CoC majors! Help me choose a Chem lab!

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<p>I'm deciding between Chem 182, Chem 105 and Chem 170L.</p>

<p>Chem 182 is Pchem lab but I had wonderful semesters with 120a and 120b, so I'm open to taking a Pchem lab.</p>

<p>For Chem 105 (Analytical lab), I heard it requires lots of work and writing lab reports. But everyone I knew who took the class ends up with some sort of A.</p>

<p>Chem 170L (Biochem E lab), I haven't heard anything from it. But its course description seems interesting. It requires some ChemE prereq classes. And since I'm not ChemE, I did not take any of the prereq courses. I'm not sure how that would affect me.</p>

<p>Anyone who has taken any of the above (or heard anything of the labs) please share your experience with the class and which lab would you recommend?</p>

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<p>I took Chem 105. It was an amazing experience. It’s actually not that hard. You’ll have to write between 1-5 lab reports depending on whether you choose to propose your special project and how complicated it is. The analytical chem theory can be a little dry, but the grading for the exams is pretty lenient. Oh and you’ll have 3 GSIs for a maximum of 30 people (this fall there were ~13 people in the class?), and they’re all really encouraging and human. I learned a lot about instrumentation through the class; if you want to know how people measure things, this is it.</p>