<p>First, don’t get too upset, because that really won’t help. Do you know for sure that you “failed,” or did you just get a poor score. Sometimes the curve in science classes will be different than what you are used to from high school. So, you’ll need to find that out.</p>
<p>Then, you need to go to office hours and talk to your professor and see what this means for you in terms of the class. What you missed, what you need to focus on. Bring your study material so you can show it to the prof, who may be able to point out to you where you aren’t focusing…</p>
<p>In the future, just so you know, you should be going to office hours at the start of a class to get to know the prof and to find out if you are focusing on the right material before you take the first test. Study groups can be helpful, too, because people tend to study what they already know, for some reason, maybe because it is what interests them, and to miss other things. Other students will have other interests and strengths.</p>
<p>Just remember, it’ll be all right. No matter what, you can figure it out, even if you have to drop the class, it’s not that big of a deal in college.</p>