I realize how stupid that sounds, but god, I am so damn lost in this class. We had one 50 min lecture on NMR spectroscopy. The next day, we had an in-depth lab on it. My teacher made me feel like a ******* when I started asking basic questions. The next day at lecture, we had already moved on to a new topic, yet we're supposed to understand NMR spectroscopy enough to be tested on it from now on. Every subject is treated like this; we have one 50 min lecture on something, and then we're done. Moved on. Expected to know it by the next lecture completely.
I just spent 3ish hours in the library going over our text on NMR. I walked away just as confused as I was earlier. I can't even talk to my teacher because he makes you feel like a *******.
We had our first test last week. I got a C on it. I suppose I should be grateful because our class average as an F! I did decently on it until I got to a section where our prof asked us the same question 3 different times, using different molecules. I apparently didn't know how to do it and got all of them wrong, which lowered my grade drastically.
I remember last year a doctor came in and joked about how when he was in college, 90%+ of pre-meds at his school droppd because of Orgo, and I laughed thinking how ridiculous that was. Now I'm thinking that if I can't even get a decent grade in Orgo, how can I really expect to do well in med school?
I've tried talking to my teacher, I attended a few student instructor lessons (didn't help), I've now purchased my THIRD self-help book (Orgo for dummies, Orgo has a 2nd language, Orgo Demystified).. still lost. Has anyone else gone through this and prevailed?! This is driving me nuts because I'm now taking only upper level classes for my major, and this is the only one giving me any trouble. I spend 90% of my study time on this one class and still do poorly in it. I dont' want to come accross as a whiner, I just want to know (and hope) that others have gone through this same crap and still wound up walking away with a decent grade come the end of the semester. Lie to me if you must!
I just spent 3ish hours in the library going over our text on NMR. I walked away just as confused as I was earlier. I can't even talk to my teacher because he makes you feel like a *******.
We had our first test last week. I got a C on it. I suppose I should be grateful because our class average as an F! I did decently on it until I got to a section where our prof asked us the same question 3 different times, using different molecules. I apparently didn't know how to do it and got all of them wrong, which lowered my grade drastically.
I remember last year a doctor came in and joked about how when he was in college, 90%+ of pre-meds at his school droppd because of Orgo, and I laughed thinking how ridiculous that was. Now I'm thinking that if I can't even get a decent grade in Orgo, how can I really expect to do well in med school?
I've tried talking to my teacher, I attended a few student instructor lessons (didn't help), I've now purchased my THIRD self-help book (Orgo for dummies, Orgo has a 2nd language, Orgo Demystified).. still lost. Has anyone else gone through this and prevailed?! This is driving me nuts because I'm now taking only upper level classes for my major, and this is the only one giving me any trouble. I spend 90% of my study time on this one class and still do poorly in it. I dont' want to come accross as a whiner, I just want to know (and hope) that others have gone through this same crap and still wound up walking away with a decent grade come the end of the semester. Lie to me if you must!