Need help in Physics 2020? Don't panic! There are a lot of resources available:
- Here's some general advice .
- Here's some advice aimed specifically on "post exam 3" blues.
- Visit or email Prof. Pollock or Prof. McElroy . Office hour informations are all available here. We can answer questions about physics, about grades, about studying...
- Talk to your (or any other) TA during the lab or at their Help Room hours. In the Help Room should be someone (not necessarily associated with Phys 2020) there 9-5, M-F. You can go to your own TA, but any of the many people working in this course can help you.
- Form your own study group. Find some other 2020 students and work with them - the Help Room is a good place to find people, but you can ask around in class, or where you live... Study groups can be great (if you can stay focused on the physics!)
- Have you looked at our virtual office hours? (Someone may have already asked the very question you have.) Or, go to our D2L site and look for a thread from other students - or start one yourself.
- Here's a page of suggestions I wrote for students concerned about their exam performance.
- The Student Academic Services Center (SASC) provides direct and supplemental instruction, learning and emotional support, academic skills training, curriculum development, and mentoring. Check the SASC webpage, or call their tutoring office at (303) 492-8761 (Do this soon if you're interested!).
- The physics office (across from the base of the physics tower) sometimes keeps a list of physics grad students who will tutor privately for $$$. (Caveat emptor - some are great, others are not, and we don't know them well enough to be able to give any recommendations :-(
- Check out the recipe for success (also given at the end of the syllabus).
- Check out this page of general problem solving ideas.
- Last (but maybe not least!) check out this Ted talk about "power posing"