There are also things that have been increasingly frustrating in my life here at the U. For example, this school prides itself on "Making Smart People Feel Stupid Since 1817" as the Facebook page is so cleverly titled. I definitely fall into that "statistic."
I earned all A's in high school, except for in three math classes- one in which I was sick for three weeks straight with mono and forced to teach myself what I fell behind in (by the way, I did not catch up to the class until a week before the final; the teacher told me if I did not take it, he would flunk me...), then the class following that one which was based entirely off of the I-taught-myself-math class. Math was never my thing, anyways.
Then I somehow got accepted to this lovely school and am now carrying a solid, significantly less than 3.0 gpa (it is far too embarrassing to even list the actual gpa) and have worked my butt off to keep my head afloat. I'm not sure what it is that makes it so difficult. I mean, I know it is TMD- The Michigan Difference, but at one point to I finally surpass and beat that stupid difference?
I know I am not incapable, or stupid, or bad at science classes. I just took an accelerated Genetics class at EMU that is a transfer equivalent to Genetics at UMich and got a high B+/low A- due to the small amount of points the assignments/tests were worth. This clearly proves I am not science illiterate- just UMich science illiterate.
So how do I surpass that silly Michigan Difference in Science courses? I'm not entirely sure, but I know (or at least hope) I can figure it out soon- I am running out of time.
