I'm an idiot and failed my bio midterm...Help please?

bernie12
Wed, 10 Oct 2012 01:44:35 +0000

Maybe you are indeed screwed for an A, but that does not mean you cannot get a good grade in the course (an A need not be your end all as the meaning of success, and just because I said this does not mean you should drop the class. If you do better on future tests, accept a B/B+ and learn from your mistakes. Keep the momentum going in 142 and show that upward trend when you make an A). I’ve seen come back stories in biology (and even chemistry), so it’s possible. As for feeling like an idiot, there isn’t much time for that. Go over the test and see if it’s flat out you misunderstanding information (this may be the case if you missed a lot of what are considered simpler problems on the test), being careless (simple problems but actually knew answer), or freaking out on the test (normally happens to lots of people when they see an applied problem that puts simple material into a completely new scenario or context. Were there plenty of these on the test. It doesn’t matter if they are simple or hard applied situations as some people freaky difficult if a problem is an even slightly unrecognizable context). If you overestimated yourself, you may misunderstand information and not know it as well as you thought. This is where studying with someone else comes in handy, because you can convey your idea of certain material with them and they, if competent can give feedback. In addition, do you merely attend biomentors or do you participate? Also, do you try to get together and complete problems before you go, or do you just go and let your biomentor give you answers and you simply accept their answers? In addition, did your quiz grades suggest this outcome (are you bad at taking the quizzes).