Basically I'm getting better at studying but it's not enough.

I decided to switch it up from my first exam (score me a 79%) and this midterm i just had got me to 82%. I'm not depressed this time because I didn't study as hard and I did even better than my first exam, but I still feel like an idiot.

What can I do to get some fucking A's? I seriously felt like I was going to get an A on this last exam but I missed 12 out of 50. She gave us 4% increase thus the 82%, so it's actually a 76%. So now that I think of it, i did worst, but the exam was A LOT harder than the first since the class average didn't do too well.

i know i'm not dumb, but I know I'm not a top tier student with straight A's and a 4.0 --- is this mentality holding me back? I am not doing something right. It's a form of biology class if you guys were wondering.