Did horrible on exam

intparent
Fri, 07 Dec 2012 12:33:56 +0000

I remember being certain (positive!) that I had gotten a C as a final grade in Finance in college. I was stunned to find a B- posted (back when we looked at paper on a wall for our grades ). And have spent the next 30 years sure that there was some mistake! So just saying, you never know until the final grade is in. I got a few really low grades in college (I remember specifically my intro Chem weeder class and intro Econ). Went on to take four more Econ classes, never lower than a B in any of them. What I am saying is that an occasional low grade on a college transcript is not a disaster.

It is a big step up in competition from a CC to a top 15 university, too. Even when you are on your game all the time (attending all classes and taking careful notes, completing every assignment and going to office hours for all things you don’t understand, memorizing it ALL for exams), it is just a tough environment. MiamiDap is not wrong that working harder is usually the answer to get at least up to a C or a B in the class. Sometimes the As go to students who already studied the subject and came back for a second pass somehow, though (someone who already has some accounting background from working in a small business, and takes intro accounting, for example). That can be hard to compete against.

Hang in there, you should take some encouragement from your good grades in your other classes. If you have to take more of the same subject (say, your D is in intro Accounting, and you have to take a second semester), get a tutor.