I am so scared right now.

[coloradodem2005]

Mainly I am still shaken from yesterday's test that I totally failed. I just hope that I can still get a B in the class because this is graduate school. It is a little under 15% of my grade. I am afraid the professor will tell me that this is not for me or something. I just don't want to keep failing. I want things to turn around now, because I don't know how much more I can take of failure.

I know there are bigger problems and I am sorry for this. It is just that I can't get it out of my head right now.

[mrboba1]

1. Grad school tests always make you think you failed.

I often got scores in the 30s and 40s on some grad level tests (yes, out of 100) - and those were B-pluses.

Worry not, yet!

[coloradodem2005]

3. I couldn't answer some of the questions at all.

There were problems that I did not do because I didn't have time because I got stuck on other things.

[Maddy McCall]

5. Go talk to your prof.

He/she is the only person who can give you advice on this.

[Maddy McCall]

4. I don't mean to be the voice of pessimism...

but a 40 would have gotten me expelled from grad school. If we didn't maintain a 3.5, we were toast, and I saw plenty of people kicked off assistantships, just for having a couple of Cs.

[mrboba1]

9. you missed the part about a 40 being a B+ on the test

Some people believe in torturing the grad students and to 'put them in their place' by showing how little they knew. I got a B+ in that class - and never had a test score above 60.

[Maddy McCall]

2. Have you actually talked to the prof?

Why did you fail the test?

[coloradodem2005]

6. I barely had time to study.

So I did not know what I was doing at all. Or barely. I did review some of the material and it made sense then but I didn't have time to really seriously review the material.

[Maddy McCall]

7. Yep. That's grad school.

You have to shut down your life, except for school and work. NO social life in grad school.

You can probably recover. Again, I would talk to the prof.

[commander bunnypants]

8. talf with the prof

we were allowed two C's only after that you were kicked out. Hang in there

DDQM

[coloradodem2005]

10. Two C's. In classes or on tests?

n/t

[commander bunnypants]

12. classes

and watch the prof who feels it is there job to wash out students. One student got washed out for writing abilities, had truble with commas. Thank gawd for proof readers

DDQM

[MallRat]

11. What course was the test in? n/t

[coloradodem2005]

13. Stats.

But the main issue there is that I did not take a serious math stats class as an undergrad and I didn't have time to study. It makes me mad at myself. I am working on a project for that class right now. But the test was about 14% of my grade and there was nothing redeemable that I did on it.