Need Help, seriously sinking!!!

[Del_43]

I just finished my first semester of my P1 year. I went from being a Dean's list student in undergrad to a straight C student in pharmacy school. Our first round of exams I was doing very well, I had almost all A's. I was studying by myself except for immunology. Of course I wanted to do better than just low A's and high B's so I decided to ramp things up for the second major round of exams, I was studying about 6-7 hours a day and I started studying in groups.. That completely backfired and I started making C's. So I reverted to what I was doing in the beginning and continued to make all C's in everything I did. I started studying 14 hours 3 times a week, I was doing everything, making study guides, lists, charts, talking to myself. I was so confident that I was understanding the material but I would get to exams and barely pass. I've been capable my entire life and now I feel like an idiot, its like I don't want to study so hard anymore because whats the point if I'm barely passing? Not trying to be negative it's really stressing me out, I'm tired of meeting with counselors and changing study habits because I'm not finding it helpful. Does anyone know if there are there certified specialists that I can see? I'm really eager to find solutions to my problems while I'm home for the break.

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[callmebrie]

I just finished my first semester of my P1 year. I went from being a Dean's list student in undergrad to a straight C student in pharmacy school. Our first round of exams I was doing very well, I had almost all A's. I was studying by myself except for immunology. Of course I wanted to do better than just low A's and high B's so I decided to ramp things up for the second major round of exams, I was studying about 6-7 hours a day and I started studying in groups.. That completely backfired and I started making C's. So I reverted to what I was doing in the beginning and continued to make all C's in everything I did. I started studying 14 hours 3 times a week, I was doing everything, making study guides, lists, charts, talking to myself. I was so confident that I was understanding the material but I would get to exams and barely pass. I've been capable my entire life and now I feel like an idiot, its like I don't want to study so hard anymore because whats the point if I'm barely passing? Not trying to be negative it's really stressing me out, I'm tired of meeting with counselors and changing study habits because I'm not finding it helpful. Does anyone know if there are there certified specialists that I can see? I'm really eager to find solutions to my problems while I'm home for the break.

Well to begin, I would commend you for realizing that you need help now and not 2 years down the road. with that being said, P1 year, is definitely the easiest year of pharmacy school. If you are struggling now, P2 year, you will just drown! I would suggest talking to the dean of students or a teacher you trust or your assigned advisor, or even a course professor. Together, you can break down what your studying strategies are and where you are failing. I learned in pharmacy school that I can't just memorize things as before, the application of concepts is so much more important. You could just be focusing on the wrong things and not seeing the big picture and a lot of people do have to change how they study in pharmacy school.