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I am just so frustrated right now. I had a rough transition into a new living situation and school at the beginning of the semester and I am so far behind in Organic Chemistry right now it's not even funny.

It just sucks because I'm actually training in a biochemistry lab right now and I love it, I love lab work, but I'm genuinely terrified that I'm not going to pass Organic ever and I don't really know what to do with myself. I failed the last exam and I'm so far behind for the next quiz that I feel like I'll never get all this work done.

I just feel like no one knows that I'm secretly a failure and I feel like a liar when I say I'm a biochemistry major because people act all impressed and I don't legitimately feel like I'm smart enough for people to be impressed with me.

I'm so scared too because I don't want to lose my scholarships and I have to have above a 3.5 or else I don't get to keep them and if I don't have that money I'm so fucked.

I just feel really stupid and sad right now and I wanted to rant about it here.

Go talk to your teacher now. YOu need help, you need to ask for it. Don't wait till midway through november, to do so, you might be able to get out of this whole if you become proactive now.

Ranting is for when you have time to rant. You need to catch up.

Once I get these assignments done and this quiz out of the way on Friday I will be all caught up. I am just frustrated at the moment because of the amount of work I have. Thanks for the advice though. If I do poorly on this quiz I'll start going to my teacher.

I'd suggest going to your professor anyway. My prof always said never come to them after things have already done downhill, but build a relationship during the whole semester. Not only is it just good to build that relationship, but the teacher can help you out in getting those good grades. They can talk through some problems, explain stuff in a different way, etc. Teachers want to help but they can only do so if they know who you are.

And try to remind yourself that you're not stupid, you're just having a rough time. You totally deserve this and can do this. *hugs* if you want 'em.

THIS EXACTLY!

It looks better if you come before the concerns are evident. Every asshole comes forth once it's obvious they'll fail (no offense). Coming to show you care before your in the shit will put the professor's view of you in a better light, and can change how'll he'll treat you and what he might be willing to do to help you out.

These.

Everything up there is right. Go back and read it again if you aren't convinced. Getting out ahead of these things are always for the best.

It sounds like you need help now. So ask for it now.

This is advice I wish someone had given me when I was taking OChem--it would have spared me a real fiasco--always assuming I'd had the sense to take it, which at 19, I might not have.

Go do this, OP.

No offense taken :) I already have talked to my professor several times, not in his office, but I sit up front and ask questions and talk to him after class for a bit sometimes. I know really the answer is to just catch up and stay there, and now that I've gotten a a bit of work in I feel much more confident than I did a few hours ago.

His office hours are unfortunately usually when I am very busy but I do go to supplemental review sessions every once in a while.

Glad to hear it. If you do still feel you need to talk though, Most of these guys will be pretty accomodating if you tell them you really can't make the office hours but is there another time that could work? It's not something you'd ask regularly, but most folks will appreciate the request enough to honor it as long as you don't make it a regular thing.

*hug* Sorry anon. The only consolation I can give you is that it happens to all of us at one time or another. Have you tried speaking to your new uni and seeing if you could get some RPL (extra credit) from your last uni?

Also, just FWIW, time management does you a world of good. I know you're far behind, but don't lose hope! And don't procrastinate, if you're prone to that. I know that when *I* fail something I tend to just give up and go "yeah, fuck it, let's read moar fic" instead of actually doing some work, lol.

Shoot, yeah, sorry, I didn't mean I transferred universities, I just mean I had a rough time transitioning into school in general this semester.

I'm getting really good at time management, but playing catchup is a bitch.

"I'm getting really good at time management"
Well. You're halfway there. That's better than I'm doing.

You have two choices:

1) Do nothing. You might lose your scholarships. That would suck. A lot.

2) Go talk to your TA or prof and ask for help (generally this is far easier than you might assume), join a study group, hire a tutor, check and see what kind of help your student union has for this kind of thing, and/or, as a last resort, drop the class before the mark can blacken your record and take it next semester.

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I'm sorry. You don't sound like a failure to me. BUT, you do need to see what your options are to get your grade up and avoid losing your scholarships. Talk to your professor or TA. That's the best I can suggest.

Thanks :) I'm going to start going in when I get the chance. Usually his office hours are at very inconvenient times for me though, but there are TA's and stuff. I think mostly what I need to do is just catch up, which I just did a lot of and I'll do some tomorrow too. I just needed to rant a bit to get my emotions out of the way of work. Thanks for the moral support!

I don't know how much help this will be for your level but this is something I used when I was studying for my CLEP.

http://www.chemhelper.com/

As for subjects that I had a hard time with... A lot of the time I would psych myself out by fixating on how much work I had ahead of me. Break it down in manageable bits, prioritize them, and focus on each by itself. Even if you don't manage to cover all the material before the test, you'll do a lot better if you thoroughly cover what you can instead of flipping through everything and panicking about what you don't know and trying to cram.

It sounds like you are being a little too hard on yourself! People are impressed that you going after your goals and attempting to accomplish them even though they are difficult. A lot people don't even do that much and those who do feel overwhelmed and in over their heads from time to time. It's having these feelings that impress other people when they hear what you're challenging yourself with.

I'm also very sure they don't hand those scholarships out to just anyone who asks so I'm pretty sure you're smart enough to be exactly where you are. And nine times out of ten all you have to do is put in the work and it comes out fine.

I would suggest also seeing if you can join a study group or at least find a study buddy to help you when the going gets rough.

>I just feel like no one knows that I'm secretly a failure and I feel like a liar when I say I'm a biochemistry major because people act all impressed and I don't legitimately feel like I'm smart enough for people to be impressed with me.

You're not alone.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome

I was feeling exactly like you a week or two ago. So totally out of my depth and flaily and panicky, but then I adjusted. You were smart enough to get into the program, so trust me in saying that you;re smart enough to finish it.

Thanks. I read your post this morning and that means a lot to me that other people feel it too and that I'm not alone in feeling like an idiot.

I don't know what the universities in your area are like, but around here, I've heard that first-level Organic Chem classes are often made intentionally difficult in order to select against people who aren't prepared to work hard in further hard sciences. It might be that you'll be okay in your other courses even if you struggle with this one.

I dropped Organic Chem due to stress and an insane prof, intending to pick it up in another semester. I never did, still got my degree and now I work in genetics, so whatevs.

Ugh, is that why my Ochem prof in undergrad frequently didn't teach me concepts in ways that I could understand until after I'd taken the tests on them? I thought he just sucked at differentiated instruction.

ROFL *cringes*

This sounds like my linear algebra class. My prof had good notes and all but honestly, some concepts made more sense two units later. Sigh.

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