EPTWell, I buckled down and have a respectable CGPA, but as we all know, there are just some subjects that we just don't seem to understand, no matter how much time we try to put into them. This is how I felt in my 2nd year of university, taking Advanced Applications of Statistics, required for my degree.
Well I failed the class, so I had to take it this semester due to many of my Finance Classes having Advanced Applications of Statistics as a pre-requisite. So I applied to the course, and upon getting my time table for this semester I find that I have the exact same teacher as last semester... great.
I went to class every week, and tried to pay attention, but again the class just isn't making sense to me... I'm once again, just like last year barely passing my class.
Now as a side note, to explain something which terrified me at the time, is that failing this class twice would most likely end my academic career in this field. In my business school, if you fail an ADM (administrative) class twice, you are unable to take any more ADM courses for the next 12 months.
This is a way of kicking out people that cannot make it. (Since this would mean putting my degree on hold for 12 months, instead of just switching into an arts degree). Now the other thing that would happen should I fail this course a second time, is that I would lose my Co-oP placement. Basically if I failed this class a second time, I would lose my job.
Well of course I knew that I had to pass this class no matter what, so I started to study earlier then I ever have for anything, and just tried to cram in as much knowledge as possible. We had an assignment coming up, and I was thinking to my self "if I just learned how to do this, I would be fine." Well the assignment came and went, and I struggled through it, and left 30%+ blank... I knew I was screwed.
Then came an e-mail into my school e-mail account, something that I ignored the first time I took the course. There was a review scheduled for this class, run by a graduate student, it cost $50 but would cover the whole course. I thought to my self "well $50 is nothing in the long run, and I would of wasted $15,000 if I fail this course again..." so I signed up, and payed my money.
I took my exam for this course on the 10th, and wow... what a weight off my shoulders. Never had I thought that I would actually understand statistics. I learned more in 3 hours than I did in 4 months. Some random graduate student took $50 of my money and gave me back my future.
I wrote for 3 hours straight, I wasn't lost once, and I knew that what I was writing down were the right answers. Although to pass the course I only need to get 50% on the exam, I truly believe that I can pull out a 70%. Never been so happy to write an exam in my life.
