I need to vent.

Started by Mehd School
Get help with your application

Use all the free resources available to you from SDN: articles, guides, expert advising, forums discussions, and school research.

Browse articles Compare schools My application plan Read Interview Feedback
Practice for interviews Ask an Advisor
Well, you guys are making me appreciate my curved classes and ok grades received due to that.
Now the problem is I'll end up not actually being smart enough for non-curved classes in med school
 
dudeliness said:
Well, you guys are making me appreciate my curved classes and ok grades received due to that.
Now the problem is I'll end up not actually being smart enough for non-curved classes in med school
Click to expand...

Except a non-curved class' test likely are going to be more relaxed than a curved class where the professor will outwardly try to screw you over with certain questions. No matter what a professor with experience aims for a C+/B- average and knows how to attain it either through specifically testing specific things or through a curve.

Either way, no one can really compare undergraduate classes or experiences.
 
Last edited:
I had a similar problem during undergrad. Once in Advanced Human Physiology, and Statistics. The professors where both in my opinion a little off their rockers! There were multiple times that me and my colleagues had exams with ~10 questions that were marked wrong, but were so clearly right. We would take the text book and try and show how there might have been a mistake, but they wouldn't change the grades. We took it all the way to the president of the university but were just told that the professor has the discretion in grading.

Side note: Both professors where fired after that semester!

So, chin up! Things happen, just work your hardest and good things will happen if its meant to be.
 
AFVet07 said:
I had a similar problem during undergrad. Once in Advanced Human Physiology, and Statistics. The professors where both in my opinion a little off their rockers! There were multiple times that me and my colleagues had exams with ~10 questions that were marked wrong, but were so clearly right. We would take the text book and try and show how there might have been a mistake, but they wouldn't change the grades. We took it all the way to the president of the university but were just told that the professor has the discretion in grading.

Side note: Both professors where fired after that semester!

So, chin up! Things happen, just work your hardest and good things will happen if its meant to be.
Click to expand...

That's screwed up tbh. How do you show a department head that your book's answer for a question matched up and they wouldn't do anything? Completely absurd.
 
serenade said:
That's screwed up tbh. How do you show a department head that your book's answer for a question matched up and they wouldn't do anything? Completely absurd.
Click to expand...

We were never given a good reason. All I can say is its in the past!
 
serenade said:
That's screwed up tbh. How do you show a department head that your book's answer for a question matched up and they wouldn't do anything? Completely absurd.
Click to expand...

I'm sure there is more to the story. There always is.

Sent from my SGH-T999 using SDN Mobile
 
MedPR said:
I'm sure there is more to the story. There always is.

Sent from my SGH-T999 using SDN Mobile
Click to expand...

Nope, that's how it went down. Ended the courses will a "B" so I'm not stressing it. Btw there was one "A" in the Stats class, and no "A's" in the Human Phys. Class.
 
I have one science class this semester, developmental biology. Did amazing on the first test, thought I was pretty hot crap, going to get a 4.0 this semester. Failed the second test. So much for being prideful. Third test is friday, final is the week after. I will be happy when this semester is over.
 
I get your frustration. I've had a lot of instances where I over think answers, second guess myself, and ultimately screw myself over. Then I feel like all the hard work I put in was wasted. I remember one physics test where we had to choose between solving 1 of 2 lengthy show-your-work problems. I solved one and felt pretty good about my answer, but I had time left over so I tried the 2nd as well. We had to circle the one we wanted graded and I decided to go with the 2nd. I ended up getting 80% on the test, and after looking at the solution key I realized sticking with the first would have given me 95%. A stupid circle meant a letter grade difference for me.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.