How to Recover From a Bad Grade

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Whether it’s a test you studied 3 weeks for or a paper you forgot to write until the night before, getting a bad grade can be very discouraging. How do you find your way back to normality? Here’s some advice from one student to another:

1. Before you enter heavy mourning, see if there’s anything you can do to make your grade. This may be a slim chance, but check the syllabus for extra credit opportunities, or talk to your professor. Working to improve your grade can improve your mood surprisingly much.
2. Try not to dwell on the grade too much. Maybe escape into a movie or game for a while, or do whatever you do to relax.
3. If you want to do better on the next test or assignment, just take a little time to think how you’re going to do things differently and actually PUT THEM TO ACTION.

This isn’t a magic formula, but it just might help make your bad-grade-receiving day a little bit better.

-Micah