<p>You’re welcome. I realized i did not quite finish what I was trying to say - by sitting at the front and going to the review/help sessions she met those like minded students that she started study groups with. Now in her 2nd year she mostly knows people in her classes and the study groups tend to consist of the same people with others sometimes being added. And now that she knows people she can rely on they try to sign up for lab times together.</p>
<p>Fortunately she has only ever had the one lab where her partners were assigned instead of by her choice. She got really stressed at first as the lab grade was mostly based on the group’s work - at 1st she tried to do everything herself which did not work at all. After unfortunately going ballistic on her lab partners one day she sat down and apologized (when she goes ballistic it’s not pretty) and talked to them and ended up leading the group and assigning tasks which worked out fairly well. It was quite a learning experience for her both in developing patience and finding a way to work with people whose work ethic (or lack of) completely baffled her. And she did end up with an A in the class though 2 partners dropped the class and the 3rd barely passed. </p>
<p>Good luck.</p>