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I'm stressed out over my midterm grades. And I'm mad I didn't do so hot on my orgo quiz.

Spanish- A
Philosophy- B+
Orgo- B (retaking it)
History 1- C
History 2- C

I think I will finish Spanish with an A, it's not hard. Philosophy I should get at least a B in but the professor said he grades harder as the semester goes on. Orgo I hope to get a B+. I'm mad at myself because I studied for a decent amount of time and I only got a 60 on my latest quiz. thankfully the quizzes aren't worth much but its annoying. the topic is stereochemistry for anyone wondering.

One of the history class grades is an anomaly because I've taken two other classes with the professor before and I got an A in both of them. The other history class the professor is a P.I.T.A. in terms of grading from what I heard from ratemyprofessor, and his feedback on the test didn't really help. but now I have very little margin for error.

My overall GPA and science GPA are low so I need to do amazing from here on out and my midterm grades aren't good enough. It's causing me a lot of stress.
 
thisismyacct said:
I'm stressed out over my midterm grades. And I'm mad I didn't do so hot on my orgo quiz.

Spanish- A
Philosophy- B+
Orgo- B (retaking it)
History 1- C
History 2- C

I think I will finish Spanish with an A, it's not hard. Philosophy I should get at least a B in but the professor said he grades harder as the semester goes on. Orgo I hope to get a B+. I'm mad at myself because I studied for a decent amount of time and I only got a 60 on my latest quiz. thankfully the quizzes aren't worth much but its annoying. the topic is stereochemistry for anyone wondering.

One of the history class grades is an anomaly because I've taken two other classes with the professor before and I got an A in both of them. The other history class the professor is a P.I.T.A. in terms of grading from what I heard from ratemyprofessor, and his feedback on the test didn't really help. but now I have very little margin for error.

My overall GPA and science GPA are low so I need to do amazing from here on out and my midterm grades aren't good enough. It's causing me a lot of stress.
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Listen bro, give yourself a day off and strategize. You can lift those grades up but you have to attack it with hunger for success!

I have struggled in the past as-well, and I’ve always realized that no matter how hard you are trying, you can always do better if you improve your focus, hunger, and strategize.

Best of luck!


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thisismyacct said:
I'm stressed out over my midterm grades. And I'm mad I didn't do so hot on my orgo quiz.

Spanish- A
Philosophy- B+
Orgo- B (retaking it)
History 1- C
History 2- C

I think I will finish Spanish with an A, it's not hard. Philosophy I should get at least a B in but the professor said he grades harder as the semester goes on. Orgo I hope to get a B+. I'm mad at myself because I studied for a decent amount of time and I only got a 60 on my latest quiz. thankfully the quizzes aren't worth much but its annoying. the topic is stereochemistry for anyone wondering.

One of the history class grades is an anomaly because I've taken two other classes with the professor before and I got an A in both of them. The other history class the professor is a P.I.T.A. in terms of grading from what I heard from ratemyprofessor, and his feedback on the test didn't really help. but now I have very little margin for error.

My overall GPA and science GPA are low so I need to do amazing from here on out and my midterm grades aren't good enough. It's causing me a lot of stress.
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To piggyback off of @jj.work, I found that when I was getting a lot of C's in my classes that I was unorganized and over-committed to various things (work, research, volunteering) before school. Basically, I wasn't making my schoolwork the priority.

Definitely take some time to get organized, but also take time for a break to do something enjoyable. If you're continually stressed and not taking breaks, your mental and overall health will suffer. Good luck to you!
 
jj.work said:
Listen bro, give yourself a day off and strategize. You can lift those grades up but you have to attack it with hunger for success!

I have struggled in the past as-well, and I’ve always realized that no matter how hard you are trying, you can always do better if you improve your focus, hunger, and strategize.

Best of luck!


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Thank you, I will
 
DSchoolorBust202X said:
To piggyback off of @jj.work, I found that when I was getting a lot of C's in my classes that I was unorganized and over-committed to various things (work, research, volunteering) before school. Basically, I wasn't making my schoolwork the priority.

Definitely take some time to get organized, but also take time for a break to do something enjoyable. If you're continually stressed and not taking breaks, your mental and overall health will suffer. Good luck to you!
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I think that's what happened
 
Big Time Hoosier said:
I am tired of having to remind predents to go to the cheapest dental school they get into. "But...but...but it's a fancy school." Rant over.

Big Hoss
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Cheapest school doesn't alway mean the best school. Minimizing debt is important, but if you are going to rule out a school based off of tuition alone, you shouldn't have applied there in the first place. I think it should be "remind predents to apply to schools where the tuition is reasonable so that their final decision isn't based off of tuition alone."

You're doing the Lord's work helping students who aren't worried about debt because they believe they will easily pay off their $600k+ debt because they are a dentist. All I am saying is if you only apply to schools with reasonable tuition, you can pick the school you enjoyed the most and you believe will make you the better dentist.
 
I guess I'll rant a little: I feel like I never had the typical "college experience." When I applied to college, I just applied to the state school in my town because A). I was already dual enrolling there and wasn't very motivated to apply other places. B). I was in a long term relationship and didn't want to move (the relationship didn't even work out). So because of this I never had to move, and I'm a commuter, so I never felt super connected with campus life. Now there are positives to this, saving ALOT of money and getting good grades, but I just can't help feeling I missed out on some cool experiences by staying at home.
 
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IdleKoala said:
I guess I'll rant a little: I feel like I never had the typical "college experience." When I applied to college, I just applied to the state school in my town because A). I was already dual enrolling there and wasn't very motivated to apply other places. B). I was in a long term relationship and didn't want to move (the relationship didn't even work out). So because of this I never had to move, and I'm a commuter, so I never felt super connected with campus life. Now there are positives to this, saving ALOT of money and getting good grades, but just I can't help feeling I missed out on some cool experiences by staying at home.
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Same boat, bro. Exact same boat. It motivated me to get involved (for the past year) in some cool stuff, but I wish I would've done more. It'll be something to look forward to in dental school.
 
IdleKoala said:
I guess I'll rant a little: I feel like I never had the typical "college experience." When I applied to college, I just applied to the state school in my town because A). I was already dual enrolling there and wasn't very motivated to apply other places. B). I was in a long term relationship and didn't want to move (the relationship didn't even work out). So because of this I never had to move, and I'm a commuter, so I never felt super connected with campus life. Now there are positives to this, saving ALOT of money and getting good grades, but I just can't help feeling I missed out on some cool experiences by staying at home.
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Well from what I have been hearing, you will get to relive high school life if you go to med school and dental school.

Of course this could be bad and good at the same time lol.

and yeah, I never experienced the college life as well, I lived off campus and had to commute, but in my defense, I live with mom and dad and they need me because they have no one else but me and my sibilings.

but hey even if you are 50, you can enjoy college life again, there is no age limit for that, single or not single, you can have fun if you want!
 
Pearl E. White said:
Same boat, bro. Exact same boat. It motivated me to get involved (for the past year) in some cool stuff, but I wish I would've done more. It'll be something to look forward to in dental school.
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Wow it's crazy, I'm in the exact same boat as y'all, I've commuted all throughout undergrad (3 hours daily commute!), excited to move out and live on campus for Dental school 🙂
 
themuffinman11 said:
Wow it's crazy, I'm in the exact same boat as y'all, I've commuted all throughout undergrad (3 hours daily commute!), excited to move out and live on campus for Dental school 🙂
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Wow 3 hours how do you do it?! I'm gonna stop complaining about my 1 hour commute now.
 
themuffinman11 said:
Wow it's crazy, I'm in the exact same boat as y'all, I've commuted all throughout undergrad (3 hours daily commute!), excited to move out and live on campus for Dental school 🙂
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Wow, that's devotion! I said commute but it was actually 35 or 45 minutes :heckyeah:
 
Rant: my pre-health advisor, who is supposed to be submitting my committee letter, didn't do it until oct 5th, and literally said to my face when I asked her about it multiple times that she "has other more important things to do". so because she had more important things to do than her job, I'm a late applicant and I'm very much freaking out right now. haven't heard back and i'm not counting on any pre-dec interviews, I'll be lucky if i get one jan/feb
 
SubAtomicCherry said:
Rant: my pre-health advisor, who is supposed to be submitting my committee letter, didn't do it until oct 5th, and literally said to my face when I asked her about it multiple times that she "has other more important things to do". so because she had more important things to do than her job, I'm a late applicant and I'm very much freaking out right now. haven't heard back and i'm not counting on any pre-dec interviews, I'll be lucky if i get one jan/feb
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WOW! That's unacceptable.
 
SubAtomicCherry said:
Rant: my pre-health advisor, who is supposed to be submitting my committee letter, didn't do it until oct 5th, and literally said to my face when I asked her about it multiple times that she "has other more important things to do". so because she had more important things to do than her job, I'm a late applicant and I'm very much freaking out right now. haven't heard back and i'm not counting on any pre-dec interviews, I'll be lucky if i get one jan/feb
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WOWWWWWW good luck cherry
 
SubAtomicCherry said:
Rant: my pre-health advisor, who is supposed to be submitting my committee letter, didn't do it until oct 5th, and literally said to my face when I asked her about it multiple times that she "has other more important things to do". so because she had more important things to do than her job, I'm a late applicant and I'm very much freaking out right now. haven't heard back and i'm not counting on any pre-dec interviews, I'll be lucky if i get one jan/feb
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what school?
 
A school that I interviewed at (my first/second choice) asked to see a syllabus for one of my pre-reqs TWO months ago and hasnt gotten back to me since. So now I have to register for a freshman level course just in case, and its only offered right in the middle of the day so I have to plan all around it.
 
shst1 said:
So sorry to hear that 🙁
Did she get an interview first?
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No, she has great stats Gpa and DAT wise more than 1000 hours volunteering and work experience etc Not to mention a very strong PS. Everything looks good but 15 in RC and they said you don't meet our minimum, we won't even review your application 🙁
 
SubAtomicCherry said:
Rant: my pre-health advisor, who is supposed to be submitting my committee letter, didn't do it until oct 5th, and literally said to my face when I asked her about it multiple times that she "has other more important things to do". so because she had more important things to do than her job, I'm a late applicant and I'm very much freaking out right now. haven't heard back and i'm not counting on any pre-dec interviews, I'll be lucky if i get one jan/feb
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Wow, I am sorry about that!

Why some people fail to do their job and feel very entitled to treat students like they don't even matter!

 
Pearl E. White said:
Wow 3 hours how do you do it?! I'm gonna stop complaining about my 1 hour commute now.
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Faefly said:
Wow, that's devotion! I said commute but it was actually 35 or 45 minutes :heckyeah:
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Haha I meant 3 hours in total, 1.5 hours one way to school, it seems like a lot but somehow in my 4th year, I've gotten used to it!

I usually just nap, listen to lectures or review notes before class. Surprisingly, it is helpful for reviewing before my classes because I'm forced to wake up early lol but I definitely dream of being a minute away from classes :laugh:
 
I guess I'll add my rant in here too since we're talking about bad advisors. When I was a 2nd-year student at my college, my pre-health advisor told me I wouldn't cut it in the health professionals (her words were to 'explore my other options because they would probably be better suited for me') because I had a 3.5 GPA, which wasn't good enough in her mind. Fast forward 2 years, I haven't stepped into her office since and I have had 3 interviews with that 3.5 GPA. It was really disheartening, but my best decision was to ignore her and keep pushing.
 
SwissyD said:
I guess I'll add my rant in here too since we're talking about bad advisors. When I was a 2nd-year student at my college, my pre-health advisor told me I wouldn't cut it in the health professionals (her words were to 'explore my other options because they would probably be better suited for me') because I had a 3.5 GPA, which wasn't good enough in her mind. Fast forward 2 years, I haven't stepped into her office since and I have had 3 interviews with that 3.5 GPA. It was really disheartening, but my best decision was to ignore her and keep pushing.
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I signed up for a 1 credit course about inclusion and diversity. Mostly, all different races and ethnicities talked about misunderstandings, discrimination, and microaggressions (( didn't know what that meant until I went to that class lol))

Anyway, I remember there was a guy who came from Africa. He said that the first time he went to the advising center for any resources to get into med school. The advisor looked at him and told him, you can't go to med school. Your kind can't do well in med school or something like that.

Of course, he never went to her office ever again and he is now a med student!

But, he was sad because he said what about the other students'dreams that this irresponsible person ruined with her discouraging ill-advised words?
 
Ugh thank you all so much for the empathy! the semi good news is that the pre-health advisor who submitted my app late is now fired! i'm meeting with the new advisor (who was my professor, and we are very close already) and hopefully she will give me more peace of mind!

and the ex-advisor actually told me the same thing that SwissyD was told, that my 3.7 wasn't good enough for dental school and that I didn't do my due diligence when i didn't meet with her in the first 5 weeks of class (i'm sorry i was a freshman adjusting to this new lifestyle and living on my own?!)

I think it's a good lesson to keep in mind: even adults whose job it is to help you figure out your career can be VERY wrong, and that you really can do anything if you put your mind to it and ignore the negativity! despite all this i'm going to keep pushing and hoping for that acceptance because I believe i am a very strong applicant despite my advisor doing a poor job. and as future healthcare providers we all gotta keep our heads held high because we are doing amazing jobs and going to save some lives and make people a lot happier some day. don't let one adult talk down to you or say your dreams are not achievable, because they are, and you will persist and be amazing someday!
 
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SubAtomicCherry said:
I think it's a good lesson to keep in mind: even adults whose job it is to help you figure out your career can be VERY wrong, and that you really can do anything if you put your mind to it and ignore the negativity! despite all this i'm going to keep pushing and hoping for that acceptance because I believe i am a very strong applicant despite my advisor doing a poor job. and as future healthcare providers we all gotta keep our heads held high because we are doing amazing jobs and going to save some lives and make people a lot happier some day. don't let one adult talk down to you or say your dreams are not achievable, because they are, and you will persist and be amazing someday!
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Pretty sure if you polished this paragraph a bit and changed the word adults with the word "anyone", this could be a very persuasive inspirational paragraph to be part of your personal statement or to talk about it in interviews.

I agree with you and I hope we all make it!
 
IdleKoala said:
I guess I'll rant a little: I feel like I never had the typical "college experience." When I applied to college, I just applied to the state school in my town because A). I was already dual enrolling there and wasn't very motivated to apply other places. B). I was in a long term relationship and didn't want to move (the relationship didn't even work out). So because of this I never had to move, and I'm a commuter, so I never felt super connected with campus life. Now there are positives to this, saving ALOT of money and getting good grades, but I just can't help feeling I missed out on some cool experiences by staying at home.
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We have the same exact situation...
 
DC is so depressing at night! It's only beautiful during the day.
 
Random rant: I'm a non-traditional student. I had to take 2 years of pre-reqs after college and now doing my gap year with applications. Just the whole process made me such a different person....more serious and boring. I just want to go back to the silly, bubbly me that people had described as "sunshine". I feel more like a non-confident gray cloud instead.

Which doesn't help with interviews 🙁 The 22 years old me would have aced these interviews no problem. Instead, I'm feeling so nervous, awkward and unconfident like poop.
 
Ms.2:30 said:
Random rant: I'm a non-traditional student. I had to take 2 years of pre-reqs after college and now doing my gap year with applications. Just the whole process made me such a different person....more serious and boring. I just want to go back to the silly, bubbly me that people had described as "sunshine". I feel more like a non-confident gray cloud instead.

Which doesn't help with interviews 🙁 The 22 years old me would have aced these interviews no problem. Instead, I'm feeling so nervous, awkward and unconfident like poop.
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Ja totally feel.
 
Pearl E. White said:
Ja totally feel.
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This is something I’ve noticed on college on a campus....
There’s something about that atmosphere for study-study-study, that can be negative to people’s emotional well being.

Specially if you don’t make a special effort to make time for friends, family, and GYM!

I’m 27, went to college after military service, and I felt a similar wave of emotions during my last semester ( knee injury and 18 credits limited my exercise time)

It’s possible to recover from those feelings and gain access to your confident selves....

It is within your reach. Get out there, push your boundaries and strengthen your confidence!



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jj.work said:
This is something I’ve noticed on college on a campus....
There’s something about that atmosphere for study-study-study, that can be negative to people’s emotional well being.

Specially if you don’t make a special effort to make time for friends, family, and GYM!

I’m 27, went to college after military service, and I felt a similar wave of emotions during my last semester ( knee injury and 18 credits limited my exercise time)

It’s possible to recover from those feelings and gain access to your confident selves....

It is within your reach. Get out there, push your boundaries and strengthen your confidence!



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I'm 27 too!
 
Yeah, I am so different from what I was before.

It's so weird how we used to be and how we are now.
 
I visited a butterfly conservatory today at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. Butterflies are fascinating to observe. However, one thing has annoyed me. In the exhibit, they have the Madagascar moth put inside a confined small space. He is not free to fly like the other butterflies. So, I asked why he is there, they said oh because if we let him out, he will hide under plants and people won't get to see him! Plus his lifespan is much shorter if he is out of the cage.
I told them but he will be free.

The things humans do to animals to be entertained 🙁 :bang:

Argema_mittrei_lg.jpg
 
Faefly said:
I visited a butterfly conservatory today at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. Butterflies are fascinating to observe. However, one thing has annoyed me. In the exhibit, they have the Madagascar moth put inside a confined small space. He is not free to fly like the other butterflies. So, I asked why he is there, they said oh because if we let him out, he will hide under plants and people won't get to see him! Plus his lifespan is much shorter if he is out of the cage.
I told them but he will be free.

The things humans do to animals to be entertained 🙁 :bang:

Argema_mittrei_lg.jpg
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Not cool. What a beautiful creature.
 
Ms.2:30 said:
Random rant: I'm a non-traditional student. I had to take 2 years of pre-reqs after college and now doing my gap year with applications. Just the whole process made me such a different person....more serious and boring. I just want to go back to the silly, bubbly me that people had described as "sunshine". I feel more like a non-confident gray cloud instead.

Which doesn't help with interviews 🙁 The 22 years old me would have aced these interviews no problem. Instead, I'm feeling so nervous, awkward and unconfident like poop.
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Hey at least you are 24 yr old. LoL I am 33 and applying this cycle, and envy your young starting.
I only had one interview and this stress is killing me day by day. I have waited almost 5 yrs post my SECOND bachelors, while working and raising kids, for my DANG green card. Still not processed. I hate immigration dept. no explanation and just shut up and wait for 2 years.

Just waiting dental school decision is nothing compared to the constant fear of situation that you gotta leave the country you lived past 10 yrs, the huge uncertainty kills soul.
 
Rant: Bored at work because my boss likes to hog everything to do and be Type A about everything. So looking on SDN forums. Got a call from one of my top schools the other day and now regrets not emphasizing that they are my top school. Going crazy over the forums- getting a call means you won't get in, highly likely you get in, etc, etc.

Yet I'm trying to calm other people down with their hysteria, I'm over here hysteria-ing like a crazy person.
 
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