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Not a thread that any premed students wants to make, but it's time for me to face reality, something I've been running from for a long time. I want to warn you that this is gonna be long, I want to be as detailed as possible about my bleak situation. I failed Organic Chemistry 1, the first quarter of a 3 part sequence. Official grades havent come out, but seeing as I went to maybe 2 classes the entire quarter (missing all the clicker questions), missed a lot of online homework, didnt even show up to midterm 1 (fat zero), got like 30% on midterm 2, and a 20% on the final....passing is out of the question. As for background info, I just finished my first quarter of sophomore year, and before this atrocity, you could say I was doing ok (3.6ish gpa).
I came here for advice because I dont trust myself and am, quite honestly, scared of my judgement. I know there are some very smart, successful people here that hopefully can give me wisdom as to what my next course of action should be. Do I retake organic chem 1? I am technically able to take orgo chem 2 but apparently it's much harder, and since I am definitely not prepared, I feel like I would get slaughtered. Graduating on time is not a problem for me cause I have a lot of AP credit, so I'm willing to retake the class in hopes of showing med schools that I can handle the course work.
This all happened due to a serious game addiction (League of Legends), but I'm taking these 3 weeks of winter break to quit this toxic habit. It was a really bad addiction. I would play something around 10 hours a day, miss all my classes, and get maybe 2 hours of sleep a night which perpetuated the cycle of me waking up late, missing my classes, and sleeping late due to excessive playing. If I can successfully quit playing, I know I can do well in my classes. Has anyone struggled with something else similar to this? I'm just worried that when med schools ask about why I had such a bad quarter, I wont be able to give this explanation because video game addiction is seen as kind of childish, but I suppose I can also talk about me being depressed and suffering from asthma attacks (that i have now taken care of after visiting a medical professional).
How do I move on from here? What do I do? I believe the first step is to obviously change my course schedule for next quarter from orgo chem 2 to 1. So if I get a good grade, will I replace my failed grade from first quarter??? Anyway, thank you for reading this. And pls help a brother out.
I came here for advice because I dont trust myself and am, quite honestly, scared of my judgement. I know there are some very smart, successful people here that hopefully can give me wisdom as to what my next course of action should be. Do I retake organic chem 1? I am technically able to take orgo chem 2 but apparently it's much harder, and since I am definitely not prepared, I feel like I would get slaughtered. Graduating on time is not a problem for me cause I have a lot of AP credit, so I'm willing to retake the class in hopes of showing med schools that I can handle the course work.
This all happened due to a serious game addiction (League of Legends), but I'm taking these 3 weeks of winter break to quit this toxic habit. It was a really bad addiction. I would play something around 10 hours a day, miss all my classes, and get maybe 2 hours of sleep a night which perpetuated the cycle of me waking up late, missing my classes, and sleeping late due to excessive playing. If I can successfully quit playing, I know I can do well in my classes. Has anyone struggled with something else similar to this? I'm just worried that when med schools ask about why I had such a bad quarter, I wont be able to give this explanation because video game addiction is seen as kind of childish, but I suppose I can also talk about me being depressed and suffering from asthma attacks (that i have now taken care of after visiting a medical professional).
How do I move on from here? What do I do? I believe the first step is to obviously change my course schedule for next quarter from orgo chem 2 to 1. So if I get a good grade, will I replace my failed grade from first quarter??? Anyway, thank you for reading this. And pls help a brother out.