I received good grades in high school, but at COC I am not happy with my grades on my assignments. Whats wrong?
You should discuss the situation with your instructor. It could be that there are parts of the assignment or the course material that you may have misunderstood. Your instructor can help you to identify these areas and work with you to create a plan to help you improve. You also will want to make sure that you understand all of the comments that your instructor gives on your assignments and try to address those areas in future assignments. If you do not understand the comments, you should meet with your instructor to get more information. Another thing to keep in mind is that the expectations for college and high school are different. Especially if you are new to college, you may need to adjust the time you spend outside of class reviewing class notes and working on assignments. The general rule is that you should expect to spend two hours outside of class working on assignments for every hour that you spend in class each week. For a 3-unit class in a 16-week semester, that means you s
