anything chemistry related, I WOULD MUCH RATHER LEARN CHEMISTRY THAN BIOLOGY IN A HEARTBEAT. However, some of the hardest courses are in the upper div chem courses, i.e inorganic, physical, and thermodynamics. Would this be a smart decision?
The fact the my GPA is so low due to my poor biology grades has me really nervous about my future. Should I need not to worry as I still have two whole years left and just finish strong, which is very doable?
And lastly, any suggestions of what I should do EC wise? I have not a clue of what I should do as I sadly have never done any sort of EC things before besides the fact that I go to the gym everyday, as bodybuilding is one of my hobbies, which doesn't count.