How I Got An A+ In One Of My Toughest Classes

College is not a walk in the park for most, and on numerous occasions we encounter courses that take all of our sweat and tears. These courses can be core classes, major classes, or even electives. Being a Neuroscience major in college, I had to pick a Neuroscience related elective last semester. Out of the list of arduous interconnected electives, Molecular Cell Biology seemed the most relevant and useful. In my university, Molecular Cell Biology is deemed as gateway class for science majors. If I were a Biology major I would have to make a B or better to even stay in the Biology major. Fortunately, I am a Neuroscience major. Imagine having the continuation of your degree hinge on a grade in a certain class. Regardless due to my schedule situation last semester, I was relegated to the sole option of a Molecular Cell Biology Hybrid course. This means that it was online, with the class meeting once a week on campus. I have always preferred self teaching over listening professors drone on in lectures, so I was ready to give it a go.

Being a Neuroscience major we do take general Biology classes but not much more than that. I did not have fancy Biology classes like genetics or animal biology under my belt as compared to my Biology majored peers in that class. I was already starting a footing behind the rest. Neuroscience is very Bio oriented but it is specific to the…