<p>I know conventional wisdom says to get off the internet and STUDY, but it seems to me like I’ve put the hours in (~5-6 not counting reviewing in lecture/discussion), gone to my TA for help, worked through three practice exams and mostly read through the text. So I think I’ll call it a night and hit the sack soon.</p>
<p>I’m still really nervous. Class average on this exam is apparently sub-60% some years…</p>
<p>So I’m wondering if anyone has any tips as far as exams go, for coping with panic and stress during the test and over the course the days following. Please share them if you do. </p>
<p>My HS average was almost 99. On my first college exam, in honors physics, I got a 45. I thought my life was over, lol. I rebounded and ended up graduating with high honors. Don’t worry about it!</p>
<p>Punishment is counterproductive–you are an adult now.
A better approach would be to learn from the first exam experience…figure out what you did right/wrong with how you approached it.</p>
<p>A little story: My very bright S1, who always got As in high school, got a very low C on his first exam in college. The professor had put a note on his blue book asking him to come see her. When he went to office hours, the professor reviewed his exam with him…showing him how he should have written in better. She actually showed him some other exams so he could see what a good answer looked and read like.</p>
<p>he did much, much better on his other exams from then on, because he understood what was expected. Often it’s not that you don’t know the material, it’s that you didn’t know it/express your knowledge in the way the professors expect in college.</p>
<p>Honestly, as long as you do better than the average, you will get an A/B. Most professors, at least in math and science, tend to curve the entire class at the end. Just make sure to always do slightly better than everyone else and you will get a top grade.</p>
<p>This was a chemistry exam. I’ll admit that there were parts of the exam that I was confused about as far as concepts go, but it’s hard for me to imagine what I could do differently. </p>
<p>I wasn’t the genius who could get away with not studying in high-school, and so it didn’t come as a surprise to me that I was expected to study for ~6 hours (which I did). So it’s really disheartening to get this result. </p>
<p>Even on the three practice exams (from previous years) that I took, I got higher marks–ones I would’ve been happy with. I don’t know what happened.</p>
<p>Try studying smarter, not harder. I find taking my own notes and talking things over with a friend until we understand the topic conceptually to be helpful. Everything in chemistry is much easier if you understand it on a conceptual level.</p>
<p>Unless you get written homework, work through most, if not all, of the problems in your textbook for the appropriate chapters. I’m doing it now after performing so-so -mediocre on my first chem exam and its great how similar the problems are. Each chapter also has about 60 or more problems so I’m really broadening my knowledge and ability and also becoming more instinctive in chem</p>
<p>yeah I wondered why people do this on the forum? Saying stuff my like my D, or D1, S1. Is there something wrong with saying son or daughter here?</p>
<p>If you really think it’s quicker to type S1 rather than son, why not apply that strategy to every word you’re typing? Ths wy u cn typ lk ths n it wil b rly fast.</p>