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Ethan Klein
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I am currently taking upper division physics, math, and materials science courses at a difficult US university. I never feel lost during lecture, read and comprehend the text, go above and beyond on problem sets, and can nearly do any problem in the book. Yet, when it comes time for the exam, I either go to slow, miss connections between or the meaning of the variables, or make careless errors that I rarely make when working through book problems. In a nutshell, I choke.
While I fully comprehend all my exam problems (have not been stumped, yet) my grade just simply does not reflect my level of understanding. I can walk out of an exam (this happened yesterday), get on a chalkboard, and solve the problems in an instant.
I plan to go talk to some advisors and faculty to get their take on the matter, but in the meantime, I'm curious to know if anyone on the forum has had these issues and found a way to work through them. I do plan to apply to graduate school, and absolutely want to accurately display by level of understanding in my application.
While I fully comprehend all my exam problems (have not been stumped, yet) my grade just simply does not reflect my level of understanding. I can walk out of an exam (this happened yesterday), get on a chalkboard, and solve the problems in an instant.
I plan to go talk to some advisors and faculty to get their take on the matter, but in the meantime, I'm curious to know if anyone on the forum has had these issues and found a way to work through them. I do plan to apply to graduate school, and absolutely want to accurately display by level of understanding in my application.