Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Very angry, but motivated

I just received an email from SGU stating that they are "concerned" about my academic performance. Yes, I did bad in Parasitology (1-credit) and in Genetics (2-credits), but I got As in Neuroscience (8-credits) and Physiology (6-credits). Not to mention that I still have the Genetics final exam coming up and I can make up for my bad grade. Also I have yet to even take the midterm for Immunology (2-credits). Ethics (1-credit), last year, was my lowest grade too. It's no wonder they give the least interesting courses the fewest number of credits.

It was my fault that I did bad in Parasitology and Genetics, but I have corrected the mistake. The mistake was not studying in the library. I studied in the library all through 1st Term, and I started studying in my room again. I've realized that this makes a huge difference in efficiency.

Anyways, a little pissed about the email and I find it amazing that they are "concerned" that my cumulative GPA will not meet the 2.5 minimum, when I can still make a >3.7 cGPA throughout all terms, which in my opinion is pretty good.

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Half-way through

It's been a long time since I posted. I'm done with all the midterms now for Neuro, Physio, Genetics, and Parasit. How were my grades? Parasit<Genetics<Neuro<Physio as expected, I got As in Neuro and Physio since they involve less memorizing and more thinking. Honestly though, I didn't study hard enough and I blame myself for procrastinating. I'm back to normal now, so hopefully it won't happen again.

The next big boss is going to be Immunology followed by CPM - an ethics related course (yikes!). I'm still hanging in there, I have to do better this term and I know I can do it!