Has anyone taken the Portage Chem 121 final?

[Enegam]

I am nearing the finish line for Chem 121 for Healthcare Professionals at Portage. It took me several months to get to this point -- this was my first real Chemistry class maybe ever (my high school Chemistry class was like Chemistry lite). I really went at my own pace, which seemed frustratingly slow at times. I think it took me a lot longer to grasp the concepts. But I think the approach worked and have a 92% currently. 

I am trying to do as well as I can on the final. But oddly, there is no study guide or pretest available. This is unlike the other module exams, which all have pretests. (The professor wasn't able to give me more information -- I asked.)

I am assuming that the best way to prepare is to re-do all of the practice problems, and re-take the old practice exams for the other modules. It's A LOT of ground to cover, though. But does this sound about right, to anyone that has taken Chem 121 at Portage? How did you study and did it prepare you for what was on the exam? 

[Emy Rajbhandari]

Has anyone taken biochemistry at Portage?

[Lucky50]

I’m thinking of taking this class, so curious. I’m surprised nobody responded to your question. How long did it take you to complete? If you are done, that is! ?

[resilientlittlething]

Im currently in chem 121, and I have 3 exams left to go and I actually want to dieeeeee!!! I have a B+ but im pushing for that A. I had to do this class in 8 weeks to meet a deadline for the school Im applying to. It is hands down the hardest most frustrating class I've EVER TAKEN! I've cried multiple times. Can't wait to move on with my life! Anyways, how was the final? I'll be taking it so soon, ugh!

[meggofueggo]

OMG! @resilientlittlething I have three exams to go and I am also crying! It started so easy and now I feel like I am taking a class in Mandarin! Any insight on how the final was for you? I am really nervous as I am barely grasping most of these concepts and don't have someone in person to ask specific questions to! Help!

 

[ale__11]

On 11/22/2021 at 5:01 PM, meggofueggo said:

OMG! @resilientlittlething I have three exams to go and I am also crying! It started so easy and now I feel like I am taking a class in Mandarin! Any insight on how the final was for you? I am really nervous as I am barely grasping most of these concepts and don't have someone in person to ask specific questions to! Help!

 

Hey! did you finish the class? I failed the first time and it was miserable and now I HAVE to go back to it and im so discouraged by it how was the final? and labs? and exams ? I would really appreciate your help

[meggofueggo]

Hi, @ale__11! I did pass the class. I had a really good professor who answered all of my questions with her OWN videos that made far more sense to me than the videos provided in the module. The best advice I have for you is ask your professor a LOT of questions, if you don't understand something, reach out and ask for specifics and ask if they can rephrase certain things to help you better understand. The professor I had was Heather Dorman. I would reach out to Portage and ask if you can request her. She was fantastic in helping me understand. I still have some videos she sent me to explain the harder topics, I would be happy to send them to you. The final was quite easy for me. I studied for about a week and felt prepared going in. They gave pretty basic questions which was nice. 

This class was HARD. However, I found if I took time away from certain topics and came back with a fresh mind I was able to grasp it better. Just remind yourself during the mental breakdowns that it is worth it and you will make it through. Good luck ❤️

[ilovecabg]

@meggofueggo I’m currently in this class! Would you mind sending her videos to me? 

[Lila Rose]

This class is a complete nightmare. I would recommend no one take it if you have other options! It's ruined close to 4 months of my life. The teaching in the videos is obscure, not explained well, and difficult to understand. There are very few practice problems offered for some of the modules ( like 1 practice problem per section for some hard modules--like 6) so you have to learn multi-step complex equations and be able to do the calculations on the exam with literally no opportunities to practice. YouTube helps, and has saved my life so far, but some of the problems are a lot less basic and go deeper than any of the examples given on YouTube for the topics. The professors have not been helpful. They don't have office hours, won't provide any links to videos, really provide no resources to help you learn. 

I've spent about 30 hours a week on this course for three months, and I'm finally at the end and about to take the final, but it was literally the worst class I've ever taken. It was tedious and awful every step of the way, and I'm normally someone who loves learning and studying. You basically have to teach yourself from YouTube because the videos are useless, the slides are full of mistakes, and the labs are a joke, laborious and time consuming without much real learning (basically a typing class in which you have to transcribe everything the teacher says for an hour long video and then take a test using your notes). 

Just an awful class and an awful experience in every way. My advice is don't do it. There must be other options. I know Johns Hopkins has some online self-paced nursing prereqs that are a bit more expensive, but in this case I'm SURE it's worth it. 

 

[sevillas]

The end is also near with my Chem 121 for Healthcare Professionals class at Portage.

 

It took time and a ton of work to get to this point, and as others have shared in their Chem 121 assessment.

With that, has anyone recently taken the final? I want to do well, but there is no study guide or pretest, which differs from all of the previous module exams. Additionally, the professor only provided a study tip one-pager after I asked.

 

How would you recommend attacking this final? Go back through all modules, re-do all practice problems, re-take old practice exams for the other modules?  There is a significant amount of material, so does that sound right tp anyone that has taken Chem 121 at Portage?

 

How did you study and prepare for the Chem 121 Portage Final exam?