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Llama77
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Is it better to study what you love?
Or is it better top study what you will get the highest grades in?
I ask as I am currently a computer engineering student and really love the material, though I love it and study plenty I still do not manage to get very good grades. I don't usually get better than a C+, except in my cs classes were I always get B's. I may spend upwards of 10-11 hours a day of pure studying then classes. This does vary a lot. So even with all my studying I just don't get good grades, mostly this is due to me doing poorly on tests. I am just a bad test taker, I am unable to portray my knowledge in 50 minutes on a test. Though in all labs I have never gotten below a 100, and I am now a junior. My hardest classes being Physics and Calculus/math.
Now everybody on different boards such as collegeconfidential and my advisor's as well as parents all tell me never to study what I love but to study what will get me the highest gpa possible. It kinda sucks that what I am good in is not what I love, my true skill is in Memorization, so I guess I should be studying some sort of biology.
so is it better to stick with what you love or just do what you are good at and in result have a better gpa.
Or is it better top study what you will get the highest grades in?
I ask as I am currently a computer engineering student and really love the material, though I love it and study plenty I still do not manage to get very good grades. I don't usually get better than a C+, except in my cs classes were I always get B's. I may spend upwards of 10-11 hours a day of pure studying then classes. This does vary a lot. So even with all my studying I just don't get good grades, mostly this is due to me doing poorly on tests. I am just a bad test taker, I am unable to portray my knowledge in 50 minutes on a test. Though in all labs I have never gotten below a 100, and I am now a junior. My hardest classes being Physics and Calculus/math.
Now everybody on different boards such as collegeconfidential and my advisor's as well as parents all tell me never to study what I love but to study what will get me the highest gpa possible. It kinda sucks that what I am good in is not what I love, my true skill is in Memorization, so I guess I should be studying some sort of biology.
so is it better to stick with what you love or just do what you are good at and in result have a better gpa.