We've done Lewis diagrams and MO and VSPER theory, nomenclature, formal charges, polarity, resonance structures, alkanes and alkyl groups, Newman projections, cycloalkanes, 6 functional groups, cyclohexane/chair conformations and ring-flipping, chirality/stereocenters, S or R form, isomers, stereoisomers and polarization of light, and we're doing the acid base stuff Tuesday before the test.
Wow! When did you start classes? We've gone over some basic inorgo stuff, functional groups, IR, mass spect,bonding and molecular structures, alkanes and stereochem. We have class m/w 8-12 and class started Monday may 7
Klein is fantastic. I wouldn't rely exclusively on his book, but as a supplement to whatever textbook your course uses I think you'll find it very helpful. I used it occasionally to reinforce concepts and many of my classmates swore by it.
Hope you don't mind I took you up on that and pmed you.
Practice problem marathon! Stereochemistry is a beast.
Very scared. Going to need a lot of support (and drinks) I think. So you are basically taking 22 credits?I'm taking Organic 1 this summer (starting July) and it's a 10 week course. I'm also taking Physics 1 and Cell Bio at the same time. Oh, did I mention I'm also working full-time? I'm going to want to off myself.
Good luck to you all! We can do it!
Make sure you get a study group together ASAP. I took both Orgo 1 (B) and Orgo 2 (A) with labs within a summer and I couldn't have survived without my precious study group.
I'd love to form a study group, but I'm at least an hour away and still working full time. I get up at 530 am to drive to my exs so he can go to work, name for about an hour, then get my daughter up and ready for school. Then I head straight to class for five hours, grab some fast food crap for lunch, and head back home. study and do the "normal" house hold stuff, then head to work. i get home from work about 10 m, study, then crash. and I'm not feeling the vibe of this class. I had a study group for physics and LOVED them, we still talk weekly and I'm in orgo with one of the girls from that group and will take physics 2 with another. I've offered/asked if i started a FB group if anyone would join... nada. I also offered to make a cell/text/email distribution list...nada.
I just get that vibe.
Do you make flash cards? I think it's probably one of the best way to learning techniques out there, especially for organic chemistry.I'd love to form a study group, but I'm at least an hour away and still working full time. I get up at 530 am to drive to my exs so he can go to work, name for about an hour, then get my daughter up and ready for school. Then I head straight to class for five hours, grab some fast food crap for lunch, and head back home. study and do the "normal" house hold stuff, then head to work. i get home from work about 10 m, study, then crash. and I'm not feeling the vibe of this class. I had a study group for physics and LOVED them, we still talk weekly and I'm in orgo with one of the girls from that group and will take physics 2 with another. I've offered/asked if i started a FB group if anyone would join... nada. I also offered to make a cell/text/email distribution list...nada.
I originally sat in the front, but I'm often, well... getting up to pee during class (morning coffee...) I'm sure the prof hates me
I mean I know when I usually do poorly on exams, but this one? Totally threw me off. I mean I was at least smack dab average.
I'm taking Organic 1 this summer (starting July) and it's a 10 week course. I'm also taking Physics 1 and Cell Bio at the same time. Oh, did I mention I'm also working full-time? I'm going to want to off myself.
Good luck to you all! We can do it!
Seriously? Just some friendly unsolicited advice - it's unlikely you can take those three particular classes simultaneously and get As in them AND work. Physics is a full time job in itself. Taking it with Orgo and work AND a third class is asking to have a couple Ws or Bs or Cs on your transcript. I'm a Physics tutor and had to cut down my hours tutoring Physics students since it was too much brain strain along with Organic I. I am in a 6 week course, though. Still... getting the hang of Physics take SO much time. Unless you're superhuman I'd reconsider your schedule. Maybe in 10 weeks it's possible, but you won't sleep, and OChem and especially Physics both require sleep.
Just my 2 cents. Good luck!
No, Physics is not a full time job, Chemistry is :-D
HipChick, I made silly mistakes on the exam too! It wasn't as hard as I expected, but our Prof bases it off the homework and he lets us use our modeling kits during the test. The study group I was in was very helpful. Did you email out the whole class asking if anyone was working together? You might try asking the professor as well to ask the class. It's so worth it to get together with others and pooling your collective understanding during cram sessions!
Yes, flash cards for everything. I spent 1-2 hours after class restudying, and I preread that days lecture. I also studied at night before I crashed. i don't studying in the morning considering honestly... theres no time.
Please tell me you are kidding? Basicaly you are taking like 24 credit hours? of hard sciences... are you sure you can A in all these at the same time?I'm taking Organic 1 this summer (starting July) and it's a 10 week course. I'm also taking Physics 1 and Cell Bio at the same time. Oh, did I mention I'm also working full-time? I'm going to want to off myself.
Good luck to you all! We can do it!
I'm sure it's going to be difficult, but the program I am in is designed to be taken this way. It's Penn State's official 1 year post-bacc.
HipChick, I made silly mistakes on the exam too! It wasn't as hard as I expected, but our Prof bases it off the homework and he lets us use our modeling kits during the test. The study group I was in was very helpful. Did you email out the whole class asking if anyone was working together? You might try asking the professor as well to ask the class. It's so worth it to get together with others and pooling your collective understanding during cram sessions!
The Program Cost will be $22,000.I'm sure it's going to be difficult, but the program I am in is designed to be taken this way. It's Penn State's official 1 year post-bacc.
You can check out the curriculum here: http://www.brandywine.psu.edu/CE/29766.htm
It's legit and has been successfully completed by 4 previous years of students before me, so I figure if 4 other sets of students can do it, I can do it. Also, it is designed for working students. I don't know anyone in my program that does not work full-time. If you want it hard enough you work hard enough to get it!
You could buy a new car with that money..hmm.....what kind of instructors do you have?
Right but 12 credits in the summer is like 24 due to the 8 week schedule. Dude do it if you can! I know I could and work full time, but my job is a little different....
LMAO- I always go by ratemyprofessor! You have to read through the people who were hoping for an easy A, but overall it hasn't ever led me wrong.
Yikes, didn't think of it that way. Don't scare me even more than I already am!
Haha, don't remind me! Not sure what you mean by what kind of professors, but I assume you're asking what types of degrees they have. So far, we've had the same biology professor for both bio classes we've had since January. She has a PhD in Biology. Our Chemistry teacher is an adjunct, but he was really awesome. Much better than the chem teacher I had in undergrad. Our second semester chemistry teacher is another adjunct, but once again she is a really enthusiastic, awesome chemistry teacher and teaches concepts really, really well and has a lot of compassion for us, so I feel really comfortable with what we're learning/getting help. The physics/organics teachers that are coming up are the same ones that taught in previous years and are both PhD holders in their fields. The teachers tend to stay the same from year to year in the program and are familiar with the post-bacc program. It's a pretty small, tight-knit program. There were only about 20 of us to start. The classes are small and the classes are only with people in the post-bacc program. No one else but post-bacc students take the classes, so I know all the students very well in my classes. We're all study buds.
Take vitamins, st johns warts and ginkgo bilobaWell I'm rocking a high B- in the course, like literally teetering on a B. I should have an A, I just can't take test (see test anxiety post in pre-allo). I sit down and look at the paper and... it all disappears. All my knowledge gone. I help people in class and they end up getting high grades on the exams that I
I have two test, two homework assignments, and one final left. I NEED this A. however, I think lab is going well.
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I'll do done research today. I have ADD and am on Ritalin so ive got to watch what I take be side it took a while to find something that helped without side effects 
