Majors... 12/22/2002
Well, I'm home. Finals are done and over with, and I can relax for a little while. I did horribly this semester. I got an A in English, an A- in art, a possible C in biology and an F in organic chemistry. My parents aren't even that mad. I was literally having a nervous breakdown when I told them, so they're more worried about me then my grades. Biology was not my fault. Each biology test is worth 100 points, and there are three tests. Your lab grade is worth 200 points. I scored average on all of the biology tests. which were only curved up to a C, and an A in lab. So technically. I should have a B- or a B in Biology right? Wrong. I looked on the Binghamton biology website and they have me listed as a C for my final grade. I've e-mailed my professors, and was actually able to get one of them on the phone to find out how the hell I got that grade. And no-one has gotten back to me yet, which makes me a little nervous. How the hell if I got an A in lab do they have me listed as getting a C+ in lab???
I've decided to drop my biology major. I love biology but it's ridiculous the way they teach it. They design tests so you fail. My last biology test I got a 35/100, but the class average was a 50...out of 500 people, the class average is a 50??? Then, they 'adjust' grades. My biology professor explained to me that so lab sections were easier than others, so the professors 'adjusted' some lab grades. Fuck you Professor, I wrote papers, I did my lab reports and projects, I aced my quizzes, and I got A's. Gimme my A dammit. And don't even get me started on organic chemistry...
So I've decided to major in psychology. I'm thinking og getting my PhD but now I'm terrified that I won't be able to get into graduate school because of this semester. I should have around a 2.5 or so, which sucks miserably because I wored so hard. I know my grades don't reflect it but I really did study like crazy. In biology she would test us on ten or eleven chapters, and then pick out one little detail and ask test questions on it; like, are aporangia open or closed? Do mosses grow laterally or terminally?
I love biology, and it was so hard for me to make this decision. I feel as if I've wasted a year and a half of my life as a biology major...I also feel like a failure. My GPA this semester is such a disgrace. I was looking up schools with psycholgy programs that have a combined MS/PhD degree programs. and the competition is fierce. 200+ people apply, and something like 12-16 are accepted. I feel ill thinking about it.
Originally I was going to change my major to psychobiology, but I can't seem to get past Organic I...how will I take Organic Chemistry II, not to mention Inorganic Chemistry I and II??
I got a research position at Binghamton for next semester. It's a neuropsychology lab, and we get to do some really neat projects. Plus, the people in his lab are infamous for becoming authors on medical journals and stuff like that, which can't hurt my application to graduate school. So instead of becoming a child psychiatrist, I'd become a child psychologist. I'm just hoping that this semester didn't totally kill my chances for getting into graduate school.
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