<p>I'm bored and I'm being a geeky nerd and going through Stacy's webcasts from her Fall 2008 sesh.</p>
<p>Will going through these give adequate basic review for Chem 1A? I want to start prepping for Chem1A and Math 1A next year and I was thinking of going through her lectures (instead of buying the textbook early...since i don't know which textbook it is anyway) to pass the time.</p>
<p>Legitimate answers please. None of the "GO ENJOY YOUR SUMMER" crap cuz I am. I just have a lot of extra time outside of my social life and would like to use it toward a better good. Thanks.</p>
<p>Going through the whole semester probably isn’t necessary. Watching the first 5-10 lectures, and reading carefully the corresponding sections of the textbook (or a similar textbook, you could buy an outdated version of the textbook for next-to-nothing on Amazon.com or get one at a library) would make a lot of sense.</p>
<p>Foir Math 1A, I would recommend something similar, especially epsilon-delta proofs and limits, just review those things very carefully to prepare. You’ll thank yourself.</p>
<p>Lol salutes to you man, I can never concentrate during the summer.
If you want to get an early start go ahead, but my experience with difficult classes is that all the summer studying only gives you a head start for like the first 3 weeks. After that you’ll be on the same lvl as others. IDK thats just my opinion.</p>
<p>It depends on what your chem background is. If you struggled with it in high school or never took it before, then it’s worth your while to review all the webcasted lectures - it’s the Chem 1A instructors’ philosophy that all the learning can be done in the lecture without reading the book at all. Personally, reading the book didn’t help me too much for that class… If you go to all Stacy’s lectures (which you probably will because of the dumb iClicker rule) you’re totally set. I had to go to Majda’s lectures, though, and he’s generally a good guy, gets excited like a little kid over the demos involving explosions, but very ambiguous in his word choice on explanations. Stacy’s clearer and more no-nonsense.
If you got a 4 or 5 on AP Chem, just stop and go outside and enjoy the world. If you want to use your time usefully, check out webcasts of other classes and learn another subject you’re interested in, or discover one you don’t know much about. There are so many resources at your fingertips and so many better ways to spend your time.</p>
<p>Anybody want to tell me what the Chem 1A/Math 1A books were for last year?</p>