strawbchik

Question, I never had Chem in high school and am going to try the Che 1000 class in the fall. I am so nervous. I plan on studying the Chemistry for Dummies guide to prepare myself. Do you think that I could do ok if I can learn everything in the Dummies book?:uhoh21: Anne, I took Chem1000 last spring at OCC. I did have high school chemistry but it was so long ago, I completely forgot anything I may have possibly learned so it almost didn't matter. Also, since I took it in spring, it was the shorter 7 1/2 week semester! I was a nervous wreck about taking that class too. I would advise trying to match up with a lab partner who seems comfortable with the experiments..that made a big difference for me. The math problems from lab were tough but with an intelligent & confident partner, it really helped me Also, just study the math conversions you'll get in note taking. Repeat the exercises over and over. I ended up with an A in the class and shocked myself. I wish you luck!

Yes Annie..I did get accepted for Fall '08

I thought they were both tough in different ways. Intro to Chem was a ton of math and applying all the math steps. Micro. doesn't involve math and it's just all memorizing. Do all the reading and you should be fine. I had an adjunct professor for this class and she wasn't that fantastic so it made the class harder than it should have been. Now I haven't taken the one with the lab so I can't speak about that, but it will be interesting because you will probably do cultures and watch things grow, etc. Good luck to you..If you're going on for your BSN..the micro with the lab is the better choice. If you're doing A&P in the summer, you still have the fall term to take micro right?

I took the micro without the lab at OCC. I didn't need any prereq's like Bio or Chem to take that class. I did end up taking intro to Chem (after I had the micro class) only because OCC wouldn't accept my high school chemistry class. I hear the main reason they suggest taking the one with the lab is in case you want to get your BNS in the future. I also didn't want to attempt taking the lab micro because I was also taking AP2 that semester (which of course has a lab) and was working and it would have been extremely difficult.

thank you burlygirl for clearing that up...then it was only the denial letters which included the gpa that OCC accepted.

I agree with you Bandaidmaid :wink2: There was no information on my acceptance letter about the gpa cutoff. I believe it was through the process of elimination that the 3.612 was determined..by talking to those who were accepted and those who were denied..the cutoff can be somewhat accurately determined.

I'm also taking pharm. in the summer. Until we have our books, I don't know what we really could do to prepare. There are some medical calculations and a practice test on the OCC website you could look over. Other than that, I guess we just need to prepare to soak a lot of info. into our brains!

I got my acceptance letter. I have a 3.82. Congrats to all of you who got in!!