u/actualmoron_

For context, I was very certain na singko na yung socsci2 ko. 100% of your grade comes from 3 exams, and like the batugan I am— I failed the first 2 exams. I need an exceptionally high grade sa LE3 just to get a tres. Its a fun class dgmw, but the exams are just really hard unless you put in the effort, which I unfortunately always fall short of.

But meron kaming game sa class where the class is split into 2, and the 2 groups will face off in a quizbee type format, where 5 people will represent their respective group. Whichever group wins gets 300 bonus points split among ~10 group members (an easy .5 increase sa final grade).

Sad to say, pero hindi kami nanalo. But the winning group was then presented with a choice. Split the 300 points among the group, or only take 200 points for a chance for the whole class to get a .25 if we won the interclass gameshow tomorrow (similar to what we did pero between classes naman).

They took the 200 points, and split it among their group. But someone asked in that group if there was anyone from my group that is currently in a failing standing. Though ang kapal ng mukha ko, I reluctantly raised my hand.

Binigyan nila ako ng some share of those 200 points even though I wasn’t in their group, and more than likely saved na yung grade ko.

I just wanted to share this since sobrang nice nila, and I know that a lot of people will not opt to share those extra points just to bump their grade by an extra .25 so I was very, very surprised. I legit almost teared up in class (OA, i know) from both the shame of admitting that im failing, and from their kindness.

Thank you very much sa group na yun, they saved my ass bigtime.

Hi I just wanted to get this off my chest. Im a freshie and studying econ. As the title suggests, i am currently bound to fail my arts1, socsci2, and math21. Though I wont mention their names, yung arts1 and socsci2 profs ko are really difficult. They arent really the meanest pero very strict sa grading. But yung real problema is ako.

All my life I’ve never had to study for anything, grade school to senior high school, I could easily get grades that are among the highest in my whole strand without studying anything. I didn’t even study for UPCAT, but I was still able to get waitlisted in my dream campus and dream course. But now im here, my god i feel so miserable. Safe to say na I learned the hard way na you cant excel in UP just by listening to the lectures.

Nung first sem, I did pretty good naman. Acceptable yung grade ko sa dalawang major ko (BA99.1 and econ11) kahit nag aaral lang ako the night before the exam. I got a magna-standing GWA at the end of it because nahatak lang ng puro uno ko na GE (which are lahat walang finals, puro essays lang which I excel in).

Pero this 2nd sem, i just cant keep up. Hirap na hirap ako sa dalawang major ko, ba99.2 and math21, and I need to get a really good grade sa 4th LE and finals ng m21 just to get a tres. Yung socsci2, its very likely na singko ko na siya since bagsak ako sa 2 exams, arts1 naman sobrang baba magbigay ng prof sa assignments and exams.

Not studying all my years before entering college has finally shown its effects. I cant study, wala akong time management, and I keep overestimating myself but always end up failing to meet my expectations.

Matalino naman ako, I’d like to think that— and I know to myself na I can get the grades na I want if I just applied myself. But I cant, I seriously cannot muster the determination I need. Funny to think na I aspired to be summa nung first sem, but now I dont even think I’ll get into latin honors in the first place.

I dont know, Im tired lang and I cant talk to anyone about it. I need discipline, time management skills, and a good study habit, but I just cant seem to achieve any of that. Super grade conscious ko and this lackluster performance has led to nothing but disappointment sa sarili ko.

I want to try and do my best sa 2nd year ko and prove to myself na im more than what my grades would suggest, but this whole fiasco lang has taken a huge toll on me.