How to get a head-start in Organic/Bio. Chem. 102 class for Fall 08?

hearts895, RN BSN · Jul 3, 2008

Doesn't anyone have any thoughts or tips? Please?! I would be really grateful! :bow: To the mods: Could I move this to the General nursing area to get more hits or would that be too off-topic? Thanks! :nuke:

steeldelica · Jul 3, 2008

Hi Maria895,

I just completed Org/Biochemisty in Spring 2008 and thankfully got an "A" for the class. I will say...it's not a gimme class and you could plan to spend more time on it because of all the math formulas that they will teach you throughout the class. Warning...there are many and you're not expected to already know them. But if you have a good professor, he will teach you well. I hope you do.

Before Fall gets here, if you want, you could spend spare time looking up some things that I found on every exam including the final. You'll be identifying chemical symbols and their charges, using approriate metric units and need to memorize the periodic table of elements/group #s and they'll talk to you about oxidation and reduction numbers. Also, memorize the Polyatomic ions and their formulas. I wish I would have known that they were going to only refer to elements in formulas/charges during class from day one and you will be expected to know both. You might glance briefly at "gas laws" and "determining pH" and looking at Electron Configuration Charts since these things you will cover in class and will seem like an old friend when you get to them.

Ok...hope this helps. I'm headed into Micro in Fall 2008 and I have no clue what I'm in for. We'll both do great in the fall and leave it far behind.

Much success to you this fall.