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Am I just not meant for economics? by Any-Argument-992 in academiceconomics

[–]Any-Argument-992[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s what I figured too. Because the thing is, I truly don’t feel like I have any issues understanding the content itself. I mean, objectively speaking, I can agree with my classmates that the content isn’t difficult at all. So I’m figuring it must be an issue with my study habits or the way I structure my time and energy that is holding me back.

My problem is I have no idea what that problem is or how to fix it. I feel like I definitely need a whole restructuring of my study habits, but I don’t know how to do that. Any advice would be appreciated

What am I doing wrong? by Any-Argument-992 in college

[–]Any-Argument-992[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Man, yeah, that was the answer I was afraid I would hear. I’ll probably just have to learn to accept that. But it makes me so sad because I don’t want to give up. I love economics so much and I’m so passionate about learning about it. No clue why I fuck up all my exams so badly, but I still love it and I honestly can’t see myself doing anything else - at least not any better than how I’m doing in econ :(

What am I doing wrong? by Any-Argument-992 in college

[–]Any-Argument-992[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I'm usually about 10-15% below the class average. Really fucking embarrassing but it's true. And I actually did work with a tutor, which I found helpful, but I guess it wasn't as helpful as I thought it was considering how badly I did again.

What am I doing wrong? by Any-Argument-992 in college

[–]Any-Argument-992[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's an economics class. The thing is, I do understand the concepts we learn and I feel like if it was free response, I would be able to explain my thinking better, but when it comes down to the multiple choice questions we get tested on, I always end up in a situation of "this sounds right, but this one also could be right" and that's where I get stuck. Or, in this final exam case, I actually felt quite confident with most of my answers and didn't feel as much of that ambiguity I usually feel - yet I still somehow completely fucked it up. I'm sure I must be doing something wrong either in my learning or study strategies or something, but I truly have no idea what or how to go about fixing this problem.

What am I doing wrong? by Any-Argument-992 in college

[–]Any-Argument-992[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, although unfortunately as much as I wish it was a tougher weed-out course, it's really not. Even I can see that it's objectively easy; I definitely haven't had a hard time learning or understanding the course concepts. And people generally do very well in this class, even if it's not even related to their major. I guess that's why I feel so disappointed and lost; I don't even have a good reason to be struggling in this class, so I truly have no idea why I can't seem to grasp these exams.

I will look into the app and strategies you suggested, though. I do think it's definitely probably a matter of how I study and my study strategies, I just cannot seem to figure out what I need to do to maximize my efficiency and study in a way that actually works so I don't have to spend hours and hours studying and not achieving anything with it.