<p>Im taking freshman year chemistry and I keep doing bad on the tests. I study soo much for the class and spend almost all my time doing practice problems and bookwork and I kept getting C's on the tests. Im doing well on my other science classes however Chem is just annoying. </p>
<p>Do you have any tips on how I can conceptualize the problems and what I'm doing? </p>
<p>Any websites for help? </p>
<p>Any advice because with the rate I'm going, I'll have a GPA of 3.25 which is making me really depressed!</p>
<p>You crack me up! My only thought when I took Chemistry was to survive the course and get on to the next thing! A “C” was a good thing. There are worse grades.
Freshman chemistry is notoriously a “weeder” course.<br>
I, in a desperate attempt to pass the final, took the book from page one and went through 500 pages of text–in one week. I did all the problems. One manic attack on chemistry–and aced the final. Oh, that I had done that earlier…</p>
<p>yes I know its a weeder class but I want to also ace the final so I can get A C+ to a B- so I need advice because it seems as though doing practice problems is not helping…</p>
<p>Your school offers ninth grade chemistry?!?!
I am jealous…</p>
<p>I know how you feel, I took an accelerated chem class in three weeks over the summer and for the first week of the class I was lost and convinced that I was going to flunk but it got a lot better. Your mind just might not click with the stuff that you’re learning now but you’ll probably be better at other things in chem. Also, try [Khan</a> Academy](<a href=“http://www.khanacademy.org/]Khan”>http://www.khanacademy.org/). Their videos are so easy to understand.
btw- I got an A in the class and my instructor wrote a letter about how awesome I was to my parents.</p>
<p>yeah I used khan academy already and it helped but my chem teacher is just ridiculously tough, I mean the class average is always a 40/100. I know how to do every problem in the book its just that he has harder problems that are like 7 step problem!</p>
<p>Are u in high school or college? If it’s high school maybe try talking with your teacher and getting a tutor? If it’s college…well I guess it’s pretty much the same thing, lol didn’t realize that! : )</p>