Dillema With a Class

[clairbear]

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I'm currently taking physiology which is a notoriously hard class at my school even though the professor is a good teacher. I currently have a C- in that class, and the last test is during finals week so I can easily see it going lower. The problem is that I know I get extremely bad test anxiety for the class to the point where I wanted to throw up last time, and I know its going to be worse for the last one.

The worst part is, I've talked to the professor multiple times and followed his study suggestions (do the processes we worked through in class with an increase in the level of something instead of a decrease, write down the process backwards, answer the study questions), and I felt quite good about the last test after I was ultimately done with it, and I felt like I knew the material until the day before the test when I had my usual freakout.

I'm not really sure if I should just take a withdraw fail and take the class again and concentrate on bringing my orgo grade up into the B+-> A- range because I've been neglecting that class a lot because of physiology, or stick it out and hope for a C because I don't think I'm going to have an easy time refitting it into my schedule until spring semester of senior year. I also have one more class left at my school that I know is going to be diffucult because the proffessor is really anal, but I'll hopeully not be commuting then so I'll have more time and won't have to study at home where its hard to concentrate.

Also, does the last 45 credit hours GPA include the spring of your sophomore semester of the fall of senior semester?

Thanks!

 

[SWells2178]

I am a non traditional student that came back to school to finish my degree- I had the last 2 years of my bachelors to complete and most of it was science.

My advice would be to do whatever it takes to protect your GPA. Its just about down to the wire. If you think you can bring your Orgo II grade to a B+ / A by all means withdraw fail from the phys class. The other thing you may want to consider is taking some classes as summer classes. I had to withdraw from Orgo II due to the flu for an exam that tanked my test average. I ended up taking it over the summer and it was the only thing I did for that 6 weeks.
As for the last 45 hours - you have to count backwards from the time you apply to school- which seems like it will be after your bachelors degree. It all depends on how many credit hours you took per semester. Most schools will take ALL the grades from the semester in which your 45th hour falls in calculating your GPA.
Good Luck with finals! Hope this helped some

 

[Savethewhales]

If you do get a C in physio are you planning on retaking it anyways? if so I would just withdraw and take it when you have time to focus on it. Its such a hard class because there's a lot of info but its a very important one that you will use again.

 

[Goatherd]

I'd say if you have a good GPA and not too many C's and think you can actually get a C and not a C- (which wouldn't "count" for many schools) then just finish it up. I had some Cs on my transcript and wasn't even asked about them at interviews (and I have a loooooot of Bs and not a ton of As). If your GPA is lower or you think you will most likely get a C- then withdraw. But I wouldn't retake a class unless I really needed to--so if your GPA is good and you can pull off a C I'd say just take it and move on and save your money!

 

[FutureDVM98]

Hi everyone!! I am applying for vet school the next application cycle. I am currently take 19 hours for the semester. I am trying to finish my prereqs before actually applying to vet school but I have alot of them. This summer I plan to take Organic 1 and 2 and in the fall take Biochem, Human Phys,Endocrinology and some more classes. Can you be in the process of taking prereqs when you apply for vet school? I'm worried that I wont be able to apply this time around.😕

 

[libster06]

I had a C on my transcript and no one said anything. If that's your only C, I wouldn't worry about it.

Have you considered going to the student affairs office about your test anxiety? They can help you minimize it so that you do well on the exams.

The last 45 hours depends on how much you're taking each semester.... if you take 16-18 hours every semester, or at least in the last 4 semesters, they would only look at the fall of junior-fall of senior year. If you took less it may fall into spring of sophomore. They will always look at the fall of your senior year. If you're accepted, spring of senior year will be looked at as pass/fail.

 

[CurrySpice]

Have you considered going to the student affairs office about your test anxiety? They can help you minimize it so that you do well on the exams.

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I know this is not what you're asking but since it's an online forum I'm going to interject my opinion anyway...

THAT is a fantastic suggestion! Many vet students complain about the frequency of quizzes/exams, and you would be well served by figuring out how to manage your test anxiety.

I had horrible test anxiety in high school, to the point that I would be vomiting constantly and even start running a fever. It was terrible. I vowed to change this in college, and did a few key items. Firstly, I kept up with the work throughout the semester so I wasn't overwhelmed come exams. Secondly, I studied for about 3 days, finishing 2 days before the exam. The day before the exam I don't open a textbook. Nothing related to the subject. The hour before the exam, I put on my headphones, listen to relaxing music (loudly to drown out fellow students panicking) and tell myself that I know the material. Because you probably do know the material, if you can relax enough to let your brain access what it has absorbed during the semester. The method sounds a little crazy, and I get made fun of for not opening a book the night before... but it works for me! I can relax those rules a little more now that I've adjusted my mindset, but in the beginning they were essential.

And in response to your question... I would try to pull it up to a C. Withdraw-failing looks really bad on your transcript, imo. Not the end of the world, but certainly less than ideal.

 

[libster06]

Withdraw-failing looks really bad on your transcript, imo. Not the end of the world, but certainly less than ideal.

I thought so too. There may be someone out there who doesn't think it does anything, but I feel like even if you withdrew and took the class again to improve your GPA, it will still show up on the transcript that you withdrew the first time. I don't have experience with that, but I was wondering if admissions committees take more notice over a withdrawal than a plain C in a class (ie: do they pry more into why you withdrew, vs. why you made a C).