Drop Gen Chem II?

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<p>so I am horrible at chemistry. I'm getting the worst marks I've ever gotten in school and it's driving me crazy. I've gone to tutoring, I've spoken to my professor and TA and I honestly idk I feel like I'm just not getting it.</p>

<p>I feel like I need to drop, but I dread retaking the course at a later date even more. I came out of gen chem I with a C and right now I'm currently failing gen chem II. Semester ends in May. </p>

<p>help me decide if I should drop based on my marks? I have to decide by next friday but there are still things to do well on and I'm trying to figure out if I could bring it up to a C.</p>

<p>So the breakdown:</p>

<p>Graded Assignment Points possible Approx. Percentage
Final Exam (cumulative) 200 21.9%
In term exams (3 at 100 pts each) 300 32.8%
Quizzes (4 at 30 pts ea.) 120 13.1%
Lab reports or worksheets
(12 at 10 pts ea.) 120 13.1%
Lab practical (3 at 25 pts ea.) 75 8.2%
10 Homework Assignments
(total fraction completion / 100 pt max) 100 10.9%
Total points possible: 915</p>

<p>Exams:
53/100pts.
47/100pts.
TBA/100pts.</p>

<p>Quizzes:
6/30pts.
22/30pts.
TBA/30pts.
TBA/30pts.</p>

<p>Practicals:
14/25pts
12/25pts
TBA/25pts</p>

<p>Labs:
14/15
14/15
12/15
15/15
14/15
and 7 more not done yet</p>

<p>Homework
They don't tell us how it's graded but its in a module format and so far it's probably around 65/100. This based on 5 past assignments out of 10 total assignments.</p>

<p>tl;dr I'm currently failing chem ( I don't have the percentage just F/385 ) and I'm trying to figure out mathematically what I need to try and get on everything else to see if I could end up in the C range. All the online calculators and stuff I've found are for finding out what to get on the final and stuff. </p>

<p>Sorry I'm horrible at math but if someone could help me figure out how to calculate it I could just do it myself. It's probably relatively simple.</p>

<p>sigh I should have taken this course at a community college.</p>

<p>Right now there are 385 points we could have completely earned but based on my breakdown above I think I've gotten around 198</p>

<p>If I drop it'll pull me down to 7 credits and I do not think I will be eligible for the financial aid I am receiving which would cause a large issue and also i would become a part time student (you need have 12+ credits to be full time)</p>

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<p>Chem I is a weeder course for pre-meds, so yeah, it’s kinda rough.</p>

<p>I would drop it if I were you, and approach it at a time when you are more adjusted/rested, because I’ve had a couple friends who persevered, got D/F, and their GPAs never recovered. Can you take on another class to stay at 12 credits? Some schools have half-semester courses in the Dance department or something.</p>