If you did bad on a HS science course, will you problably do bad in college?

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How do you improve from a subject such as bio that you have difficulty in HS
Will you do worse in college?

 

[Kruton]

How do you improve from a subject such as bio that you have difficulty in HS
Will you do worse in college?

Change your study habits. Obviously it didn't work before so don't pull a (more severe) repeat.

Follow my simple plan:

1: Ask yourself why you didn't do well (Failure to study, didn't understand material, etc)

2. Find out how you will improve those habits (Study more/differently, pair up with an out-of-class tutor, etc)

3. Success

 

[Shingo123]

Unless a person has some learning impairment, they will likely be able to succeed in most courses if they put enough work in.

 

[IrishHammer]

How do you improve from a subject such as bio that you have difficulty in HS
Will you do worse in college?

By no means. There are a number of factors that could come into play. If you didn't understand the material in high school, it's possible you could end up with a professor in college who explains the material differently, in a way that makes it easier for you to understand. Also, if your study habits have changed over time, that would also lead to a higher chance of success.

It's a good rule of thumb to not get too up or too down on yourself based on what you did in high school. College is an entirely new experience, it's a fresh start, just put forth the effort and success will follow.

 

[YiYaoYue]

How do you improve from a subject such as bio that you have difficulty in HS
Will you do worse in college?

On average, people do a grade point average worse in college than in HS.

But considering that you are concerned about it and if you have the willingness to start studying at college level, I'm sure you can turn that around.

It is all about maturing and taking your education seriously. The reason most do worse, is that they don't change their study habits.

 

[Praziquantel86]

On average, people do a grade point average worse in college than in HS.

Absolutely, patently false. The grades that one achieve in high school have little bearing on what is achievable in college.

A student who rode a 4.0 GPA throughout high school may find themselves taken aback by all the new freedoms and opportunities to ruin your grades that present themselves in freshman year, and consequently drop their grades significantly.

On the other hand, a person who barely stayed above a 2.5 in high school may find that the reason for that was a lack of intellectual stimulation and anger at all the busy work present in high school, and blossom into a high-achieving, straight "A" student (I was one of these).

Don't make claims based on empiric evidence alone, it makes it difficult for people seeking advice to actually get it.

 

[YiYaoYue]

Absolutely, patently false. The grades that one achieve in high school have little bearing on what is achievable in college.

A student who rode a 4.0 GPA throughout high school may find themselves taken aback by all the new freedoms and opportunities to ruin your grades that present themselves in freshman year, and consequently drop their grades significantly.

On the other hand, a person who barely stayed above a 2.5 in high school may find that the reason for that was a lack of intellectual stimulation and anger at all the busy work present in high school, and blossom into a high-achieving, straight "A" student (I was one of these).

Don't make claims based on empiric evidence alone, it makes it difficult for people seeking advice to actually get it.

Average means that there are outliers. Telling someone that despite doing bad in HS, they will get 4.0 in college and go to their dream grad school and become a billionaire (exaggeration) is not giving advice. The fact is getting 3.0+ GPA in college is not easy and takes hard work, but yes with effort it can be achieved. The point of my post wasn't that everyone who goes to college does worse... it is that college is very different and you want to make adjustments to succeed in college. If you are doing well in HS, don't just slack off thinking you'll get 4.0 in college. If you are doing bad, find what is causing you to get low grades and figure out a way to turn it around in college.

 

[Praziquantel86]

I'm not debating whether college is harder than high school; it is (academically, at least). I'm taking issue with your statement that the average person has their grades drop by a full point once in college. I don't believe that is true for a second.

I'll agree that many folks do find that their grades trend downward in the first semester or two, but many will also find that those trends balance out as time goes on.

 

[cpham12]

How do you improve from a subject such as bio that you have difficulty in HS
Will you do worse in college?

basically, what is being said is that no trends can be made. everything depends on your motivation, how much you are inspired by your peers and your professors, and how engaged you become with your subjects. for example, i HATED biology in high school and vowed never to take it again. i entered a great engineering school as an engineering student. after a year, i stopped liking engineering and its disciplines and gave the biological sciences another try. although i was biased about the subject and that led me to slack off in the beginning i achieved A- and A grades in biology whereas in high school i received Cs and Bs. the more focused biological fields such as microbiology and genetics are even more interesting and allows you to engage yourself in the material, depending on your interests of course.

all-in-all no one can really base grades on trends. they fluctuate so much and there are so many variables that statistics can't show any general pattern. if you want to succeed in something you really need to motivate yourself to do it. MAKE yourself like a subject. that's what i did for classes i had trouble with at least. others may not agree with me with what i say, but this has been my personal experience.

 

[Narrowstairs]

I did awful in high school but did really well in undergrad. Once you are out of high school you start over with a fresh slate.

 

[sugarxoxo]

Definitely not. Throughout my high school I didn't do as well until senior year when I knew I was headed to college and what I wanted to be. That said my high school chemistry class was like barely passing a "D" I thought it was hard lol =O. But now I'm in college I only get A's and a few B's and I'm probably going to get an A in organic chemistry 2 right now. I feel that as u continue ur studying u know what works best for u to improve your grades. And it definitely helps to have a goal in mind.

 

[ChainHeal]

like the above post said, you can do well if you put enough work in. it's for you to determine how much work.

 

[Pharmdapp87]

Yeah, I pretty much barely got a C in Chemistry in High school and my chemistry teacher forbid me to do anything with it... when I got to UF I got A's and Organic Chemistry is my strongest subject. It always depends on whether you really want to do it or not. I had friends who did better than me in chem in HS but when they got to college they couldn't handle. It depends on you!

 

[Matrix187]

Just don't procrastinate. Stay on top of the material, and never get behind. Ask questions and get help if you have to to understand the material.. Simple as that.

 

[roziak]

I did terrible in all of my classes in high school. I had around a 2.4GPA.

Now that I am in college I've been working hard on my classes and now have around a 3.65 and i'm in my junior year. I think it's just the fact that I didn't try that hard in high school and it's not really a matter of how smart you are - it's a matter of how good your study habits are.

 

[dreezy10]

I agree with all the post here. college is about, desire, hard work, and competition. i had a d in biology, d in chemistry, and a d in physics in high school. And I have gotten A's in each of those courses in college. At the same time, there are people who got A's in them in high school, and got c's and d's in college. the key to success, is to work harder than everyone, and you will be acing science courses. while others sleep and party, hit da books, and you will be rewarded in the end!

 

[pharm093]

To the Threat creator,

This is not true, I did really bad in high school science courses, but that is because I didn't try. I lack the passion for it during those years. I say college is much much better than high school. likewise, I did much better in science courses during college(possibly due to better teachers).

 

[applejuju]

depends on the college you go to also. College classes tend to graded on a curve and not on a strict point basis.

The general trend is a yes, but if you work hard you can change it.

 

[Calypso522]

I don't know... I did really great in high school and barely had to study in my AP and honors classes to get A's. I went to a really tough college and my grades dropped a lot since I didn't know how to study. After I figured out what I needed to do, then I went back to getting A's, but there was definitely a long adjustment period 🙁

 

[Ji the Captain]

Think about it. In highschool, you in school like 6 hours EACH DAy you have much more busy work in hs than in college. Which means some people who are smart but are too lazy to do all taht work will perform badly. But in college oyu have more time to do smaller amount of work. it depends. if you do bad in HS becuse your lazy. then the habit will carry over and you should try haarder.

 

[koercive]

I got better grades in college science courses than hs courses.

In high school, I didn't really have good study habits nor motivation. I aimed for straight B's and B-'s to get me through with minimal effort.

In college, I got pretty serious about studying. I enrolled in tutoring sessions provided by my undergrad and followed a rough schedule ( started studying for harder classes 4 days prior to exams ) to be ready for all of my exams.

It also helped a lot that my high school was a lot harder than my undergrad.

 

[Passion4Sci]

What the hell is up with these necros?

 

[AKN16]

How do you improve from a subject such as bio that you have difficulty in HS
Will you do worse in college?

This depends on the situation. If you are willing to work hard in college, you can get good grades. It takes a lot of work.

When I was in high school, I was a "C" student in biology. But this is bc I didn't apply myself and I didn't work hard in class. When college came around, I made it my mission to do better, bc there was so many bio classes that I'd have to take for pharm school. With that idea in my head, I put my head into the books, and I did much better in my bio classes.

I got into pharm school with that motivation.

 

[HayMay18]

I did awful in high school but did really well in undergrad. Once you are out of high school you start over with a fresh slate.

I completely agree. It's a fresh start. You don't have to be the same person you were in high school, and you don't have to make the same grades. It's all about motivation and how hard you're willing to work to get what you want.

 

[WVUPharm2007]

High School is pointless. I got below a 2.0 GPA my senior year...I'm doing just fine right now...