<p>I'm not talking like a C. I mean like a D or an F. What did you guys do to overcome it? I mean like, when you first log into bspace to check your grade and you see it, how do you overcome it that very day? or it not, how long does it stay in your head? do you let it get the best of you?</p>
<p>just curious. i did bad on a midterm.....and sometimes tears drop from my eyes. lol, lame, i know.</p>
<p>i feel you. but i feel like most people on this forum are wayy smater than average berkeley kids. so im sure sooner or later some jackass will post something saying “oh you need to work harder. stop being lazy”-just brush it off. sometimes some people just dont get the concept that you may be be working towards a goal, putting in 110% effort and still not get results just because things may come naturally to them. im not saying they may not work too. but i know people who are blessed with brains and dont have to put in any work and are the same ones that set the curve.</p>
<p>this basically echoes my spring semester sophomore year. i basically bombed three finals in row one week after another after having no social life for a semester straight (not an exaggeration one bit) due to studying. literally wanted to jump off a cliff.</p>
<p>but think carefully: did you fail due to partying or something or do you know you really gave it your best effort? either way, you’ll hopefully forget about it within your next cycle of MT’s/finals/next semester. i highly recommend taking a class that you know youll ace if you have the room to make yourself feel better.</p>
<p>i just ate a pint of ice cream after too. sometimes that works =)</p>
<p>oh what class, btw? if ur college of chem or eecs or something, youre probably not alone.</p>
<p>I studied. I studied with a friend, who is an expert on the subject. He really helped me a lot and I felt I understood the concepts and how to do problems. I read through all the lecture handouts, watched webcams.</p>
<p>I don’t party lol. And I’m very sad. I got an A on the first midterm. And I got a D on this one. The midterm barely had anything to do with what they taught…</p>
<p>And i’m sorry to hear about your finals. You are a nice person, haha.</p>
<p>well then im sure more people failed too if the midterm had nothing to do with what was emphasized in lec…</p>
<p>and hey, an A and D average out to a…B-/C+? just do real good on the final. what class?</p>
<p>Chem1A sigh. I really want to go to medical school, but idk…</p>
<p>well theres still one more mt. thermo right? just ace it and the final and you can still def pull off some form of id say. one of my lab partners was in a similar predicament as you and thats exactly what she did.</p>
<p>OH and go to the SLC’s mock midterms. best thing ever. study group can help too but sometimes it felt a bit overkill so id randomly go if i didnt understand something in particular, MO’s ie</p>
<p>gluck</p>
<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I got a D on my first chem1a midterm due to various reasons a year ago with Prof. Stacy. It happened to be the first midterm I took at Berkeley, and after getting it back, I thought I was going to fail out of college. It is NOT the end of the world for chem1a, since there are four midterms, and each one is not worth much. In addition, the class is curved at the very end. Even with one failing midterm (and A’s and B’s on the other ones) I still received an A in the class. Prof. Stacy structures the class so that it is not hard to get an good grade even after doing poorly on one or two of the midterms. There are four of them for that exact purpose. </p>
<p>Oh, and I’m now a chem1a tutor at the SLC. :)</p>
<p>So, basically, it’s not the end of the world at all-- for chem1a. Don’t worry about it. Do better on the next two and on the final and let it slip your mind. And yes, come into the SLC, sign up for a study group if you can, etc. Good luck!</p>
<p>Wow that’s good to know! I failed my midterm and that was the first midterm for a class that is for my major. : [ But I knew coming in, I was going to have a social life and try to balance it all. It’s not that I didn’t balance it I guess because I still have plenty of time but it’s that I didn’t do practice problems and REALLY understand everything. It was my fault. First of all, the first midterm is a really small part of my grade but I know I can’t get a A- or higher, not that I thought I would. But then my friend told me how she never partied in the beginning, and she used to have a 3.7. Now…she does a lot more lol but I want to be her when she had a 3.7. so I’m studying SO much for this class so that I can manage to get a B or C (as bad as that sounds) but it almost seems impossible me to get a A on the next midterm or final. Finals are usually harder anyways sooo I don’t have anxiety like I would’ve years ago, but I’m still holdin my head up and STUDYING!! ahh gotta get back to it! : ]</p>
<p>oh by the way, I like ur thread ; ]</p>
<p>and to feel better, I usually go to a “happy” friend and talk about other stuff, and I say happy because the sad ones might bring u down more. Or I’ll go get a Boba and eat chinese food. (I’m not asian). And then I’ll go to sleep and wish I never came to Berkeley. Jk : ] It’s better to get a C from Berkeley than a C from a state school! : ] It’ll seem like it’s worth more</p>
<p>Yeah lol, on the second MT in Psych 1 of all classes. After getting a freaking 98% on the first MT too. I wish I had better advice, because I didn’t respond to it well but I still escaped with a B, barely. Sometimes, just gotta suck it up and be determined to ace the next one. Don’t let it get to you, and know that one MT does not make an entire semester’s grade. Good luck.</p>
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<p>Same situation—just received my midterm score for chem 1a back today.</p>
<p>Got an A on the 1st midterm; D on the second. You don’t go around and teach 1500 people autodissociation(and using H2S instead of H2O as a solvent) during a test since it favors those that took AP Chem.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice guys =)</p>
<p>I am understanding the next unit, which is on energy and heat, etc. The last one was on acids and bases, which I heard is the hardest midterm for chemistry.</p>
<p>And AureatEagle, that made me feel so much better. I am going to start studying now. And yes, I will join a study group!</p>
<p>D on a Bio 1B test. I totally deserved it though, I didn’t really feel like reading any of the book and evolution isn’t really the most exciting thing in the word.</p>
<p>I killed the second two MTs and walked out with a score that i was happy with.</p>
<p>But make sure that you learn something from failing. It took getting a 60-something on an exam to kick my ass into 5th gear. Laying down and doing nothing about it is the worst possible thing you can do.</p>
<p>Sagert: i hated that question…i don’t even understand what it meant.</p>
<p>calfootball: ahh that sucks. and yeah, i’m studying from today.</p>
<p>one thing i’m scared about is that i’m going to sign up for chem3a, but that requires at least a C- in Chem1A. And chem1a grade is only determined by exam points and nothing else…i know im not capable of achieving anything less than a C, i can do better than that. but still that fear is there lol.</p>
<p>Everyone passes 1A. You literally have to not function in order to fail. </p>
<p>And the worst feeling you’ll ever feel is when you get the most bottom score in a class…which happened to me in Math 1a with Olsson. I fell asleep after fifteen minutes because of some silly ass proof and then I woke up with like 10 minutes remaining because the person nudged me as she was walking past. I literally got like 6 points out of 50? hahaha good times though. good nap.</p>
<p>i’m surprised this thread is so positive and supporting, i expected a lot of condescending posts. </p>
<p>anyways, have you tried going to office hours? they really help.</p>
<p>also, i would talk to my professor about my grade. they are actually very understanding about these types of situations, especially if you got an A on the first midterm. if nothing else, he would at least know your name and could perhaps even nudge your final grade up a little bit if you continue to work hard and rock the rest of your exams.</p>
<p>Failure happens on a daily basis at Berkeley, lol. It wouldn’t be the same place without it.</p>
<p>and the worst feeling is when you think you’ve aced an exam and then get it back and find out you completely misread a problem, getting 5/25 points on it </p>
<p>:( </p>
<p>still ended up doing well though, i just had to study super hard for that final. bad memories. lol</p>
<p>Public service message:
There is such thing as a curve. It doesn’t matter if you got a D. Cause everyone else probably did worse. So that D is actually a B or an A…</p>
<p>I got a C- on a test recently. Nearly ate myself to death. Then I found out the average was an F-. And I doubt the whole class is going to fail. So sometimes, just take a break. Calm down. Chill. And things will turn out all right.</p>
<p>That is all.</p>
<p>i assumed he meant a D with the curve</p>