Thanks so much. <3 I'm trying to remain positive about the whole thing and motivate myself to keep improving how I study and handle school, because clearly something is fundamentally wrong.
@sheltermed I actually thought I would be okay, too! But looking through ISU's academic standards/expectations, there was apparently a big change made for our class and onwards. Previously, students simply had to maintain a 2.0 cumulative GPA and core GPA (basically, all of the required classes---so no electives are factored into that one). I would have been fine and still considered to be in good standing under those rules.
But starting with our class, the policy has been revamped. We now have four GPAs that must be 2.0 or higher: cumulative, cumulative core, semester, and semester core. I didn't take any electives this semester, so I made a 1.97 semester and semester core GPA. My cumulative GPA is still high enough to meet the minimum, but that doesn't matter.
When I started vet school,
I never expected that I would be towards the very bottom of the class and that I would struggle so much. I knew going on that it would be hard but I expected that, if I put in the effort, I could at least make the cut for academic standards. But here I am! It's especially frustrating because I feel like I am learning SO much... but I guess I'm not if my GPA is that low. Bleh.
Oh, well. Onward and upward. At least I know what to expect moving forward.