<p>I guess it's true what they say about 7A, easy to get a B, hard to get anything other than a B. </p>
<p>So should I be happy with a B+?</p>
<p>should you be happy you got a B+? it’s not like anyone’s throwing you a party for being on the positive side of the curve. but it depends on what your goal gpa is. (not talking about “as high as possible” ; talking about your “real” goal for yourself)</p>
<p>there are people in the class who managed to grab the A’s, but there are many people who got a worse grade than a B+ too. i think you should be thankful you didn’t land among the others who got lower than a B+, but by no means does that mean you should go forward with the mentality that you are a B+ student and have to accept that.</p>
<p>tl;dr, good work, but you shouldn’t be complacent, so strive to improve in the future. you have plenty of opportunity to do notably well in the next 3 years.</p>
<p>I’m not really feeling complacent, I was feeling very disappointed with a B+. I really love Physics as a subject and I learned the material pretty well, but didn’t perform as well on the tests as I had in Chem 1A and Math 53 last semester. </p>
<p>In hindsight this didn’t really need a whole thread, it’s a little melodramatic but at the same time I was just trying to blow off some steam and see what other people have to say.</p>
<p>no, don’t be happy with a B+. you can get A’s, work a little harder.</p>
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i was in this same position last semester with my math class. I used my “less-than-optimal” (big air quotes on that one) to motivate me to own my math classes this semester.
like MR says, you can definitely get A’s. just remember the mistakes you made this semester and do your best next semester. as i said, there’s plenty of time to “recover” (i use ‘recover’ lightly here b/c, i mean, there are people who need B+'s to recover from worse grades… <em>doesn’t want to think about it</em>)</p>
<p>It’s alright (to have a thread dedicated to venting). I would usually have some snarky response about CC not being a livejournal or xanga or something, but I’ll refrain from that this time. </p>
<p>A B+ isn’t bad, it means you’re actually above average in the class, so the number of people that did better than you is a lot smaller than the number of people you did better than. </p>
<p>But sometimes it’s not about working harder, but smarter. Only you know how you studied the entire year (you were studying and keeping up the material the entire year, right?) so you know best what could have gone wrong. Take it as a learning experience. And hey, if you had a 4.0, that means you can’t learn anything about study habits anymore; it’s no fun to be incapable of learning anymore, right? :)</p>
<p>True true. It’s just frustrating because I did work hard. I have very little experience with taking Physics tests since I came into 7A without any experience in physics, but I studied pretty hard and learned all the material; I don’t think studying more would have changed my grades. I think the problem lies in the fact that I have to get better at taking Physics tests, I just wish I didn’t have to deal with this in college when it really counts.</p>
<p>If you worked hard, learned the stuff, and know that you tried your best, just be satisfied and move on to next semester’s courses. Don’t dwell on it. Of course, you should always look back and see what caused you to get the B+ (if it’s curve-related, well you’re outta luck. but if it’s just small mistakes, then you have to work on not making those errors…ie slowing down when taking exams, breathing and not panicking, etc. ) or any grade for that matter, even an A. </p>
<p>And really, a B+ in physics of all subjects isn’t terrible.</p>
<p>Just assure yourself that there’s not much difference between a student who got an A vs. who got a B as far as understanding the material. Time to suck it up and move on.</p>
<p>@upmagic: er, there is.</p>
<p>im happy for you</p>
<p>I’m just trying to make him feel better.</p>
<p>Physics 7A was the only class I received a B grade in so far, so don’t worry, you’re not the only one. I did poorly on the first midterm after not thinking straight during the test first semester, and it haunted me throughout the rest of the class. Every other class was much more manageable.</p>
<p>Pretty sure to do well in Physics tests means you gotta grind on a lot of problems to improve your problem-solving skills. Don’t think understanding the theory is enough like in math or chem class.</p>
<p>I too loved physics and thought I understood the material for the most part while I was taking 7A</p>
<p>Appreciated Sagert, sounds like you were in the same boat as myself. I just need to improve my Physics test-taking strategies I think.</p>
<p>I also appreciate the tough love MechRocket.</p>
<p>I’m pretty much over it at this point, I’ll do better at 7B hopefully.</p>
<p>you’ll be fine. it sounds like you’ve got a good head on your shoulders.</p>
<p>Hey since you guys are discussing Physics, I figured I’d ask if anyone has an opinion on the difference between 8B and 7B. I’m transferring this Fall and I already took 7A and 7C. I only needed to take 8A and 8B for my major but my counselor said she’d look over my classes to see if I could take 8B (Fajans) instead of 7B (Zettl) to finish the sequence… is there a big difference in difficultly or the profs?</p>
<p>i took 8a with fajans and 8b with zettl. fajans is pretty terrible, while zettl was pretty good i think. fajans gave easy tests, while zettl gave hard tests.</p>
<p>if you can, take 8b. the material is easier.</p>
<p>Thanks. I’m not necessarily the best at Physics, so I’d rather go for the class that’ll be easier even if the teacher sucks.</p>