I'm trying so hard to get straight A's and it is so hard!! Like as of right now In my first semester of college I have 2 B's and 3 A's but it's not enough.
Just last week in my Organic Chem class, I failed my first quiz with a D+, but ever since then I have been studying so much in that class and it did pay off for me because I got a whooping 100% on my second quiz (Which put me at a B). But it's still not enough. I'm really good at English but I got a B- on my first paper and I just don't see myself getting good grades this semester. I also have an essay due weekly and I keep getting 90/100 on all of them, an then in my Anthropology class I can't seem to get a 100% on all of writing assignments either...
But I admit I spend hours a day on Netflix and it may be compromising my grades but if I don't have Netflix in my life it would just be all about school and nothing else. I mean if I can't have a social life then at least I have Netflix.
Ok. I looked it up and As I suspected the course required by Lewis is not in fact Organic Chemistry is it a survey class called "Introductory Organic and Biochemistry" which only requires HS chem as a pre req - hence why you were able to enroll. It is not the same thing as organic chemistry, I assure you.
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That's what I thought. I took one semester of organic and it was cruel and brutal, and I did excellent in inorganic I & II. Darn carbon-based organisms.
I talked to the Advisor there and she told me my Intro to Or go class will transfer over...
And I'm guessing the "intro to orgo" class that you are taking that doesn't require gen chem 1&2 as a pre req is also a survey class and not the same as organic chemistry. I say this as someone who has a degree in chemistry and worked as a synthetic organic chemist prior nursing school. It's not the same. You can't get valid advice without being honest about what the class is. Calling a survey class organic chemistry is like calling intro to astronomy - astrophysics. Two different things. Two very different approaches to studying.
Yes. A survey (introductory) course. I recommend flash cards for definitions and reaction memorization. Learning the language of chemistry is the first step. Then if you get into stereochemistry get your hands on a model set to visualize what is happening during the reactions. Also, Google and YouTube will be valuable resources. You should also practice problems as many as you can.
I got my 4.0 in my prereqs and my 3.8 in nursing school by making my life "all about school and nothing else." Not everyone needs to do this, as I've learned from reading posts on AllNurses, but most of us who get the high grades and don't have a photographic memory and/or natural brilliance do it by working. Hard. Most of the day.
And then when break time comes, THEN we binge-watch Netflix and sleep!
True and true. You are really cheating yourself by taking organic before you understand chemistry basics. I'm also surprised this was allowed; chemistry was a prerequisite at every college I attended.
I don't know why people get so worked up here whenever someone is going to a school that does things differently than they are used to. Just because something is different from how your school did it, that doesn't mean it's impossible or inappropriate. My hospital diploma nursing program included a year of organic chemistry our first year of school with no prerequisites other than high school bio and chem. And we all did fine in the course (with a lot of effort, that is). And, yes, it was real organic chemistry with lab, the same course that the chemistry and pre-med majors at that university took (they were our classmates), not an "intro" or "survey" course.
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cracklingkraken, ASN, RN
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LOL these deer pics are cracking me up. I'm glad OP has a great sense of humor.