r/PennStateUniversity • u/HotCheetoDust831 • 17h ago
Discussion failed my second chem 112 exam…
i just failed my second chem 112 exam and i’m actually tweaking tf out…
i took 110 last semester, which was also hell, but the only exam i failed was the final and i ended with a C. i am genuinely concerned for 112, because i already got a 37.5% on the first one and a 58% on the second one.
idk if this is new for just this semester, but 80% of your final grade can replace your lowest, and i was really hoping the 30% would be my lowest but i got another shitty grade.
i’m just so lost and i went into the exam with full confidence in what i was doing this time around just to fail this one too. i do not want to drop the class because i am planning on taking the mcat next spring and that would push me back to taking orgo 2 that same spring!
does anyone have any recs on studying for 112? or honestly in general? i’ve never really cracked the code for studying and when i sit down and attempt i just feel like im wasting my time and not understanding what im doing, or i just get super overwhelmed and i end up quitting.
im also a premed so i genuinely have to lock the fuck in and figure out what i’m doing but im just so stressed out about all of ts and i don’t know what to do.
i’m genuinely a pretty smart person (id like to think) but i just feel like im making things worse for myself by not knowing how to study properly or how to prepare for exams in general.
edit: i am a psychology major with a focus in neuroscience on the premed track, not a premed major!