Chemistry 1

[MexicanDr]

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So Im taking general chem 1 with a really bad professor, according to many students here on campus, an yes, he is a douche!

We just had our first exam and i received a freaggin D. I ddint do any of the hw assigned, just a few examples in the chapters. Should I drop the class and take a lower chem class and review it (pre-nursing students chem) or just stay in class? We have 3 exams left and the final. So what do you guys suggest? I took chem like 7 yrs ago and havent had any. But i know many people take chem 1 with no chem background.

Thanks for the advice..

 

[Morsetlis]

a.) Drop it. You don't want to be on overdrive mode for the rest of the quarter/semester. Pick up a volunteering activity to keep yourself busy in the meantimes. One W won't mean anything.

b.) Stop being dumb/lazy. I swear I could waltz right into your final right now and make out with at least a C.

 

[loveoforganic]

hm, maybe you should do the assigned work.

 

[deleted307836]

Well, what was the mean test score? Is there a curve? I've had D's curved up to B's on tests before.

 

[jvesco22]

What does you not doing your homework have to do with the professor being "bad?" Sounds like a pos excuse...

What I don't understand about you and some of the other posters on here, is how you can be set on going to med school, yet still manage to "not care" in a sense and get D's and F's? I don't get it...I really don't.

 

[Hope2008]

Drop it if he is that bad and you can not absolutely bring the grade up.

 

[fzwarrior]

Gen chem is hard and you have a lot of chemistry ahead of you. Chemistry is one of those classes that is probably going to require the most of your study time compared to the other classes you are taking. I too though gen chem was difficult and would argue that it was more difficult that organic chem. Here is some advice that really worked for me. First, spend the money and buy the student solutions manual that accompanies your textbook. Sometimes the bookstore at your school will sell them or you can buy them online. For me, this was a must. Most of the solutions manuals give detailed explanations to each problem and most profs use similar problems on their exams. After you have purchased the manual, read the chapter section by section. After each section, work through EVERY problem in the problem set that follows that section and use the solutions manual as a guide. As the exam approaches, you will have already reviewed most of the problems. Do them again. Every one. This class is going to require about 8 hours of study per week. However, all is not lost because if you follow this advice you should do just fine on the rest of the exams. 😎

 

[Morsetlis]

^ You studied way too much for gen chem. I didn't do a single homework problem, had a 6-hour cram session the night before the exam, and made out with an A.

Gen chem is easy.

Now, physics... that I had to do homework for.

 

[deleted307836]

Gen chem is hard and you have a lot of chemistry ahead of you. Chemistry is one of those classes that is probably going to require the most of your study time compared to the other classes you are taking. I too though gen chem was difficult and would argue that it was more difficult that organic chem. Here is some advice that really worked for me. First, spend the money and buy the student solutions manual that accompanies your textbook. Sometimes the bookstore at your school will sell them or you can buy them online. For me, this was a must. Most of the solutions manuals give detailed explanations to each problem and most profs use similar problems on their exams. After you have purchased the manual, read the chapter section by section. After each section, work through EVERY problem in the problem set that follows that section and use the solutions manual as a guide. As the exam approaches, you will have already reviewed most of the problems. Do them again. Every one. This class is going to require about 8 hours of study per week. However, all is not lost because if you follow this advice you should do just fine on the rest of the exams. 😎

👍👍 This is very good advice.

 

[roseglass6370]

Gen chem is hard and you have a lot of chemistry ahead of you. Chemistry is one of those classes that is probably going to require the most of your study time compared to the other classes you are taking. I too though gen chem was difficult and would argue that it was more difficult that organic chem. Here is some advice that really worked for me. First, spend the money and buy the student solutions manual that accompanies your textbook. Sometimes the bookstore at your school will sell them or you can buy them online. For me, this was a must. Most of the solutions manuals give detailed explanations to each problem and most profs use similar problems on their exams. After you have purchased the manual, read the chapter section by section. After each section, work through EVERY problem in the problem set that follows that section and use the solutions manual as a guide. As the exam approaches, you will have already reviewed most of the problems. Do them again. Every one. This class is going to require about 8 hours of study per week. However, all is not lost because if you follow this advice you should do just fine on the rest of the exams. 😎

THIS. If you aren't willing to give it your all then you might as well drop it and switch your major. No one said it was gonna be easy. Stop blaming the professor and start taking ownership.

Secondly, Gen Chem 1 is often a weed-out class. I got a "C" in it, didn't retake, and pulled off an "A" in Gen Chem 2. If you're willing to put in the extra work, I most definitely wouldn't retake. But for goodness sake: STOP BEING LAZY!! (And I mean that in the nicest way possible!)

 

[allie1361]

^ You studied way too much for gen chem. I didn't do a single homework problem, had a 6-hour cram session the night before the exam, and made out with an A.

Gen chem is easy.

Now, physics... that I had to do homework for.

Agreed. Gen chem is easy as long as you at least read the stuff and study some. No need to cram for it like it's the MCAT.

And physics can kiss my ass. If I never have to figure out how fast a bowling ball is falling after it was shot out of a canon on top of a building at a 43.5-degree angle, I will die happy.

 

[Morsetlis]

It accelerates downward at g + sin 43.5 degrees x v_initial (no air resistance).
It accelerates toward the horizontal at cos 43.5 degrees x v_initial (no air resistance).

But E&M (physics 2 is worse). But optics/fluids (physics 3) is easier.

 

[roseglass6370]

^ You studied way too much for gen chem. I didn't do a single homework problem, had a 6-hour cram session the night before the exam, and made out with an A.

Gen chem is easy.

Now, physics... that I had to do homework for.

Um...okay. But he/she may have had the same experience with Physics as you did with Chem. It varies person to person. 🙄

 

[Morsetlis]

Well duh but I had to say something mean.

 

[roseglass6370]

Well duh but I had to say something mean.

Given the circumstances: this is true. 👍

 

[morning]

If your prof is that bad stop going to lecture and study on your own. If you can't motivate yourself you will NEVER make it.

 

[allie1361]

It accelerates downward at g + sin 43.5 degrees x v_initial (no air resistance).
It accelerates toward the horizontal at cos 43.5 degrees x v_initial (no air resistance).

But E&M (physics 2 is worse). But optics/fluids (physics 3) is easier.

To be completely honest, I don't care how fast it was going, or where it ended up, or if there was air resistance.

And I stopped at physics 2. I would never willingly torture myself with an extra semester of physics.

 

[allie1361]

If your prof is that bad stop going to lecture and study on your own. If you can't motivate yourself you will NEVER make it.

I agree 100%.

 

[jarede312]

I agree 100%.

/agree

 

[circulus vitios]

Assigned homework is assigned for a reason (usually because it shows up on exams.)

 

[jm192]

So Im taking general chem 1 with a really bad professor, according to many students here on campus, an yes, he is a douche!

We just had our first exam and i received a freaggin D. I ddint do any of the hw assigned, just a few examples in the chapters. Should I drop the class and take a lower chem class and review it (pre-nursing students chem) or just stay in class? We have 3 exams left and the final. So what do you guys suggest? I took chem like 7 yrs ago and havent had any. But i know many people take chem 1 with no chem background.

Thanks for the advice..

I don't mean to be a jerk. But you can seriously post that the professor is so horrible AND you didn't do the homework in the same complaint. Maybe he does suck as a teacher, but if you'd done the assigned work, you'd probably be looking at at least a B.

I had AP Chemistry in high school, coasted to an A. Got a 46 on my first test in Gen Chem I. I W'd it, retook it the next semester with better study habits, and got an A.

I would reccomend doing all the assigned problems, and then at least one more example of each type of problem. If you're good with that concept/type of problem, move on. If not, do more.

Try to do problems you have answers for. Use the back of the book, the solutions manual, Kramster, or if all else fails, ask the professor to check your work on it.

Again, I don't want this to sound mean/discourage you. But you can't go through undergrad wanting to half-way do it and get into med school. If your major/post grad plans aren't competitive to where you can take a C in your chem course, who cares how much you study. But if you want to go to medical school, you need to be a little more dedicated to performing well. Gen Chem isn't easy by any means, but it doesn't exactly get easier as you go forward

 

[rxnfiend]

If your prof is that bad stop going to lecture and study on your own. If you can't motivate yourself you will NEVER make it.

This is very true. Chemistry is not hard, but you MUST study for it. All of the people saying they crammed for 6 hours before the exam and got an A are either 1) full of it or 2) go to an insanely easy school.

I would recommend doing all of the problems at the end of each chapter atleast 3 days before the exam getting in ~15-20 hours of hardcore study time. 🙂

 

[Morsetlis]

I think you underestimate how smart I am 🙁

T_T

 

[LillianMoya]

I am starting my own chemistry class soon, and I have not taken chem for... like 11 years or something... I took it in high school and am changing careers now. Don't drop the class. I just took a biology class and got a D in one of my tests, in the others I got a C, and then two B's. I had four tests and no final. I made a B in the class. Don't drop it, but if you have to do the work to practice then just do it all or at least enough to make sure you understand the material.

Lily

 

[ILikeDrugs]

So Im taking general chem 1 with a really bad professor, according to many students here on campus, an yes, he is a douche!

We just had our first exam and i received a freaggin D. I ddint do any of the hw assigned, just a few examples in the chapters. Should I drop the class and take a lower chem class and review it (pre-nursing students chem) or just stay in class? We have 3 exams left and the final. So what do you guys suggest? I took chem like 7 yrs ago and havent had any. But i know many people take chem 1 with no chem background.

Thanks for the advice..

And you wonder why you got a D? Maybe the teacher isn't a douche. Maybe you just didn't study and got what you deserved. What do I suggest. I suggest you do problems so that you can actually know if you are doing it right. What's the point of finding that out on the test?

 

[Frazier]

did well

 

[ArkansasRanger]

So Im taking general chem 1 with a really bad professor, according to many students here on campus, an yes, he is a douche!

We just had our first exam and i received a freaggin D. I ddint do any of the hw assigned, just a few examples in the chapters. Should I drop the class and take a lower chem class and review it (pre-nursing students chem) or just stay in class? We have 3 exams left and the final. So what do you guys suggest? I took chem like 7 yrs ago and havent had any. But i know many people take chem 1 with no chem background.

Thanks for the advice..

This is very reminiscent of me nine years ago. I see you have a star of life. I was also full bore into the EMS stuff back then. Drop it. I didn't want to drop it. Retake it this summer or something perhaps. Just do the work. Study. Do practice problems. Never take Dr. D-Bag again. I had a nice teacher. I just didn't give two s***s back then. It seems I lost out at about the time he started teaching orbitals: spdf, etc.

 

[298609]

Gen chem is easy.

Now, physics... that I had to do homework for.

exact opposite for me.

Assigned homework is assigned for a reason (usually because it shows up on exams.)

a lot of profs are as lazy as their students (at least for gen chem 1 classes which they hate teaching) and will assume most of the class does not do the hw assigned...then they will put almost the exact same problems on the test and when people fail will be like LOOK IN THE BOOK. YOU ARE ALL IDIOTS.


(that may or may not have happened to me)

 

[Morsetlis]

^ This experience has been true. The professors will often just tell us to look in the book for the solutions (granted, with different numbers).

 

[oaklandguy]

I must agree that Gen Chem was by far the easiest of all the pre-reqs. Gen Chem 1 was really really really really easy. Like I studied for only one of the exams. My AP Chem was sooo much harder than Gen Chem 1. Granted, I went to a prestigious private high school, but still Gen Chem was really easy. Surprisingly, the averages on tests and quizzes was in the 60's and if you were doing decent at all in the class the final killed you. Gen Chem I however, was an easy 4.0. Gen Chem 2 was an A, but required much more studying.

Physics is on a whole different level. So is orgo. Gen Chem was seriously the easiest of the pre-reqs though. By far.

 

[Morsetlis]

^ hi five?

 

[298609]

^ This experience has been true. The professors will often just tell us to look in the book for the solutions (granted, with different numbers).

i don't think we've ever agreed on anything before. 😍😍friends forever????

I must agree that Gen Chem was by far the easiest of all the pre-reqs. Gen Chem 1 was really really really really easy. Like I studied for only one of the exams. My AP Chem was sooo much harder than Gen Chem 1. Granted, I went to a prestigious private high school, but still Gen Chem was really easy. Surprisingly, the averages on tests and quizzes was in the 60's and if you were doing decent at all in the class the final killed you. Gen Chem I however, was an easy 4.0. Gen Chem 2 was an A, but required much more studying.

Physics is on a whole different level. So is orgo. Gen Chem was seriously the easiest of the pre-reqs though. By far.

sounds like your school used ochem to weed out premeds, while mine used gen chem. do you go to a public school? i have a theory that private schools use gen chem as the harder course and public use ochem.

 

[jm192]

lol werd