Chem 2 made me cry today

BinkaRN · Feb 14, 2012

Sorry to hear that you are having such a bad day. I can honestly say that I have felt as overwhelmed as you are feeling now. I think you're making a good choice going ahead and getting rid of the classes that are less important now. Don't question whether you're making the right choice, you are.

crittytn · Feb 15, 2012

I totally understand. It was Chem I 15 years ago that made me change my major to psychology and I never took Chem II...until now. Hang in there! I just try to figure that everyone has their Kryptonite. And, no, I don't know how to write the IUPAC name of Kryptonite.

:hug:

sd340 · Feb 15, 2012

I'm so sorry! I have to take it this summer, as an accelerated class... I don't have a choice if I want to start my nursing program this Fall. I usually get A's as well, but now I am scared! I hope it gets better for you!

ixchel · Feb 15, 2012

Thank you for your words of encouragement. Crittytn, if it makes you feel any better I have no idea what those letters even stand for. lol So I've spent the entire day short time to shower and eat trying to teach myself this stuff. I found a website that had very concise step by step instructions for the stuff I'm working on. I neeeeeeeed concise, so it was like a million light bulbs all went off at once. I'm still very slow at figuring the stuff out, but most of it I CAN figure out. I'm waiting to pick up my kids now, so the remainder of the day is a bust. I have until 12:45 tomorrow to get good at it all. Hope it all comes together!!!

VIMom · Feb 16, 2012

This may be a little late, but what's really helping me in Chem is youtube. Watching the different videos is helping me to understand it, and they often have different ways to explain and tricks to remember that are incredibly helpful. I'm not sure I could have made it through this last chapter without it!

Feistn · Feb 18, 2012

Check out Khan Academy and Google it... there are lots of explanations of chemistry principles. There are also explanations of many other things, including math, biology..... you name it, it's probably on there. Sal is fantastic.

USANursingstudent · Feb 18, 2012

I second Sal! Khan Academy is awesome, and best of all....FREE!!

ixchel · Feb 19, 2012

Thank you so much for these suggestions!!!!

So I took the exam on Thursday and I'm feeling pretty good about it. I went in feeling a C level of confidents, but walked out feeling like I could possibly have gotten an A on it. She had given a review to us beforehand and since I worked through the review all day Wednesday, learning how to do each thing, I breezed through the test fairly quickly. The only thing that I know I missed was something to do with the van't hoff factor (apparently we were supposed to use it lol OOPS!). Anyway, we had lab on Friday, and I understood and finished the lab while we were there instead of taking it home to finish it. So, I am giving my brain a very, very needed rest this weekend, and I'll start thinking about Chemistry again on Tuesday.

ixchel · Feb 21, 2012

I am a grumpy girl again. Grades were posted and I got a 70 on that exam. I haven't gotten it back yet, so I'm bracing myself for some serious frustration when I do. I really thought I had it. Thank god I sent in my BSN app BEFORE taking this class.

crittytn · Feb 21, 2012

Oh, honey, sorry about the grade! I know that's frustrating to work so hard and not get the result you wanted. Maybe you can make an appointment to meet with the professor to go over your test and figure out what went wrong?

Hang in there!