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L_landau
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I realize this isn’t really the place to ask for this, but I’ve kind of hit a wall. I came into physics grad school intent on doing theory, and I’ve hit a brick wall in my first semester. I got B’s in Classical mechanics and Quantum mechanics, which looks really bad for trying to get into any theory group. One of these had dubious circumstances with the professor not revealing grade distributions but giving me a B even though I was in the top 50% of the class, the other had some dubious testing circumstances. That aside, I’m feeling really lost. I put absolutely everything that I had into this past semester, and I was actually convinced I was going to get all A’s. I feel like I’ve lost all agency, as in the end the professors just assign grades and there isn’t much transparency, and all the effort I put in just wasn’t enough. I came back to campus early intent on getting a head start on the material (I also did this in the summer) but once I found out my grades, my motivation has been completely shot. I’m questioning what I’m even doing