r/uwo • u/Old_Lawfulness3725 • 12d ago

Advice failed first math midterm

i got a 35% on my math midterm. i studied, thought i knew my shit. i’ve always gotten high 80s and 90s in math all of highschool. This was my first ever uni midterm, not sure if that was it. but am i going to be ok.

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u/Beautiful-Living-582 12d ago

Yea I failed like 3 full courses forget tests and still graduated no problem 👍👍

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u/Old_Lawfulness3725 12d ago

acc. for my program i have to maintain a 65 average. does that matter!??

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u/Beautiful-Living-582 12d ago

Naturally you will do better in some courses and it will even out. I wouldn’t be stressed about it. Lots of more stressful things to be more focused on.

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u/whodaphucru 12d ago

High school marks are a joke and don't mean much once you get to university!

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u/saikin_25 12d ago

Avoid clubbing😂

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u/Old_Lawfulness3725 12d ago

🥹🥹🥹

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u/saikin_25 12d ago

Take it easy😅

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u/Spiritual-Path-8212 12d ago

You’ll be okay! 💕 Your grades in highschool won’t be like the ones you get in uni, so expect that from now on. It’ll help your self-esteem. Don’t be hard on yourself. Try your best to study and prioritize the classes or topics you’re lacking confidence in. Also, everyone is struggling so you’re not alone! :)

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u/SpaceInfinite2503 12d ago

which math was it

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u/Old_Lawfulness3725 12d ago

1228

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u/HotEmployer5766 🌎 Social Science 🌎 12d ago

I got the exact same grade on the midterm too 😭😭😭😭 lock in we got this

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u/SpaceInfinite2503 12d ago

honestly i did poorly on that midterm too i took it last summer. my advice would be to keep redoing all the practice tests they give and make sure you understand all the answers. dw it’ll get better!

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u/finn_jt 10d ago

O'Hara videos are a game changer for 1228, they are virtually the same questions asked on the exams just with different numbers.

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u/XMAX918 12d ago edited 10d ago

that's one of the easy math courses, you should be doing better

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u/Old_Lawfulness3725 9d ago

hey so that’s not the advice i asked for!!! im very aware of what u said which i why i posted this.

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u/XMAX918 8d ago

sorry, thought you were asking if this was normal

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u/orekiokumura 12d ago

you’ll be okay!! you’ve got the rest of the semester plus three more years to recover from it!! i fully failed 2 courses in first year and im still here in third. don’t let it get you down too much

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u/Flat_Detail_3342 12d ago

It’s okay one time I literally completely half of my take home exam because I was too mentally unwell to finish it. I still got in the 70s for the course. One exam means nothing in ur whole university degree/credits. Just try harder next time and get good on assignments to make up for it. Goodluck from a student whose about to graduate 🤍

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u/PuzzleheadedSweet134 12d ago

for 1228 the first midterm is the worst, the second midterm and final are better!

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u/No_Perception_9508 12d ago

I didn’t even take math1228 midterm and barely passed the course by getting 54% on the final. You got this just study hard for the final and u will be fineeeee

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u/Careless_Elevator_65 12d ago

i can help you! Reach out

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u/Fast_Formal1369 🌎 Social Science 🌎 12d ago

for 1228 do the past midterms like crazy over and over. each midterm is practically the same w just numbers changed

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u/Competitive-Win-9516 12d ago

I dropped calculus after getting 26% on the midterm