Scared about the final semester stretch?

[supergumbo]

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I sure am. Here, I finally get into med school and everything is looking up...except screwing up my last semester which would put all my hard work into dust. So far, I'm failing two classes. Anybody in a similar situation and feeling the pressure?

 

[combatwombat]

Yeah. I've been doing well for the past 4 semesters of my post-bac work, but this semester I've already done mediocre on the first 2 orgo exams. I'll more or less have to pull straight 100's to still wind up in the A range. If not, then that's 2 years of jumping through academic hoops and many, many thousands of dollars down the proverbial drain. venting is good

 

[supergumbo]

Yeah, venting does make me feel a bit easier. I can't completely be at ease in going to med school until this semester is over. It's somewhat aggravating. 😡

 

[Semicolon]

Whoa, what? You already got into a med school and you're failing two courses?

My apologies but...how the heck did that happen?! I mean, I understand the fact that it's hard to keep focus during your last semester of what seems to be a pointless college education at that point (as this is definitely my current situation)...but failing? Dude, that's bizarre. Or are you just taking some extremely difficult classes?

I don't mean to "push your buttons". I just can't wrap my mind around this. I'm finding it incredibly hard to care AT ALL about my current classes, but compromising myself would be a whole different ballgame. At any rate, I really wish you guys luck; it sucks that you're in this situation. 🙁

 

[supergumbo]

Whoa, what? You already got into a med school and you're failing two courses?

My apologies but...how the heck did that happen?! I mean, I understand the fact that it's hard to keep focus during your last semester of what seems to be a pointless college education at that point (as this is definitely my current situation)...but failing? Dude, that's bizarre. Or are you just taking some extremely difficult classes?

I don't mean to "push your buttons". I just can't wrap my mind around this. I'm finding it incredibly hard to care AT ALL about my current classes, but compromising myself would be a whole different ballgame. At any rate, I really wish you guys luck; it sucks that you're in this situation. 🙁

It's just that I severely underestimated my classes. I was busy focusing on applications, interviews, and such, and then the exams and essays just rear-sided me. It is quite unfortunate and now I am scrambling to at least get a passable grade. Bleh, it sucks, but whatever, I'll just have to work my butt off. It's just another obstacle and if I've pulled through in the past, I will now. Wish me luck in passing my classes so I can maintain my seat.

 

[Semicolon]

It's just that I severely underestimated my classes. I was busy focusing on applications, interviews, and such, and then the exams and essays just rear-sided me. It is quite unfortunate and now I am scrambling to at least get a passable grade. Bleh, it sucks, but whatever, I'll just have to work my butt off. It's just another obstacle and if I've pulled through in the past, I will now. Wish me luck in passing my classes so I can maintain my seat.

I'm sure you'll get through it just fine; you DID get into med school, right? 😉

Good luck! 👍

 

[nevinleiby]

Definitely care less, but certainly not failing. Shotting from the hip for a B+/A-. A 90% exam (A- is a 3.66) on my 3.96 gpa still hits my nerves of disappointment especially when pre-meds from our school are focusing on allo admissions and you feel the MD > DO attitude. But man...I've already gotten a BS in 2002 and been doing post-bacc since 2005 and planning on doing a summer course before school starts...this is the closest to a break that I have coming up! 😎

 

[Dr Frankenstein]

I have a biochem, genetics, and organic chem II lab midterm all next week, and also 2 biochem lab reports due, and genetics assignment due. This week was our week for spring break, while all my friends were in cali/mexico i stayed in and studied. You cant be messin up now dude wats wrong with you.

 

[supergumbo]

I have a biochem, genetics, and organic chem II lab midterm all next week, and also 2 biochem lab reports due, and genetics assignment due. This week was our week for spring break, while all my friends were in cali/mexico i stayed in and studied. You cant be messin up now dude wats wrong with you.

I don't know 🙁. It seems I can only do well in my science classes. These upper level liberal arts classes I need to graduate are being a pain in the butt.

 

[Semicolon]

I don't know 🙁. It seems I can only do well in my science classes. These upper level liberal arts classes I need to graduate are being a pain in the butt.

Ohhhhhh it's liberal arts. I cannot stand any liberal arts anymore!! I'm taking Native American and European culture classes and I would be glad to take science instead of them. Alas, I have to take them to graduate. Goddamn, undergrad is a waste.

 

[engineeredout]

It is scary to think that it is still possible to **** up even after getting this far.

In my bio class, there are three exams and a final. The exams are worth only 10% each, and the final is worth 70%. The weight of that final is scary, ****ing it up could really screw you.

 

[Semicolon]

It is scary to think that it is still possible to **** up even after getting this far.

In my bio class, there are three exams and a final. The exams are worth only 10% each, and the final is worth 70%. The weight of that final is scary, ****ing it up could really screw you.

Wow, what the hell. I've never seen a final that was worth THAT much, that's insane.

 

[supergumbo]

It is scary to think that it is still possible to **** up even after getting this far.

In my bio class, there are three exams and a final. The exams are worth only 10% each, and the final is worth 70%. The weight of that final is scary, ****ing it up could really screw you.

That is just ridiculous. I'd be ******* bricks for that final. Study hard for it and good luck!

 

[dozitgetchahi]

It is scary to think that it is still possible to **** up even after getting this far.

In my bio class, there are three exams and a final. The exams are worth only 10% each, and the final is worth 70%. The weight of that final is scary, ****ing it up could really screw you.

Holy cow man, what class is this? Fortunately whenever I've taken a class weighted like that the final ends up being fairly doable, but all it takes is for the prof to be in a bad mood when he/she is making the test and everyone could be in for a world of hurt.

My worst experience with this sort of grade weighting was in an English class I had to take sophomore year. The prof was something of a goofball, and he took the "absent-minded nutty professor" stereotype to new heights (for instance, the guy somehow managed to oversleep the class on a scheduled exam day - and the class was at 3 in the afternoon!) At the end of the semester the entire grading for the class ultimately was based on two "essays" (really stream of consciousness abstractions) we had randomly turned in, and nobody knew anything about their final grade until it was posted in the school's computers. I think everybody got an A as a prize for having to deal with the guy.

Anyway, I'd almost consider dropping that class if it isn't required or something (and I'm assuming it is, or else you probably wouldn't be taking it).

 

[Dr Frankenstein]

My undergrads have been a breez i must tell you all thanks too www.ratemyprofessor.com

 

[ModernChemistry]

Not failing, but concerned that I could get a C in one class if I don't improve on the next tests. Hasn't happened since orgo and I doubt my school will give me the boot if that's what I got... but it's been adding a bit of stress to my life.

 

[Tuckermans]

Yeah, I was worried about this one really unnecessary chemistry class someone talked me into. Went to it for a week and dropped it like a hot rock. After that, the semester has gotten a little better...😀

 

[nevinleiby]

The prof was something of a goofball, and he took the "absent-minded nutty professor" stereotype to new heights (for instance, the guy somehow managed to oversleep the class on a scheduled exam day - and the class was at 3 in the afternoon!) At the end of the semester the entire grading for the class ultimately was based on two "essays" (really stream of consciousness abstractions) we had randomly turned in, and nobody knew anything about their final grade until it was posted in the school's computers. I think everybody got an A as a prize for having to deal with the guy.

LOL

Yeah, i had one of those too...unfortunately it was Anatomy and the prof was an Ob/Gyn from PCOM

First day: missed class...didn't realize that our school still goes to school on a holiday.
Second day: entire day going over syllabus. Nice when you are in highschool, but I'm a nerd and like to jump right into Chapter 2 or 3 in the first five minutes

Generally, she would read the content off the ppt. Granted, it's anatomy...how do you teach it?, but it was a little sad considering it was A&Physiology. I was really hoping that it would include lots of medical aspects and perspectives of the material....very little 🙁. It appeared as though she would give the same lectures to nursing students, who generally was exposed to more material. I could not tell if her "boldfaced items are what we have to know for the test" applied to us as well as her RN students.

So, then a little later in the course, we had lab practical review after hours for 2 students. Again, me being me, I pop in to learn more. She was in our microbiology/anatomy room and it had the smell of a lab. She masked the smell with a candle. She also brought her little dog in, who was happily walking all over the lab benches. During the review with the other students, the dog started to get a little antsy. So she tossed her dog a (real!) skeleton's rib! As we were reviewing the condyles and epicondyles, etc, I'd glance over and see the dog feverishly chewing the articulating facets off of the rib. Literally, I could hear Crunch, crunch, snap, crunch, crunch. "Oh, that's okay. We have lots of them!"

SO, onto lecture a few days later. She added slide animations into one of the lectures. Unfortunately, she picked the wrong one. LOL...this still cracks me up...it was the animation that slides in from the bottom of the screen...but the one she picked didn't stop at the top...it kept going off the top of the screen. SO, she'd be reading AS FAST AS POSSIBLE from the 12 lines of text on the slide of heavy technical terms, but end up not reading the last 3 lines or so in time as it disappeared off the top of the screen. She'd then stop, click back, then forward again. It would scroll again, and she'd read the last lines as it continued up the screen the second pass...taking about 15 seconds until the text on the bottom rolled up so you could see it! 🤣. This happened on the two days that she gave the ppt lecture 😆

The Monday of the last week before break, she said that the next exam would be on Friday (the two class periods away and the same day as my Organic exam). I never really followed the syllabus's exam dates (only part about being nerdish and a date book procrastinator in easy classes), so I'm stressing....I double-check the syllabus right as students start leaving the classroom. The exam was supposed to be the Friday after we got back. I check with the prof and say, "um...I think the date is wrong". She doesn't really say anything to say that she is wrong, but just says that we'll have a review on Wed. Eh, that's okay.

So, on Wednesday, we all show up, a little nervous about the test. But she doesn't. After 50 minutes (class period) of no-show, we all head off to our next class

On Friday, everyone semi-prepares for the test. Not all of the students show up, and most not on time. Unfortunately, she doesn't show up either...I guess no test...

Off on break, then back..first day back: no show

I guess the school was worried because she wasn't responding to phone/email's, so they sent a police cruiser over to her house to see if she was okay. The daughter said that she was admitted to the hospital because of an endocrine imbalance...that's why she didn't get back to us. (Fortunately, she's okay from what we heard later on 👍)

After about 1.5 weeks of missed classes, another prof from our dept took over. Um...first test average was ~ 50%. I got a 78 and was either #1 or #2 in the class at that point and did about the same level of prep as normal and got ~ #1/#2 grade on the test...eeep!!