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Here's the thing, I understand the material. Whenever someone is confused about something, I can help them understand it. Sometimes I'll derive the proofs right then and there and show him why something works. Because I know why it works.
Whenever the professor asks "that question": the one that leaves everyone staring at him like deer in headlights, yep, I have the answer (though I'm sure a few other timid kids do too). Whenever the professor announces that "only one student figured out question 4" — hey, that's me!
Yet somehow I manage to get such horrible grades. My marks so far are as follows:
(And remember that guy who didn't get it? the one to whom I explained the whole thing... well, he'll go on to get better grades than me and thank me for the help. yay.)
The thing is, I'm not consistently bad. Marks on my assignments look like a freaking random walk: 100% on this quiz, 65% on that one; 95% on this assignment, 60% on that one... and often they're covering the same material.
For combinatorics, for example, most of my assignments and quizzes range 88%-100%. But I got a 30% on one quiz, a 63 on one assignment, and a 71 my final.
I don't know what to do. If I study hard, I get the same marks as if I don't study at all!
I'll get the two hard questions no-one else gets, but what good is that if I make so many mistakes on the rest of the test that it doesn't even matter. And I've tried "paying extra attention". I have no extra attention to pay. I really think this is it, this is what my marks are going to be.
Should I just drop out of school and go live in a forrest and feed squirrels for the rest of my life? Is there any hope of grad school with crappy marks like these?
I don't know what I'm asking, but any guidance is welcome.
Whenever the professor asks "that question": the one that leaves everyone staring at him like deer in headlights, yep, I have the answer (though I'm sure a few other timid kids do too). Whenever the professor announces that "only one student figured out question 4" — hey, that's me!
Yet somehow I manage to get such horrible grades. My marks so far are as follows:
- Calc I: 72%
- Calc II: 68% (I'm re-taking it this semester)
- ODE: 65% (this one I didn't understand very well and I'll retake too)
- Linear Algebra I: 71%
- Linear Algebra II: 68%
- Intro to advanced maths: 78%
- Combinatorics and discrete maths (intro): 74%
(And remember that guy who didn't get it? the one to whom I explained the whole thing... well, he'll go on to get better grades than me and thank me for the help. yay.)
The thing is, I'm not consistently bad. Marks on my assignments look like a freaking random walk: 100% on this quiz, 65% on that one; 95% on this assignment, 60% on that one... and often they're covering the same material.
For combinatorics, for example, most of my assignments and quizzes range 88%-100%. But I got a 30% on one quiz, a 63 on one assignment, and a 71 my final.
I don't know what to do. If I study hard, I get the same marks as if I don't study at all!
I'll get the two hard questions no-one else gets, but what good is that if I make so many mistakes on the rest of the test that it doesn't even matter. And I've tried "paying extra attention". I have no extra attention to pay. I really think this is it, this is what my marks are going to be.
Should I just drop out of school and go live in a forrest and feed squirrels for the rest of my life? Is there any hope of grad school with crappy marks like these?
I don't know what I'm asking, but any guidance is welcome.
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