I got in Somehow - Now I'm Worried!!

pmrlcomm
Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:09:56 +0000

My D is in her 2nd semester of Orgo and will hopefully pass… Her problem isn’t the concepts. She doesn’t do as well with rote memorization. My guess is a lot of people that do well with Orgo may struggle in P Chem. I suspect she will do better there because her strengths are math and physics.

To try to ease your concerns my D was almost dead 50th percentile when she was accepted. Your average Vandy student. She spent a lot of time stressing over the fact that they made a mistake and she wasn’t as smart as everyone else there. She was watching HOD majors make collages and business majors take LA classes and get A’s. It wasn’t until she got into her sophomore year and Orgo that she realized that a lot of kids down there struggle with some of the harder classes and they are all smart kids. They have admissions down to a science. If they accepted you then you belong there. Don’t beat yourself up worrying about it. There will be kids that make it look easy. You will just have to work a little harder. The biggest and best lesson I think she has learned down there is that it is ok to ask for help.