Well first we'll talk about grades.. most of the people in my university are kind of giving up some courses just because they don't like it or that subject is not relevant to the area where they are gonna specialize.. but friends,don't forget that, every single course you are taking will affect your final GPA,which means if you give up and have bad grades for some courses you will not be able to have the degree with a class. So maybe you are an expert in one subject and lacking another... So try to have as much as marks for the one you can and try to get at least a B for the subject you are not good at..There might be some reasons behind why you are not so good at it. Maybe you personally hate that subject (Like I hate maths..) or you skipped lecs and you don't even know the syllabus.In the first case even though you hate it, you have to get good grades for that even, to do what you love later... So with that in mind just try to survive.. About the second case... I'm totally against the idea of skipping lecs as I mentioned in a previous post. Even though you don't understand a thing prof. says still you have to go..coz later when you try to learn it yourself you'll be wondering "ahh that's what the prof. said" and probably professors give hints about what kind of things they expect us to write and what kind of questions will be there in the paper etc.
Personally I hate being a pain in the neck. So usually I manage my own stuff and minimize getting help from others as much as possible. There's one thing I realized in this year.. A person can master a subject without any help from others if he has access to the internet,especially youtube. There are tons of tutorials explaining so many subjects. And there are tons of ebooks available for free. There's one thing I want to mention here which will benefit many students. American center is having a virtual library which has millions of books and research papers and you can login to that from anywhere where there is an internet connection. You just have to get the membership by paying a visit to the American center near the american embassy.
Also you can ask a friend for a help if needed,if your friend is nice he/she will help you..Hehe but me...it's a different case. I get angry with people who keeps skipping lecs and asking to teach the WHOLE SYLLABUS when the exam is in two three days. I just hate it.. It's a one thing to explain a doubtful place or an answer to a question... but the whole syllabus?? It's so irritating...last week a friend of mine experienced this...and he had to teach several kids the whole thing from beginning to end so many times.Practically he was living in the study area for 2 days without even eating properly.That's why it's always better to manage thing on your own.. When you have unlimited internet on campus why worry or make another person uncomfortable?
Once you know the syllabus you just have to practice...past papers,questions from books,tutorials there are so many ways you can practice,and also it's important to discuss papers in a study group. Just find someone like you,you are working hard with passion (not someone who is just trying to survive the exam) and discuss it.. so that it will benefit both of you..
So GOOD LUCK everyone..!! wish that you'd be able to get good grades this time :)
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