@mom2collegekids hmm I am not sure if I am convinced the problem lies with it being my reach school/stronger classmates. It’s true that for the first two calc and first chem and chem lab exams, I was below average. However, after that, my chem exam was 20 points above average, the next one also above average. My 3rd calc exam was 13 points above average.
My problem right now is that I am going through emotional troubles. I don’t doubt my academic ability with relation to the rest of my peers, that’s a doubt cleared half way through the semester when I realized I was the one answering questions and leading in chem review sessions and that I was falling behind because I was giving in to high school habits of not studying much.
My only goal with this post is to find out how people can cope with stress and other life problems, and not let it have too much of an effect on school, which I am not doing a very good job of right now.