Hello everyone,
Obviously a throwaway account. I have garnered tons of valuable insight from SDN and I hope I can receive some much needed advice/wisdom.
I am an M2 in the midwest and I have been doing very well thus far. However, after break I just had a bad day (I felt foggy and just not myself) and that bad day happened to be on an exam day in a non-core class that we have 1 hour per week (it involves ethics). Long story short, I couldn't get in the groove and I failed by 3 points. Due to my school's grading policy, I have to remediate the exam even though I still have over an 80% in the course and now I can only receive an RP in the course as a whole because I scored below a certain percentile on an exam.
Simply put: I feel deflated and discouraged (which sucks, because I have felt great up to this point). I feel like everything I have been working toward is a bust. I don't want to do anything 'competitive' (surgery, derm, rads, etc.), but I want to match well into the field I desire...and now I feel like I'm wasting my tuition money.
I know this situation isn't the best, but I am hoping that it is not as catastrophic as my mind is making it out to be. I always hear "just don't fail"...and I just did. Thoughts? Opinions? Advice? Thank you for your time.
Obviously a throwaway account. I have garnered tons of valuable insight from SDN and I hope I can receive some much needed advice/wisdom.
I am an M2 in the midwest and I have been doing very well thus far. However, after break I just had a bad day (I felt foggy and just not myself) and that bad day happened to be on an exam day in a non-core class that we have 1 hour per week (it involves ethics). Long story short, I couldn't get in the groove and I failed by 3 points. Due to my school's grading policy, I have to remediate the exam even though I still have over an 80% in the course and now I can only receive an RP in the course as a whole because I scored below a certain percentile on an exam.
Simply put: I feel deflated and discouraged (which sucks, because I have felt great up to this point). I feel like everything I have been working toward is a bust. I don't want to do anything 'competitive' (surgery, derm, rads, etc.), but I want to match well into the field I desire...and now I feel like I'm wasting my tuition money.
I know this situation isn't the best, but I am hoping that it is not as catastrophic as my mind is making it out to be. I always hear "just don't fail"...and I just did. Thoughts? Opinions? Advice? Thank you for your time.