Is anyone else lost in Chemistry I?

[kdrose01]

I was just accepted to my preferred nursing school, but I need to complete 2 chemistry courses in order to begin next year. Unfortunately, I am already struggling with chem I. It is a NIGHTMARE for me. I have no idea how I'll make it through this class, much less chem II. Anyone else in the same nightmare?

[teddy_bear]

Hey kdrose01,

I understand hun. I hated chem (I), I struggled so much. I failed the first two tests until I got tired of it and just went and staked out my professors office. I was always talking to her before,after, and during class.... This is the best advice I can give you. Next that little person that is always raising their hands and answer question, yeah... make friends. I did that and she has been my TA for both my chem labs. I am in my second gen chem now if you have any questions.. let me know.

Good Luck...with your class and nursing school.

[my4helpers]

I am struggling big time as well. It's basically the math that is getting me and I really don't are for how my instructor teaches. She has us print our notes off power point and then we go to class and she basically just reads them to us. She will work math problems out on the board, but that's it and not too many either. I just took my first exam last night and I am hoping I at least got a D! I am getting me a private tutor. I hate paying $25 an hour, but I don't have a choice. I had to get a math tutor for algebra last semester and I ended up with an "A"...it was so worth it!

[mangopeach]

I struggled with chem in the beginning too. Failed my first exam but recovered and got a B for lecture and A for lab. One of my favorite sites that has helped me with so many things is Khan Academy. Check it out. Lots of other helpful videos on youtube so check them out. Youtube helped me big time making it through some of my pre-reqs

http://www.khanacademy.org/

[CuriousMe]

To me, Gen Chem was more like a math class than a science one, because often it was less about studying....and more about practicing. That being said, the way I got straight A+'s through it was to first, do every Homework problem assigned. We were usually assigned, either odd or even problems for the chapter....whichever questions I didn't get right, I'd then do the one like it that we weren't assigned (if that makes sense?). I'd then look for more like it, and kept doing them till I was able to figure them out.

Also, see if your school offers some kind of tutoring. I know we had a science resource center that had free tutoring offered in all the different science courses.

It's a LOT of work if, like me, you're not great with math. But there are some real advantages to getting that good at the math aspect of chem. With all the dimensional analysis....once you really master it, you're going to cruise through dosage calculations!