finals freaking you out?

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Finals are freaking me out, I feel like I have to get A's in all my classes. Finals freaking out other people?

Who cares? Grades don't measure intelligence.

I know that!

But good grades is what Graduate school look for! they are not likely to except some one with low B's and C's, D's. The Better grade point average the better chances of getting into my choice of graduate schools ! enough said

From my understadning, you can take a bit of a breather if your in first and second year, because grad schools are more interested in your third and forth year marks. That's not to say you should slack off in your first and second years. Hope this helps.

Yeah. If I get a single B I'll feel like a slacker. So far I've got Two As, probably A+s, but the next test is in Biology, and as a science major, I feel compelled to get an A in it.

Yes it does, I will not stress to the max, I'll wait for later to do that. But still go for the A's but wont kill myself over a B.

I feel the same way.

I'm much the same way though this semester I took a beating. My schedule was biopsychology, organic chemistry I, calculus I, orgo lab, and a research methods class. I thought that was doable. And it would have been were it not for what can only be described as a magnificent chain of unfortunate events that led me to have to withdraw from calculus and eat a B- in orgo. As far as my research methods class goes I'm guessing I'm going to make a B+ or A- in that class, but that's only because the professor SUCKED (this isn't my lone opinion, he is infamous at the university for being one of the worst professors there. I wouldn't have even taken him were it not for the fact that the as*hole made it so that he's the only professor who teaches the class). Thankfully I already have an A in another research methods class that I took at my previous university, so that should balance things out (the reason I took it again was because the credit didn't transfer due to the university having a blanket policy of not accepting transfer credits for writing requirement classes).

I'd feel bad about the B- were it not for the fact that at my university a B is a high grade for orgo. Generally the class average for all the orgo classes here is a 65, and only 2-3 people make A's in each section every semester (so that's about 8-12 people out of 200 something students). So the attitude among students here is that no one makes an A in orgo unless they are either A) a genius and/or B) study to an extent that borders on OCD.

Ah well, at least my GPA was 3.98 prior to this. God it's going to suck seeing that plummet to a 3.88 to a 3.92 depending on what I get in that research class (aside from orgo I've gotten straight A's in all my other classes). Thankfully I'll be starting some research later this month and with luck I should get a publication or two out of it all which would really help make up for an otherwise lackluster third year (though hopefully next semester will be better grade-wise, though I know I'll most likely be getting another B in Orgo II).

On the bright side at least all my exams are over

Mine are still freaking me out, and I took them last week. I'm trying to get into grad school (I already have a bachelor's degree; I'm taking post-bac classes) and I think my constant worrying is only making my grades worse. Logically I know that admissions committees will look at my whole transcript and not just this one term, but I still obsess.

ok my finals are half over, two more to go, A's in both Bio, and Eng. Math and Psy next on the plate. O the stress.

THis whole entire college semester stressed me out. I kept stressing out about my grades and my future at the same time.

THis whole entire college semester stressed me out. I kept stressing out about my grades and my future at the same time. Now I can barely get up in the morning because I'm bouncing back from the stress.

I hear ya, Im the same way, now I am having dreams that I missed one of my finals! And now I have to check 3 or 4 time to make sure I know when the last two are.

Done with my last one, Biology, today. I think I got an A in it, it was pretty easy.

Good luck to everyone who still has finals left.

No, but they're extremely important nonetheless.

Great job charmoisee!