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Hey guys,
So i finished my first semester and got a C- in my chemistry135 course. The course was a requirement for engineers and after taking and looking at the future difficulty of courses that do not interest me I realize that engineering is not for me and plan on majoring in biology and math (might minor if not enough space). My question now is should I repeat the chemistry course using freshmen forgiveness to have the grade not factored into my GPA and boost my GPA or should i move on to orgo 1. One of the main reasons Chem135 was hard for me was because my teacher incorporated a lot of orgo such as identifying and predicting reaction mechanisms also naming and identifying functional groups in our unit involving VSERP theory, but I forced my self to fully learn the material for the final and pass our last exam which saved my grade. There course consisted of 3 exams, a final, 4 mastering chemistry, and 100 clicker points. I earned a 48% on the first exam which had an average of 58%(resonance, quantum atomic model stuff,and other basic chemistry), a 18% on the orgo filled exam which had an average of 51%, a 92% on the third exam which had an average of 74%(gas law, intermolecular forces,rate laws, concentration, and bond energy using organic molecule drawing), and a 68% on the final (studied so hard my roommate said i woke up reciting chemistry formulas and talking about acid base reactions). The class was curved and in the end i was curved from a 52 to a 73%. I really wish i had gotten a little higher on the final but the main reason i didn't was because i missed an entire 20 points on an electrochemistry problem i had no idea how to solve. Anywho i honestly believe that my grade would have been higher if i had taken the chemistry 131 (course required for biology majors and pre-med students) which had no orgo introduction chapter and no electrochemistry, reaction orders, or hybridization chapters. Although the course was extremely challenging and significantly dropped my GPA, i have to admit that i now know a good amount of orgo coming out and will not struggle to pass at least the first exam of my next course and i now know how to study ( didn't really have to in HS because i had 4.2 without even reading most of my textbooks). Additionally, my teacher for chem135 is teaching orgo1 should i take her if i choose to do orgo since i know how she teaches or go with the beloved orgo1 teacher at my school because every one says he's good at explaining concepts and has straightforward exams.
So i finished my first semester and got a C- in my chemistry135 course. The course was a requirement for engineers and after taking and looking at the future difficulty of courses that do not interest me I realize that engineering is not for me and plan on majoring in biology and math (might minor if not enough space). My question now is should I repeat the chemistry course using freshmen forgiveness to have the grade not factored into my GPA and boost my GPA or should i move on to orgo 1. One of the main reasons Chem135 was hard for me was because my teacher incorporated a lot of orgo such as identifying and predicting reaction mechanisms also naming and identifying functional groups in our unit involving VSERP theory, but I forced my self to fully learn the material for the final and pass our last exam which saved my grade. There course consisted of 3 exams, a final, 4 mastering chemistry, and 100 clicker points. I earned a 48% on the first exam which had an average of 58%(resonance, quantum atomic model stuff,and other basic chemistry), a 18% on the orgo filled exam which had an average of 51%, a 92% on the third exam which had an average of 74%(gas law, intermolecular forces,rate laws, concentration, and bond energy using organic molecule drawing), and a 68% on the final (studied so hard my roommate said i woke up reciting chemistry formulas and talking about acid base reactions). The class was curved and in the end i was curved from a 52 to a 73%. I really wish i had gotten a little higher on the final but the main reason i didn't was because i missed an entire 20 points on an electrochemistry problem i had no idea how to solve. Anywho i honestly believe that my grade would have been higher if i had taken the chemistry 131 (course required for biology majors and pre-med students) which had no orgo introduction chapter and no electrochemistry, reaction orders, or hybridization chapters. Although the course was extremely challenging and significantly dropped my GPA, i have to admit that i now know a good amount of orgo coming out and will not struggle to pass at least the first exam of my next course and i now know how to study ( didn't really have to in HS because i had 4.2 without even reading most of my textbooks). Additionally, my teacher for chem135 is teaching orgo1 should i take her if i choose to do orgo since i know how she teaches or go with the beloved orgo1 teacher at my school because every one says he's good at explaining concepts and has straightforward exams.
