My DD ran into the buzzsaw that is first semester Chemistry. It chewed her up and spit her out and kicked her butt despite participating in a small group twice a week though the Chemistry Learning Center. She did fine on the labs, fine on the homework, fine on the quizzes but the tests stymied her. So, she dropped the course. We supported her in her decision and she's seen a couple of advisors. It looks like she'll be changing her major from kinesiology to rehabilitation psychology. She will have to take all the same courses (including the dreaded Chem 103 & Chem 104) to apply to PT School but she'll be able to spread out the hard science classes instead of having them all done by the second semester of her Sophomore year. The rehab psych degree is also a more "personal" degree that may be more attractive when it comes to apply to PT school.
She has a pattern of doing well on everything but bombing tests. She, like others kids here, was recently diagnosed with anxiety. Her therapist is working with her to request some accommodations in testing through the university. I hope it helps because it's frustrating to see it happen again and again.
On the bright side, her other classes seem to be going well. Her calculus class is (mostly) review and she writes well.
As for Thanksgiving, we are visiting my MIL and BIL's family in CT.
Rehab Psych sounds fascinating! Hope she finds her niche.
Just something I am going to throw out here since you mentioned issues with testing. She might want to explore her options before she goes down the PT route or at least know what is at the end.
The PT Test is a national exam - One can only sit for it a limited number of times and it is offered 3x's a year.
My DS went to school with a guy who has issues with testing, this young man graduated a couple of classes ahead of my DS in their PT school with great grades and promptly signed up for the PT exam. Their school boasts a 96% pass rate (or did till this guy came along)
He failed on the first try, and 3 months later on the 2nd try. At some point the licensing board steps in and requires that the student skip an exam date and get some help for the test taking, this guy had to do that. A year after graduating with a very expensive degree, he was unable to work because he couldn't pass the test. He was married with a small child and the pressure was mounting which didn't help. So, the kid finally got smarter and engaged an expert to help him deal with the testing anxiety that was going to tank this career path if he didn't get a handle on it.
The first thing the psychologist did was sign him up for the PTA exam - if he could pass the assistance exam he could at least work as a PTA while dealing with his issues and the PTA exam would not count for or against his attempts at the PT Exam. So, he did, took two tries but he finally passed the PTA exam - then he had to step back and breath a bit - he did finally pass the national exam but it took almost 3 years post graduation and he was really close to the "exhausted" point of no return as to the number of allowed attempts.
A side note, while my DS holds a "national" license based on his exam, various states have their own requirements and some like California, require PT's take their test in order to obtain their state license (DS is currently seeking his CA License).
His book was also expensive, and it wasn't even bound! We had to purchase a binder to put it in.
