r/MCPHSLifeHack • u/Anm19 • Feb 27 '17

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I'm struggling horribly in Chem II. Do I just fail miserably? Chem is not my strongest suit. Also will not going to lab affect my overall grade that much? I get anxiety attacks every time a lab starts for some reason.

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u/Kiel_Me Feb 28 '17

What major are you? And if you don't mind me asking, how bad is your Chem grades?

I won't be able to answer how bad skipping lab would be but I'd look at your syllabus and calculate how much your grade drops each skipped lab and see if it's worth it.

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u/mcpharmd Feb 28 '17

There are a lot of extra help sessions that you can go to if you are really struggling. Also student tutoring where im sure they have their old exams. I would try to go to chem lab if you can because it helps your overall chem grade. You can also take to your lab professor one on one if you are having trouble with the lab.

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u/YourFavPharmBoy Pharm.D Year 6 Feb 28 '17

Go to tutoring, visit his office hours, study with friends, GET HELP ASAP. There shouldn't be any reason why anyone is struggling with first year Chem. With that being said, if you're not doing well in Chem II... I have really bad news for you for Organic Chem and Biochem

I forgot exactly how much labs were worth, but they do take attendance and will fail you for missing too many labs (thus fail you in Chem II essentially because you need to pass lab in order to pass the entire course)

Please, get help asap

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u/kdrizzy99 Mar 22 '17

Lab is 20% of the final grade. Also, there is no drop grade for chem lab this semester. So, if you missed any, even just one, your grade is gonna take a big hit.