I would echo the other advice on here so far. One thing that I note with the students who do particularly poorly in chemistry at my institution is that they don’t attend class regularly, or if they do, they are not engaged with the material when they are in class. They also don’t do the homework or they don’t put the hard work into the homework assignments that they need to. Ask yourself the hard questions. Short cuts on homework (AI, relying on your tutor) will not lead to success on the exams. You have to do the hard work ahead of time. The other key is that if you do have practice exams, make sure to time yourself and take the exam under exam conditions (time it and do not use your notes- at least initially). Take those practice exams early enough so that you know where you are honestly with the material, and you have plenty of time to fix the problems and go back to sections you still don’t understand.
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