struggling at new school

[chocchipcookie]

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i transferred from a mediocre state school to an ivy this semester and it's been really hard. i put in 3 times (or more) the effort that i did at my old school and i'm still doing way worse. i'm not really sure what to do. i tried studying with friends, spacing things out, making review sheets, etc. it seems like i can talk about everything but then when it finally comes time to take the tests, i can't get my head around which answer to pick. i think i may be freaking out and looking for ways that they're tricking me, but i'm not happy at all with what's going on. i'm not even taking any sciences this semester and i'm struggling. i've talked to my profs and successful students here, and it seems like the more i study, the worse i do 😕 it also bothers me that i basically took one of the classes i'm taking now and aced it without doing any work at my old school but i study tons for here and i'm getting B-s/Cs. stats is also giving me tons of trouble, despite my doing all the problem sets and assignments and studying, etc.

i can't tell if it's all this other stuff going on around me or maybe i'm dumb? i don't know. advice/thoughts/anything?

 

[dmitriyivanov]

I think that you should be fine next semester. Its your first semester and you aren't used to the professors at IVY school and their high expectations coupled with more competitive students. Continue studying hard or a little even harder and next semester it'll pay off with all A's.

Good luck👍

 

[chocchipcookie]

thanks 🙂 i think i may finish with a 3.0 or 3.3.. i'm aiming for a 3.5 but i'm not sure if that'll happen. really going to try to ace those finals!

were there any transfers who can share their experiences and how they dealt with coming into a new environment?

 

[wantVCUdental]

My advice is to transfer out...
Grades are relative, the fact that you are doing a lot worst than before is that you are on a whole new playing field. Dental schools don't care (too much)about where you graduate from most of the time, so I don't think there is the need to put yourself through a tough school (i learned it the hard way).

 

[chocchipcookie]

i love it here, so i wouldn't leave... i actually want to stay an extra year haha my major has a one-year master's offered, so i'm thinking about it.

would you care to share your story since you said you learned it the hard way?