So it's the third week of classes and already I feel overwhelmed.
So I am taking chemistry I for the science major. I took chemistry in high school, but that was five years ago. So I was planning on taking baby chemistry (an intro course for non science majors) just as a refresher, but my advisor thought it would be best to jump right in to CHEM 121 science the baby chemistry wouldn't count towards my degree.
Today we were going over the different geometric structures of molecules. Oh...my...gosh. I feel like I just ran a marathon! There's about fifteen different structures we have to know so I'm trying to see things in 3D when they can only be diagrammed in 2D and memorize all of these exceptions and "if this happens, then it'll be like this instead"s. I mean this is week 3 of chemistry I! Surely I shouldn't be so frazzled at this stage? I'm not lost yet, but I feel like I'm holding on by the thinnest of threads.
And I HAVE to make an A in this course. It's a required pre-requisite for vet school. Not to mention it's the first of 5 chemistry classes I have to take, all of which build on each other. Jeez!
Anyway, just needed to vent some of my impending doom feeling,
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So I am taking chemistry I for the science major. I took chemistry in high school, but that was five years ago. So I was planning on taking baby chemistry (an intro course for non science majors) just as a refresher, but my advisor thought it would be best to jump right in to CHEM 121 science the baby chemistry wouldn't count towards my degree.
Today we were going over the different geometric structures of molecules. Oh...my...gosh. I feel like I just ran a marathon! There's about fifteen different structures we have to know so I'm trying to see things in 3D when they can only be diagrammed in 2D and memorize all of these exceptions and "if this happens, then it'll be like this instead"s. I mean this is week 3 of chemistry I! Surely I shouldn't be so frazzled at this stage? I'm not lost yet, but I feel like I'm holding on by the thinnest of threads.
And I HAVE to make an A in this course. It's a required pre-requisite for vet school. Not to mention it's the first of 5 chemistry classes I have to take, all of which build on each other. Jeez!
Anyway, just needed to vent some of my impending doom feeling,