Bad semester

[badears]

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I didn't think this would happen but it did. I lost confidence halfway through the spring and as a result my grades veered off the cliff. This will be a setback for me. I have managed to get 2 of 4 classes with good standings...and with the others I will have to repeat. Unfortunately, one class is not offered in the summer and the other was full. So...boo...I am outta luck and will have to wait until fall!

I was wondering how others managed to get over this disappointment. I thought about getting drunk and maybe telling off the patients in the pharmacy ...but 🙄

Anyway, encouragement is much appreciated...no one should have dark days before the summer.

 

[Calibration1]

I didn't think this would happen but it did. I lost confidence halfway through the spring and as a result my grades veered off the cliff. This will be a setback for me. I have managed to get 2 of 4 classes with good standings...and with the others I will have to repeat. Unfortunately, one class is not offered in the summer and the other was full. So...boo...I am outta luck and will have to wait until fall!

I was wondering how others managed to get over this disappointment. I thought about getting drunk and maybe telling off the patients in the pharmacy ...but 🙄

Anyway, encouragement is much appreciated...no one should have dark days before the summer.

Listen, you gotta get this in your head. ..

So much of study is about attitude. Calculus for example can scare the hooty out of you if you think of the tests, the anxiety of failure, etc. But if you take it step by step as a problem solving exercise to do, it changes the mind.
Try not to think of grades..instead, just focus on mastering the concept given.
You have gotten this far so that means you have the IQ neccessary to succeed. Dont get drunk, take a shower instead, do something nice to you, then fix your hair, get dressed clean, relax your shoulders and set up a good study program for yourself that is balanced and covers everything you need to study...then WORK...take short breaks ...WORK. Anything you learn now in your classes will only help you later if you have to take them again.

I hope this helps, sorry if it didnt.
Best wishes to you.

 

[freshbeatschris]

I didn't think this would happen but it did. I lost confidence halfway through the spring and as a result my grades veered off the cliff. This will be a setback for me. I have managed to get 2 of 4 classes with good standings...and with the others I will have to repeat. Unfortunately, one class is not offered in the summer and the other was full. So...boo...I am outta luck and will have to wait until fall!

I was wondering how others managed to get over this disappointment. I thought about getting drunk and maybe telling off the patients in the pharmacy ...but 🙄

Anyway, encouragement is much appreciated...no one should have dark days before the summer.

Unfortunately and fortunately life is full of set-backs. That is the way it is and the way it will always be. The good thing about this fact is that our set-backs actually make us stronger people inside. It doesn't feel like it at first, but a couple years down the road, you will see that everything that happens to us needs to happen to us to make us the people we are. There is a reason that you are going to stretch out this education, but you probably won't see that reason for awhile. I don't know your personal situation, but maybe you will meet the love of your life during fall semester. Maybe an incredible opportunity in this field will open up for you then. You just can never tell.

I encountered a personal set back that rendered me unable to walk for two years. I lost my job, my friends, all of my money, there were some days I didn't want to live anymore. If it wasn't for that set-back, I never would have been introduced to the field of pharmacy. I wouldn't be where I am today and I like where I am today. I feel strong and smart and worthwhile. My accident was the best thing that could've happened to me, but it didn't feel like that for years.

Just know that wherever you are in life is exactly where you are supposed to be right now.

Chris

 

[highlyfavored]

Just know that wherever you are in life is exactly where you are supposed to be right now.

Such a good point! 👍

I'd like to add that whatever is for YOU...it's for YOU. No one can add to it or take away from it. Even if it has to be prolonged a semester or so you'll still get *it* because it belongs to YOU. 🙂 So, whatever you're looking to have, claim it...it already belongs to you! 😉


Setbacks paved the road for comebacks!

 

[RxRob]

Jesus loves you... or so I've heard.

Anyway, yeah, been there, done that... however not during my pre-req's! Did you apply to pharmacy school yet? I managed to fail 9 of 15 credits the semester before admittance without having to submit those transcripts... but that's gonna hurt if you're pre-pharm.

 

[pAwSN]

i thought schools make u send in your last transcripts when u are admitted

 

[RxRob]

yeah they hounded me about it for a few months into the first semester but finally gave up. My pre-req's were already in anyway so I guess it wasn't life or death for them.

 

[dana92085]

here is the song that they play for american idols that get kicked off...it makes me feel better! 😀

Cause you had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know
You tell me don't lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
The camera don't lie
You're coming back down and you really don't mind
You had a bad day
You had a bad day

 

[Calibration1]

Man, it happened to me last night and I thought of you.
I was working with a math tutor who was intimidating me a little and I lost confidence to work out an equation on my own. I started doubting if 9 was divisible by 3 and had to ask permission for every thing I did. Pizzed me off, and I just had to barrell through it.

It was all attitude and confidence. Its Ok, just pick up the pieces and practice positive self talk.