What to do...

[momomango]

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I'm currently a sophomore attending a Cali school. I just took my final today and I know I completely failed it. To further prove my point the professor just announced that there will be no curve because some people (out of the 400 in the class) got high scores so based off of there score he's not curving...so it's not looking too good for me. I'll probably end up with an F in the class. My first fail ever.

What to do now...my academic standing is already in a sore spot, its littered with C's a couple of B's and few A's, but I have yet to take any upper division classes. Ochem was my first upper div...and wow...I got screwed over so badly...I'm actually in a shocked/state of stupor because...I feel like I have a long arduous rode ahead of me (it was already hard for me to begin with because my freshman year)...I'm so darn discouraged right now. Everything else is good for me. I'm involved in research, volunteer, leadership, etc. I plan on taking retaking the classes I got C-'s in, but how bad does an F look? Initially I was really hoping to apply to Cali school's (USC, UCSF, UCSD, etc) but now...I don't think I'm going to apply to these schools at all... 🙁 I feel so ashamed and embarrassed about my situation right now. This is a huge let down for me.

Sorry for this rant, but anybody have any suggestions from what do from here?

 

[phuang06]

I'm currently a sophomore attending a Cali school. I just took my final today and I know I completely failed it. To further prove my point the professor just announced that there will be no curve because some people (out of the 400 in the class) got high scores so based off of there score he's not curving...so it's not looking too good for me. I'll probably end up with an F in the class. My first fail ever.

What to do now...my academic standing is already in a sore spot, its littered with C's a couple of B's and few A's, but I have yet to take any upper division classes. Ochem was my first upper div...and wow...I got screwed over so badly...I'm actually in a shocked/state of stupor because...I feel like I have a long arduous rode ahead of me (it was already hard for me to begin with because my freshman year)...I'm so darn discouraged right now. Everything else is good for me. I'm involved in research, volunteer, leadership, etc. I plan on taking retaking the classes I got C-'s in, but how bad does an F look? Initially I was really hoping to apply to Cali school's (USC, UCSF, UCSD, etc) but now...I don't think I'm going to apply to these schools at all... 🙁 I feel so ashamed and embarrassed about my situation right now. This is a huge let down for me.

Sorry for this rant, but anybody have any suggestions from what do from here?

If you can withdraw from the class, then do it. Better a W than an F. The only thing really is to learn how to study better and buckle down and focus on your studies. Since your GPA is the only thing that's bringing you down right now, you need to learn to better manage your time in order to get everything done academically, and that means spending time with your professors to learn the material, getting outside help for things you don't understand, etc. etc.

 

[mrblah]

to the OP: welcome to reality of undergrad bio programs. The main purpose is to weed out students that don't put in enough time or effort. With that said, you definitely need to try harder, or go somewhere else where the competition isn't as tough. A's aren't easy to come by in bio programs.

If you can withdrawal from the class, then do so, and manage your time more efficiently the next time around. You need to learn to manage your time. That is my advice to you, and you've probably heard it from all your counselors, professors, and TA's, but that is the secret to success.

 

[AbsoluteEthanol]

I'd start thinking about applying out of state. good luck to you!

 

[momomango]

thank you so much for your responses! unfortunately i can't drop the class because I already took the final. from here on out all i can show is improvement to the max because i really want to do this.