Help!

[jessicab]

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I am taking my first chemistry class in over 10 years right now, and I think I may have bitten off more than I can chew! I am working on the first assignment for the lab, which we "should be able to do just by reading the lab" and I can't. I don't know if I am over complicating things or what. There are tons of conversions in all the problems. I can't keep any of it straight. The language is greek to me. I have read the chapter a million times to try to understand what seems like should be simple.

We had to take a placement test the first night to weed out those who needed to go back and take the intro chemistry class and I passed the cutoff-barely. But most of the class barely passed it. So I don't know if everyone feels this way or I am particularly dim in chemistry. If this first assignment is indicitave of what we have to know already then I am sunk!

 

[64microbus]

1. Find somebody in class that can help you.
2. Get a tutor.
3. See the instructor before class, after class, and during office hours.
4. See if the instructor can look over your lab before you turn in it in.
5. Get the solutions manual for the text book.
6. Do every practice problem at the end of the chapter, not just the ones that are assigned.
7. If things aren't going well up until the drop date, drop the class. Study chemistry on your own, then take it again next semester.

Hope this helps,

Microbus out

 

[MALA]

Jessicab- I was in the same boat as you - I hadn't had chemistry since 1982, I remembered very little. What I did was take an intro to Chemistry course (which is H.S. chem) and it helped me TREMENDOUSLY. When I got into my college level Chem, I was grateful that I did because I was so prepared. Only you know what you're capable of doing, but it might be worth it- especially since you want to be sure that you really understand the concepts and get a good grade.

 

[jessicab]

I have been thinking about all those things. I work full time so I am getting off work at 5 and running across town to class at 6 and barely making it. I hope to get to know someone in my class soon. That is how I got through my graduate program. I have just enough time to take my pre-reqs at night over the next two years to start pharmacy school in Fall 2006. I would really feel better if I took the intro class first but if I do that then I will be set back another year. I guess that would be better than being miserable all semester and making a lower grade though. I wonder if I could buy the intro book and be able to keep up. I would really like to give this class a chance. I just don't know if I should or not.

 

[MALA]

I work full-time too and have to race to get to class. I start again next week and am trying to get motivated for it. I had the same plan to finish and start in 2006, but recently I realized I had to push it off until 2007- it wasn't easy for me to accept, but with working full-time, it's hard to rush getting done and with pharmacy school being so competitve, I'd rather wait and try to get A's in my pre-reqs rather than rush and get B's or C's. Plus, I could use the extra year to prepare for my move to another state, and another bonus is that my 401K and stock options will be vested, that's what makes me feel better about delaying it an additional year.

 

[jessicab]

I work full-time too and have to race to get to class. I start again next week and am trying to get motivated for it. I had the same plan to finish and start in 2006, but recently I realized I had to push it off until 2007- it wasn't easy for me to accept, but with working full-time, it's hard to rush getting done and with pharmacy school being so competitve, I'd rather wait and try to get A's in my pre-reqs rather than rush and get B's or C's. Plus, I could use the extra year to prepare for my move to another state, and another bonus is that my 401K and stock options will be vested, that's what makes me feel better about delaying it an additional year.

I am glad to hear that there is someone else out there in the same boat. It is alot to think about. I guess I need to hurry and make a decision so I can still get my tuition back if I need it! Thanks for the advice