<p>I'm taking both next year as a freshman. So I wanted to know if the workload as a typical hardworking student, would it be too much too handle? Anything knowledgable you can tell me about the class would be fine too.</p>
<p>I dont take AP Bio so i dont know how hard GenBio is…but GenChem is really easy…if u really put time in it…that’s is not hard to get an A…I’m taking AP Chem and it’s waay easy to handle</p>
<p>Look, if you’re a hardworking student in college, there is nothing that is too much to handle. Especially not entry level science courses. Most people get thrown off by the transition from highschool to college level academics though. If you work hard (easier said than done) you would ace both no problem. For what it’s worth I studied the night before for all exams in both classes. A’s in bio, B’s and C’s in chem. the key to bio is good note taking and memorization, the key to chem is making sure you practice. good luck.</p>
<p>true…but I wanna know how really hard Organic chem is…I heard of everyone said that it’s a suicide course??? for freshman year</p>
<p>Again, if you work hard, even orgo here is not THAT bad. it was a somewhat difficult course but not due to the material, which you can master with study (yes, even as a freshman) but only because it was poorly run (the structure of the exams…didn’t really test how well you knew the material, just how well you could do certain specific things). anyways, the problem with that course is that the structure keeps changing. first one professor was in charge, now a different one is, then the same professors used to teach the same sections the entire year, then professors would do rotations and each teach a segment, now one of the professors is leaving…its constantly changing so its hard to give specifics. </p>
<p>but what i said earlier stands. if you can work hard and work regularly i assure you no course at rutgers is difficult to master. your academic ability isn’t different as a freshman, to be honest, you’re just less likely to be focused on academics since you’ll be getting into the college life, meeting new people, hanging out on your own a lot more, etc and thats why people may tell you its harder as a freshman - because you havent settled in yet. if you can maintain your focus, orgo as a freshman is completely doable.</p>
<p>Chem, Bio, and Orgo are all weed out courses so you’ll be spending a lot of time on them. If you haven’t taken Gen Chem, then you don’t know how hard it is - its nothing like AP Chem and it goes into a lot more depth. Having an AP Chem background helps, but even if you got a 5 on the exam, you still need to put in some work. I could have skipped Gen Chem, but since I’m pharmacy, I’m only allowed to use 8 credits and I chose bio. I’ll tell you that I had to work hard in Gen Chem. I got a good grade, but I did have to work for it</p>
<p>Those classes are a joke compared to Orgo and advance cell biology. Hence, do not take Orgo in your freshman year and go to Oconnor’s office hours in the first lecturer. He is not the lecturer for the first part, but he will help you understand the screwed upness from Boikess and Roth.</p>
<p>Both are tenured, but Oconnor is not. He actually wants his students to do well, but beware that his exam will be the hardest. Roth, the worst lecture I ever had gave the easiest exam. But, unless you like to laugh during his corny jokes. He will be a pain.</p>