u/BattleAdditional8957

I’ve recently finished summer courses for physics 2 and calc 2, they were condensed 6 week courses. I didn’t do well enough in physics 2 to meet my conditional astrophysics offer, I also did my calc 2 final exam this morning and I’m positive I didn’t do well enough in it either.

At my uni you need a minimum mark of 60% in all your major classes to do astrophysics, though a fail is under 50%.

Im going into 2nd year and in first sem I flunked calc 1 and retook it second sem. I like the physics and I had fun in those classes, but what’s the point if I can’t do good enough to major in it?

I failed my physics 2 midterm and final, I failed my calc 2 midterm with a 28%, it’s a proof based calc 2 class. I’m starting to think I should just give up. When I was in highschool I was never good at math. The highest grade I’ve finished with in a math course was an 80% in grade 12 calculus and vectors.

I really did try my best for physics 2, I can’t tell if this isn’t for me because nothing seems for me.

I hated chem, I don’t have any biology credits, I’d just like any input on maybe how to do better or if anyone else realized physics wasn’t for them later on, what they did.

Yesterday I had my physics 2 midterm worth 30% and I’m almost certain I bombed it. For context Im going into 2nd year in September, and im taking physics 2 as an accelerated 6 week course in the summer.

Its asynchronous so the prof posts videos and there’s practice problems you do after every sub unit. I’ve watched every video, took my own notes, read the textbook sub units before attempting their practice questions and yet the only thing I’m sure I got right were the theory questions.

I guessed quite a bit of math ones because I legit did not know what to do or my answers weren’t adding up to any of the multiple choice options.

On the day of the midterm I did some mastering physics practice quizzes, some of the midterm questions were directly from their which was okay, but my final exam is in 3 weeks and it’s worth 50% and I will do anything to get better, I’ll take any study advice.

My final is cumulative and I will take any advice, especially considering im supposed to be an Astrophysics major.

I really enjoy physics, I really do.