Well, I'm a Junior in High School, and I've really been looking at colleges, and I think I found one that I like. University of Florida, and I want to go there for business, to become an accountant in the long run.Well I researched it with my Dad, and I think he told me I needed like an average of a C grade to get into that school.I've been trying, I really have, and I'm not the best student there is. So get this, I knew I was doing bad in a few classes, so I decided to check out my grades.Algebra II - B-Accounting II - C+American Literature I & II - D (But I probably have C/C-, grade hasn't been updated in about a month.)Us History 1865-1941/Civics - BGerman III - BChemistry I - FYeah...My school runs on a 5.0 GPA system, and apparently I have a GPA of 2.185.Current Weighted HS Cumulative GPA GPA (Q2): 2.185Now, my grades from last quarter were;Algebra II - CAccounting II - B+American Literature I & II - C+Us History 1865-1941/Civics - BGerman III - B-Chemistry I - D+and I do not have my GPA from last quarter.Basically, what I'm asking is, do you guys know any ways I could bring my grade up in Chemistry? Any good ways to study (which I need to start doing..), any good sites that give info on Chemistry? I'm just not understanding it at all, I don't think my teacher is the greatest, but she's not bad either.And my other question is, if I can somehow pull straight B's out of my ass for the next 2 quarters, you think I will be able to have a good enough average to get into University of Florida?Thanks. =/ And sorry if this is just kind of a random topic, but I'm really pissed, and sad and such, and I just needed to vent.
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School? =/
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smartest Idea would be to get a tutor and study ur ass off when ur not with that tutor
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I agree, a tutor may be a good idea. Especially for Chemistry. I think you either get Chemistry or you don't get it at all. I know how you feel since I was one of those people who didn't get it at all
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Ask for help when you need it. That was my biggest problem in school. I hated asking for help. Once I finally did I developed a good student/teacher relationship and I find that they start trying to focus on how you are doing and you'll get alittle more individual attention. If you don't voice you're problem they'll be more likely not to notice. Just remember a good teacher wants you to do well.
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I'm studying to be a Chemistry teacher. It's true: the only way to understand Chemistry is to have someone explain why. The Book doesn't do that very well. I Tutor my friends in High School/Intro/Fundamental Chem.
You just need someone to show you where the mistakes are and why.
If your teacher doesn't have time after school, find the nerdy kid no one likes. Then make sure it isn't me from the past :smile:
Chem is easy, when you know what to do. Until then, it's all Chinese.
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well, start by going in early in the morning, or after school
you need like a 2.5 for them to consider you
so you might have to pull up one more grade
tutors are great too, and get a study buddy, devote a certain amount of time everyday to chemistry too, that could help
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F's stand for "FUCK"... Chemistry is the hardest class I've ever taken, and if you are honestly serious about it, you need to study it every night, just like review charts and stuff that need to be memorized, along with stuff you didn't understand before (because usually, chemistry builds on the knoweledge you've been learning). You're balancing equations now, right? There's a ton of sites that will give you practice at balancing equations, because the best way to get good at those is to do them a lot.
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How did you know I was balancing equations?o_O haha, but yeah, thanks for all the help guys.
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I'm in Chem too :P
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There are some really great books available for helping and not all of them are for genious's so thats always good :).
I know how you feel though i was on the verge of failing Chemistry last semester , since then i got a tutor and found a book that breaks it down Simply and im not claiming to get A's ... Not yet , but i am showing steady improvement. -
I found chem easy, always enjoyed the practical parts (enjoyed mixing things and making the teacher worry :P) but I wasnt so good at bookwork. I talked to the teacher and she gave me a few books as well as lunch time lessons, it helped a lot.
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High school chemistry was one of my favourite classes. Granted, I do not recall much of any of it, I nevertheless enjoyed it immensely!Unfortunately, there is not a whole lot that can be done about your GPA. Have you tried calculating what grades you would have to maintain to get a GPA that meets that university's requirements? I am not 100% sure how a 5-point GPA system works, but I will give this a shot anyway:First off, if it is calculated as such that an A=5, B=4, C=3, D=2, F=1, then if you continue at your present rate of grade making, you will end up with a 2.484 GPA (assuming your high school begins at 9th grade). If you pull your Chem. grade up to an A for the rest of your Junior year and maintain a B average for all quarters of your Senior year, you will only get a 2.822 GPA (again assuming that your high school begins at 9th grade)—this would give you a 3.65 GPA for each of the last two quarters of your Junior year, assuming your other classes are the same. If you raise your Chem. grade to an A and maintain an A- average for all quarters of your Senior year, you will only get a 2.972 GPA. And, if you raise your Chem. grade to an A and maintain an A average for all quarters of your Senior year, you will get a 3.072 GPA (barely a C).So, I know that you are looking at that Chem. grade and really freaking out like it might be the worst of your grades, but I assure you there is MUCH more trouble ahead than just Chemistry. If you had had the grades you are getting now (save for the F) throughout high school, you might be in okay shape right now, but it appears that somewhere along the line you made some serious mistakes in some of your classes, and now those mistakes are coming back to bite you in the ass.The problem, of course, is that the 2.185 is a cumulative of your high school grade, which runs back through 9th grade (or so I am assuming). This means that the 2.185 is weighted on 10 quarters, and the rest of your high school time will be weighted as the last 6 quarters. So, that 2.185 has almost TWICE the weight on it as any A's you might try to receive in the future. Imagine if Satan were twice as powerful as God and you will understand the trouble you are in.You have a lot of work ahead of you to get just a 3.07, and even then it is likely that you will not get admitted considering how close your grade will be to the cut-off, and how many people apply to the university with a lot higher GPA than you have. Now, I hate to have to lay down the bad news, but you are going to have to start applying to some other universities; the University of Florida is not likely going to be an option for you.Of course, throughout this I made several assumptions:1) Your high school started at 9th grade.2) Your GPA system works with A @ 5, B @ 4, ... etc.3) You are only planning to shoot for B's, and so not likely to maintain the A average required to boost your grade up to 3.07.4) The 2.185 GPA that you gave me was indeed a cumulative GPA starting from 9th grade, and not simply an average of your last two 11th grade quarters.If any of these assumptions are flawed, then please do correct me, and I will make an attempt soon to re-evaluate the situation you are in to see if it is better or worse than what I have calculated here. But if these assumptions are correct, then all I can say is that I am sorry.LQ