3rd week of school just ended and I didn’t do as well on the test as I thought. The first summer assignment test, I was careless and got a 59%. This test I took today, I got a 22/30 for the MC portion which is 50% of the test grade. Free Response is on Tuesday so I have some time to study. I am not sure whether to drop or not. I’m just disappointed and stressed out. I took honors chemistry before but it was nothing like the application AP gives you. I got an A first semester and a 89% second sem by putting in little effort. The other AP science course I took was Bio (B’s both semester and a 4). What are your advices? I plan on reviewing each day for the next unit after lectures so it builds up and do some extra practice (khan, Bozeman and review book). Don’t get me wrong, I love the class, topic and teacher but it’s just one of those GPA wrecker. Cumulative Unweighted right now is 3.86
Have you talked with your teacher?
- How did you do relative to other students? Are most kids doing better? or about the same?
- Talk to your teacher about their thoughts on what you should do. Do kids who continue tend to do badly? or is this a wake up call on figuring out how to study differently?
- What do you plan to major in? if STEM then you may need to take Chem in college.
- What would you take instead? Another science?
- have you read this? http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/high-school-life/2026961-what-to-do-when-you-arent-doing-well-in-a-hs-class-p1.html
Form a study group. Get a tutor. Go to teacher help hours. Watch khan Academy. - What other AP courses are you taking? Maybe you have too much going on.