<p>I have a feeling you might not know the material as well as you think. In college classes the professors often use wording that can confuse a student that doesn’t have total mastery of the material. Are you taking good notes in class? Make sure you are going over those in depth (many times high school student rely on just studying their text and in college this won’t be enough). After you thoroughly understand your notes make sure you do all the assigned reading and take good notes on that. A good approach after you have done these two things is to try to make a graphic organizer of the material. Try to figure out the big picture and all the supporting details. Determine how things are interrelated.</p>
<p>If this doesn’t help go talk with the professor. Maybe he/she can go over a few questions and they can point out the type of mistakes you are making and this will give you further insight into how to prepare.</p>
<p>Keep working diligently and you will have success. You might need to alter your approach a little but that is what you’re supposed to be doing in college, challenging what you know, how you approach things and readjusting. It will be a little uncomfortable at first but that is just a sign that you are pushing yourself.</p>