Background: Starting from the start of my first semester at college, before I had any kind of record whatsoever at this university, my adviser bet that I wouldn't be able to handle the courses I'd chosen. Same for all the professors I talked to. Start of second semester, he proceeded to inform me that my course plan was nothing like first semester, and as such he thought I couldn't handle it yet again, despite having a proven track record. Again, same for all the professors I talked to. Same story start of third semester. Now, my adviser is yet again informing me that my course list for fourth semester (!!) is nothing like the previous semesters, and as such if he had to bet, he'd bet on my grades tanking, for real this time. Despite my successes in the previous semesters. Although of course he claims that he'd be happy to be proven wrong, as he has been the last three (!!) times. And of course, same story for all the professors I've talked to. As usual, they've decided to discount the courses I've already taken, claiming they aren't related to the ones they're teaching.
TLDR: Is betting against undergraduates a part of university culture or something? I can understand this happening in high school (due to the small sample size of students), but would have thought college professors would be knowledgeable enough to make more accurate predictions. Unless this really is some kind of tactic found in one of those motivational tactics books.
Perhaps this is a rather minor complaint, but it can tend on one's nerves after a while.
Any premeds here experienced this phenomenon, by any chance?
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Professors betting against you
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