C+ in AP Chem?

alwaysfaithful
Wed, 04 Jan 2006 21:26:35 +0000

well, in the fall term, we had two big tests and a final exam which together count more than 60% of the grade. I didn’t do very well on the first two tests and the majority of the class scored even lower than I on the first one and about the same on the second one. Then, there is the final, which was supposed to be our chem teacher’s gesture of kindness and raise everyone’s term average. I thought i did pretty well after the final and even contemplated getting a grade above b+, probably even an A. But when I got the final back after the thanksgiving break, i was SHOCKED by the number of multiple questions that I got wrong. so basically i screwed up a final which even though is 3hs long and could have helped me.
The main reason for me doing so poorly was because at the same time i was taking six academic classes which is considered A LOT at my very competitive and intense school. Besides chem, i am also taking multivariable calculus and ap physics in which i got A and A-. I poured an unproportionally huge amount of time over music theory and french iii advanced (i was still an ESL in my freshman and sop year), both of which are easy but very time consuming for me. And there were also my EC’s and college apps on top of that. I ended up being very sleep deprived through out my fall term, therefore i kept making some really really stupid and unreasonable mistakes on my tests.