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[sena]

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Hey everyone, before I begin on the big pre-req's, what were your grades in them? And roughly how much time per day did you spend?

Chemistry
O.Chem
Physics
Biology
(whatever type of chem or bio you took, let me know)
etc. Thanks in advance everyone!

 

[necronomicon]

Hey everyone, before I begin on the big pre-req's, what were your grades in them? And roughly how much time per day did you spend?

Chemistry
O.Chem
Physics
Biology
(whatever type of chem or bio you took, let me know)
etc. Thanks in advance everyone!

To begin with, As in all the labs for all of what you've listed.
Otherwise, As in inorganic chem, C in orgo 1, B in orgo 2, Bs in both physics and (after retaking) A in cell biology and B in genetics (these were both initially Ds). My bad grades were mostly from my first two years. I studied all the time but had no idea what the hell I was trying to learn, so I never mastered any of the material. I spend 5+ hours/night on o-chem and still had average grades. I discovered the study methods that worked for me during my junior year and was able to study less and get much better grades. Unfortunately, most of the damage was done and my GPA suffered greatly for it.

 

[FrkyBgStok]

BIO 1 and 2: B and C
Chem 1 and 2: B and C (chem 1 retake of A (shouldn't have retaken it. ugh))
Phy 1 and 2: C and C (retakes with A and A)
Ochem 1: A (didn't take ochem 2)
Biochem: A

Others:
Anatomy: A
Cell Bio: A

 

[MedicineMike]

I got an A in every pre-req course and their respective lab, this is how I studied:

Chemistry - I made sure I did a lot of practice problems. This is key for Gen. Chem. About 3 days before the test I would read slowly through the chapters in the text book and outline them. I would compare it with my class notes and make a condensed study outline with what I thought was important. Again, DO the recommended practice problems!!

O.Chem - I actually thought both were kind of easy, not to be conceited or anything. I am a visual learner and really all Ochem is is memorization. I would not even look at my stuff until 2 days before the test and then memorize/cram every rxn I could for the exam. I don't recommend this for a lot of people, but it worked for me. I also had THE BEST professor ever. He really dumbed it down for us common folk. Also, there is a guy on youtube who does like Ochem tutoring. He is great. Watch his videos.

Physics - All I can say is just practice, practice, practice. The problems are relatively simple but at first they seem impossible. You just need to know how to manipulate formulas around in different situations. I was absolutely lost at first, but by physics II, it wasn't bad at all.

Biology - Classes were worthless for me. All I did was read the text and outline on my own. Then study that outline a lot. Tests covered a lot of info and can be surprisingly complicated sometimes.

Hope this helps...

 

[SCAR17]

Bio 1 and 2 did not have to take, took AP courses and got out of them. Chem1 and 2 A's, little studying, little effort. Orgo 1 B+ spent a few hours a week reading and studying, Orgo 2 A-, increased studying to 1 hour every night and more on weeks of exams. Physics and 1 and 2 A's, little studying. Took Biochem, got a B, studied about 5-6 hours a week.

 

[KDT]

A in Chem 1 and 2 - 4 hours a week
A in physics 1- 2 hours a week
B+ in physics 2- 4 hours a week
A- in orgo 1 and 2- 3 hours a week
A in orgo lab 2 - 3 hours a week
and B and B+ in bio 1 and 2 respectively - 2 hours a week for both

usually you should take the amount of credits the class is given and thats how much time you should put in it per week. so if your on semesters a 4 credit course should take 4 hours a week of studying to be sufficient. And if you really want that A then spend more time. of all of these classes i found orgo 1 and physics 2 to be very hard and time consuming.

 

[unhappytnt]

Biology: A B
Chemistry: A A- (retake from C's 🙁)
Physics: A- A
OChem: Taking it right now. Shooting for an A-/B+

 

[Kalamazoo]

Chemistry 4.0/3.5
Physics 4.0/4.0
Organic 4.0/4.0
Biology 3.5/4.0

Anatomy & Physiology, Microbiology, Genetics, Cancer Biology, Biology of Aging, Physiology- All 4.0

I went to class, took notes, read the chapters, worked practice problems, went to office hours, and supplemental instruction. Time spent per day on each varied widely and depended on the chapter's subject matter as well as the professor.

 

[judasreznor]

Chemistry - A/A
O.Chem - A/A
Physics - B/A
Biology - A/A

Microbiology, A&P, Genetics, Cell Physio - A

I didn't study nearly, or consistently, enough in any of them. I wish I had done that now.

 

[TILalot]

Chemistry I (B) II (A) -- roughly 10 hrs/week
O.Chem I (A) II (A) -- roughly 5 hrs/week
Physics I (A) II (A) -- roughly 5 hrs/week
Biology I (A) II (C) -- roughly 15-20 hrs/week

 

[Mr.Patel]

Bio 1,2: C+, B,
Chem 1,2: C, B+
Physics 1,2: C+, B+
Orgo 1,2: B+,B+

Others:
Genetics: C
Biochem: A
Mol Bio: A
Endocrinology: B+
Chemical Bonding: B+
Physiology: A
PChem 1,2: B+, A
Proteomics: A
Epigenomics: B+

 

[DoctorQuack]

Chemistry 1 & 2: C , A (retaking the C right now, getting an A)
O.Chem 1 & 2: B, B
Physics 1 & 2: A and C (retaking in Fall)
Biology 1 & 2: B, B
A&P 1 & 2: A, A
Microbiology: A (retook from a C)
Cell Bio: B
Genetics: B
Organic Evolution: A
Developmental Biology: B
Molecular Biology of Cancer: C (toughest shiz ever, grad-level class)

 

[berrymuffin]

I call berrymuffin on this!😛

Sounds like a recipe for consummate facepalm for anyone who wish to study Ochem via this suggestion.

O.Chem - I actually thought both were kind of easy, not to be conceited or anything. I am a visual learner and really all Ochem is is memorization. I would not even look at my stuff until 2 days before the test and then memorize/cram every rxn I could for the exam. I don't recommend this for a lot of people, but it worked for me. I also had THE BEST professor ever. He really dumbed it down for us common folk. Also, there is a guy on youtube who does like Ochem tutoring. He is great. Watch his videos.

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

I call berrymuffin on this!😛

Sounds like a recipe for consummate facepalm for anyone who wish to study Ochem via this suggestion.

Yah, no, unless you're going to one of the easiest institutes or your incredibly gifted, then this strategy will get you nothing more than a B. At my school to get an A, you need to literally spend at the least 3 hours a week studying and doing book problems and easily 5-10 hours the week of the exam.

 

[MedicineMike]

Yah, no, unless you're going to one of the easiest institutes or your incredibly gifted, then this strategy will get you nothing more than a B. At my school to get an A, you need to literally spend at the least 3 hours a week studying and doing book problems and easily 5-10 hours the week of the exam.

book problems? My professor would give us a million handouts with sample rxn problems and I would do all of them multiple times over. What i also forgot about is that we would have a 2 question quiz once every 2 weeks that could be over any of the million rxns we learned previously. That way we never really fell behind. So I did in fact study and cram before the test, but it wasn't completely foreign information to me by time cramming came around. My institution was not easy but I also had an AMAZING professor - that helps tremendously

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

book problems? My professor would give us a million handouts with sample rxn problems and I would do all of them multiple times over. What i also forgot about is that we would have a 2 question quiz once every 2 weeks that could be over any of the million rxns we learned previously. That way we never really fell behind. So I did in fact study and cram before the test, but it wasn't completely foreign information to me by time cramming came around. My institution was not easy but I also had an AMAZING professor - that helps tremendously

Yah, that's not how most institutes are. My professor came in, lectured, and then left, he knew nobodies name and was overall an inept lecturer. To get an A in the class you needed to do all the book problems and memorize the hard ones, because those would inevitably be on the test and final. It would probably have been nice to have a teacher who gave you handouts which effectively just simpler versions of the test questions, it would have made organic chemistry pretty much a joke honestly.

 

[Axon hillock]

Yah, that's not how most institutes are. My professor came in, lectured, and then left, he knew nobodies name and was overall an inept lecturer. To get an A in the class you needed to do all the book problems and memorize the hard ones, because those would inevitably be on the test and final. It would probably have been nice to have a teacher who gave you handouts which effectively just simpler versions of the test questions, it would have made organic chemistry pretty much a joke honestly.

👍

The majority of my professors sucked. In 4 years I've honestly had 1 good professor. Almost nobody cares about teaching; all they want to do is their research and are forced into teaching.

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

👍

The majority of my professors sucked. In 4 years I've honestly had 1 good professor. Almost nobody cares about teaching; all they want to do is their research and are forced into teaching.

I've had some pretty good professors even in lecture hall style classes. But then again I was in the psych/neuroscience dept. which had much better teachers who even if they were researchers kept the class interesting and humorous. But yes, overall I think if could go back I would have applied primarily to liberal arts colleges with smaller class sizes and professors interested in teaching instead of major research institutes, which albeit are cheaper are a bit more crummy if you're not in a very small major group.

 

[MedicineMike]

I've had some pretty good professors even in lecture hall style classes. But then again I was in the psych/neuroscience dept. which had much better teachers who even if they were researchers kept the class interesting and humorous. But yes, overall I think if could go back I would have applied primarily to liberal arts colleges with smaller class sizes and professors interested in teaching instead of major research institutes, which albeit are cheaper are a bit more crummy if you're not in a very small major group.

Yeah, like I said before, my o-chem professor was amazing. He made something very complicated and made it less-complicated for the layman. I had him for orgo I and made SURE I got him again for II. His worksheets were really just simplified test problems but he did throw a few curve balls on the test to ensure you really knew what you were doing. He wasn't obsessed with research and actually cared. It was nice...Surprisingly my chem II professor was the same way.

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

Yeah, like I said before, my o-chem professor was amazing. He made something very complicated and made it less-complicated for the layman. I had him for orgo I and made SURE I got him again for II. His worksheets were really just simplified test problems but he did throw a few curve balls on the test to ensure you really knew what you were doing. He wasn't obsessed with research and actually cared. It was nice...Surprisingly my chem II professor was the same way.

Sounds like an overall good experience.

 

[SN1]

Hey everyone, before I begin on the big pre-req's, what were your grades in them? And roughly how much time per day did you spend?

Chemistry
O.Chem
Physics
Biology
(whatever type of chem or bio you took, let me know)
etc. Thanks in advance everyone!

Gen Chem I, II = A, A
Gen Bio I, II = A, A
Organic Chem I, II = A,A
Gen physics I,II = A, fall 2011
Calculus I, II = A, fall 2011

I spent at least 2 hours studying every day but mostly more. I worked a bit also but did NOT work at all this past spring while taking orgo II, calc I, physics I , and elective.
I must say that physics(hard for me to understand in the beginning) was by far the most time consuming and then bio(tons of memorization). then orgo (mostly memorization but if you understand some concepts, it is NOT bad)

 

[unhappytnt]

Biology: A B
Chemistry: A A- (retake from C's 🙁)
Physics: A- A
OChem: Taking it right now. Shooting for an A-/B+

My grades are in. OChem I: A 😀