I feel so stupid

[u/poster_up_my_a]

I just finished an exam. It was the 3rd one for my course. It’s been a consistent decline of 20% less every exam. I feel so stupid because the more I study and the harder I study and the more effort I put into it, the worse my score is. I know worth isn’t tied to score and im not basing mine off of it but if my grades suck I won’t go to med school. I just feel so dumb because I study and I try like I really do try but the more effort I put in, the worse it gets. I’m so sick and tired of this pattern and I don’t know if I should give up by not studying or if I should continue trying to do well despite the fact that it won’t turn out well. I got a 73% on Exam 2 and a 53% on Exam 3. Those are with the curve.