<p>So I took Chem 3A this spring and everything went well. I got the hang of o chem and knew how to correctly study. However, I've forgotten all of my Chem 3A materials already and I am taking Chem 3B in the fall with Vollhardt. Will I need to remember my Chem 3A materials in order to succeed in 3B or is 3B going to cover different reactions and will not test on 3A reactions? How much and what from 3A will I need to recall for 3B? Any advice for taking 3B with Vollhardt? Where should I do practice problems besides from the textbook he wrote and the past exams he posts on bspace?</p>
<p>Not to sound mean, but if you’ve already forgotten ALL the chem 3A material, did you ever really find out the correct way to study? I’ve looked at the chem 3B material and it heavily builds on chem 3A concepts and reactions.</p>
<p>Yes, I did find out the correct way to study. But like every class, you do not remember everything in the class after a few months. Would you remember what everything you learned from let’s say your high school geometry class at this point? I don’t think so. But I exaggerated when I said all. I still have a general idea of the reactions and everything but it is becoming rusty day by day so I am starting to worry. I looked at some of his 1st midterms and it looks like all of the materials are new and there are none from Chem 3A. But I am not sure if I still need to review and remember my 3A materials before going into 3B so I made the thread.</p>
<p>Anyways hmmmmmm, I noticed you did very well on the second midterm for 3A so I assume you got an A in the class. Are you reviewing and studying ahead for 3B this summer? What else are you doing?</p>
<p>I think as long as you remember the main concepts like sn2, sn1, etc, you should be ok. But, if you’ve forgotten enough to where you don’t even remember how, say, an e1 reaction works, I would definitely review. It’s not so much that the specific reactions are the same(ozonolysis or alkene halogenation for example), but the concepts we learned get reiterated built upon, and used in new ways, always relying on a lot of assumed knowledge.</p>