<p>“Nah I’m starting with basic chem 105 -I didn’t take AP Chem in high school.”</p>
<p>I hope that you have taken at least a regular Chem class in HS - this course moves verrry fast through molecular orbitals theory, hybridization, equation balancing, thermodynamics, kinetics, etc. This is not meant to scare you.</p>
<p>“So humanities too, you have to do much more than memorize? LIke an intro language; you have to have digested the material 3 or 4 times as opposed to memorizing 50 vocab words off of a sheet?”</p>
<p>From what I heard from a current Wellesley student, in Intro Russian, you will be learning its crazy grammar right from the start of the course on top of memorizing 50 vocab words a day.</p>
<p>Is the orbitals theory and hybridization related to quantum mechanics? It’s ringing a bell…I loved chemistry for the whole balancing equations/stoicheometry aspect of it, dunno much about the other stufff…</p>
<p>Hey desichick16! I’m a second semester first year at Wellesley, so hopefully I can give you some insight (I didn’t read through everything on this thread though…)! Ok, so I’m a potential neuroscience and art history double major, so I took chem 105 last semester and is currently taking chem 205 and bio 113. About taking two labs in one semester: it’s definitely doable, but it depends on how you pair the sciences. Bio labs here are considerable a lot easier than chem labs (which, in my opinion, are among the most stressful among the sciences here). So if you pair bio with chem, it’s definitely doable. That doesn’t mean it’s going to be easy, because it certainly won’t be. But it’s very manageable. </p>
<p>About Chem 105 as a intro course…in my opinion, it really was fast paced and is rather advanced for an intro level chem course. If you took AP Chem, then this course will be fine for you. But if you only took one semester of chemistry in high school (like me), then…you might struggle a little at the beginning. But you’ll still do ok if you seek help. The science courses here are definitely a lot more intensive than what you’re used to in high school, so I’d suggest wait till your second semester to do two labs. Hope this helps!</p>