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On September 13 2009 09:24 evanthebouncy! wrote:
Go find some tutoring institution at your college, i'm sure they are provided for free.
Agreed. Fellow students have already taken the courses that you are taking so they would be your second best resource. The best thing to do is to write down everything you don't understand in class and when you are doing the hw, take a note of the questions you don't understand/can't solve and go to your professor's office hours. Many professors are more than willing to teach someone who is willing to learn and they can be a truly great resource, although they are underutilized. You only need a 3.2 or so to be competitive for dental school and you definitely have a lot of time to get your GPA back up. All you have to do is be proactive. Join a study group or something.
Also, engineering and healthcare are among the hardest majors/professions so don't be too discouraged. Also, you don't have to graduate college with a great gpa to have a good life, although it helps. It may be the standard, but there are other options out there. Talk to people and see how they go to where they are, you might be surprised.
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It seems like you're more used to personal teaching, where you can ask plenty of questions and have time to figure stuff out. I agree with Chill and not just cause he's a mod. If you find something you are interested in you will naturally work harder, so I would learn about different options first and see what I like.
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On September 13 2009 09:56 Biochemist wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2009 09:45 JeeJee wrote:On September 13 2009 09:08 MaRiNe23 wrote:
It's not like I don't read or try to do any of the homework. Most of the problem comes from not understanding any of the material. I know I should go get help but I have so many questions, I don't know what to ask first. That's actually a big problem.. usually reading will at least give you an idea of what the hell is going on, but anyway, here's my "secret".. getting direct answers to your questions from someone that knows what they're talking about is the real timesaver, and not only in school. It's not that you can't find the answers on your own.. usually you can. It just takes significantly longer, in every single case, no exception. So just ask a friend that knows the material to help you, you'd be surprised how easy it is to learn when all of your questions get answered right away. As for 'what to ask first'.. it doesn't matter. If you're looking at a problem and have no idea where to start, ask that.. "where do i start?" plus in math-based courses, it's usually a bad idea to get lost early on because you will have to apply the initial principles over and over again Careful with this. Having someone feed you answers isn't going to help you pass your exams. You want someone who understand the material who can lead you to answer your own questions. If I don't understand a lecture completely, homework is usually where things set in. For some people, just doing the assigned homework isn't enough and they need to do more. Skipping the problem solving aspect of the homework by essentially having someone do it for you isn't going to do you any favors.
Notice he said "answers to your questions" not "answers to your problem sets".
I think what JeeJee is suggesting is to seek out friends/tutors/possibly professors who can give you help and support, not just answers.
You can sometimes grow by sitting down and mentally wrestling with a problem or a concept until you master it (pin it?), but if you are struggling you don't always have the time and its useful to seek extra help (again, help, not solutions).
I also agree with the suggestion to do a lot of problems. In most cases by completing enough problems you encounter (and thereby understand) just about everything you're likely to see on an exam, which is very useful especially if you struggle to deal with stress.
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lol
What the hell did you guys think I was talking about? Seemingly only Freyr understood...
I'll try again..
You can spend hours pouring over textbooks to find answers to your questions or spend minutes asking a friend to get those same answers. The main difference is that you can't ask a textbook "Why?"
Careful with this. Having someone feed you answers isn't going to help you pass your exams. You want someone who understand the material who can lead you to answer your own questions. If I don't understand a lecture completely, homework is usually where things set in. For some people, just doing the assigned homework isn't enough and they need to do more. Skipping the problem solving aspect of the homework by essentially having someone do it for you isn't going to do you any favors.
I haven't said anything to disagree with this. I did not say to ask your friend "hey, what's the answer for 4a?" .. I think that's where the miscommunication lies  When you're at the "wtf i don't get this" stage, you can re-read lecture notes/textbooks or you can ask your friend to explain the concepts to you. One is significantly faster than the other and produces better results, both short and longterm 
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take this test.. www.kwml.com
I wonder if your predominant archetype is Lover.
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2.3 GPA
are you serious marine23.. are you serious
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My first two semesters were C averages. When I saw these grades I reconstructed the way I see school... and since then have gotten straight A's ever since and chemistry scores that rival the top percentage of the U.S.
If you love it... stick with it... if you hate it change it. Never, ever quit something because you think your not good enough. We're on a fucking rock, floating around a combination of nuclear reactions in a area void of high volume particles. Don't sell yourself short!!
+ Show Spoiler +I'm bad at english still... and IAD
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I was lucky enough to grow right into what I was interested in.
My dad was a software engineer and growing up we had like 10+ computers in our house. Why we had so many I have no clue, he loved building them and I loved taking them apart when they broke. I was always amazed with how computers ran and everything about them. I naturally went straight for Information Technology classes and that easily became my major. I enjoyed this stuff and was good at it. And there are a shitload of jobs in the IT field so finding jobs is (relatively) easy.
I'm also minoring in business which will help if I ever start my own business down the road or go into consulting.
I have so many friends who graduated or will be graduating soon and are worried about finding a job, I tell them not to worry, things will turn out if you work hard. You do have to think about what you really love though because this is the field your going into.
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On September 13 2009 08:50 jonnyp wrote:
easy major = crappy job usually
Your statement is not only discouraging, it is downright fallacious. Don't ever give people advice.
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