Elementary - Middle School I never studied I pass but nearly. I wanted to change in highschool. I’m currently a sophomore year my first time taking any honors and AP. I feel stuck, I feel dumb, every bad grade I lose faith in myself. I’m slow when it comes to studying takes me a while compare to others. I currently have 2 A’s 2 B’s and 2 C’s which is bad. I wish to become a doctor and get into a good university but that’s not possible because I’m getting bad test grades over and over again. If I’m struggling with one AP class how am I gonna be able to survive college? How am I supposed to get in a college with a gpa? I’m a terrible test taker how am I gonna do well on the SAT?
You don’t need to get into a “good” college in order to go to med school. You can get the pre-med classes just about anywhere.
The biger concern is your study skills and feelings of failure. Go see your guidance counselor, and ask for screening for learning differences, and for help with improving your time organization and study skills.
Yeah I guess this is my first time trying to study properly so I hope it gets better
If you are struggling with an AP course, please withdraw from it and take courses that give you strong foundations in the core academic subjects. Your grades are the indicator of how well you are understanding the subject matter and how you are able to show this understanding.
There are many colleges in this country. In this forum as well as in many articles ,more discussions are about very few selective colleges where relatively few have gone are going and will go. It is not imperative to get into a selective college to meet one’s goals and for some people it is not the best path to take. It also takes some of is longer to get to certain goals than what is laid out as typical.
A great friend of mine and former neighbor got her MD at age 56. A former classmate and friend of my oldest child just graduated medical school last year at age 35.
Both of those people are called Doctor, but they took nontraditional paths to get that title. But one thing they both did was make sure they fully understood the subject matter needed st each level of academics before moving to the next.
^ Getting screened is a good idea. Keep in mind study skills aren’t naturally occurring and they can’t be picked up overnight. It takes time to figure out what works for you. Ideally you start them in elementary school and build them as the years pass, but if that isn’t what happened, you’ve got to do your best to make up for lost time. Below are some tips to help you get by while you grow and build those skills. Don’t give up… patience and grit!
Do you use your resources? Do you stay after school for help? Go to the tutoring center? Do you manage your time? Is all your homework done on time and done well? Do you do the required reading for class?
There are many great careers other than being a doctor. Keep your future career net wide right now and work hard. Good things will come from consistent, long-term hard work.
Look at the book "that crumpled piece of paper was due last week " for some practical strategies for organizing yourself and creating a study schedule.
If you are struggling with content, see the teachers.
It’s hard to know the root of the problem until you are sure what it’s not. But it’s early in the school year, so you are tackling this at the right time. And remember, most of what you learn now will be a foundation for what comes next, ssf o the most important thing is mastering the material.
“If I’m struggling with one AP class how am I gonna be able to survive college?”
When did taking AP classes become standard fare for a sophomore? If you’re feeling this way, it’s quite likely that those classes are too rigorous for you. And that’s not because you’re “not smart.” You’re a sophomore taking college level courses. Drop them, so you can direct your energy in more productive ways.
I went to undergrad at one of HYPMS. I was admitted despite not taking a single AP class, and so were many of my classmates. Instead, I found other ways to make my application interesting. While others used AP credit to place out of freshman classes (and took great pride in bragging about them), I dutifully enrolled in those introductory courses and got to learn from some truly incredible teachers. So many students enjoy their college experience at academically challenging institutions and thrive despite their lack of AP courses. Getting a C in an AP course as a sophomore in high school says little to nothing about whether you can handle college.
Please drop those classes and save yourself the stress. Instead, find ways to improve your study skills (if that’s really an issue), reduce your stress levels, and grow out socially.