<p>morkin, norton, or mulford ?</p>
<p>according to bernie12, morkin is best but harder then the rest. mulford is good too. i don’t know anything about norton.</p>
<p>Morkin and Mulford are truly comparable in both difficulty and quality ie they both are outstanding profs requiring you to think and apply the material. Norton has taught lab for the past several years.</p>
<p>Yeah, I kind of take back Mulford being easier because unlike Morkin, for the past three years or eversince he’s taught, he’s always had at least 1 exam average dip into the 60s. Morkin has not for the 3 years since I’ve been here. Mulford’s averages fluctuate much more (meaning exam difficulty is less predictable). They both end up at about the same average. Only difference is that Morkin may be willing to scale just a little. Mulford won’t cave. If Mulford’s class screws up, it’s more like “better luck next time”. They (Mulford’s class) did terribly this summer (no exam higher than 67 average. He simply said: “Well the median and mode were much higher”), and I’m sure he didn’t curve and the ending course GPA was low C+ area. Needless to say, this won’t repeat itself during the semester as semester students have more “breathing room” and tend to perform much better in gen. chem than summer students. Also, semester students get Supplemental Instruction and stuff.</p>
<p>alright, I’m going with Morkin.</p>
<p>i have another question…
It says on OPUS that I have AP/IB Credit for Chem 141 but i didn’t get an invitation to Chem 221z… does this mean i can’t take chem first semester if i don’t want to take Gen Chem?</p>
<p>You can still take 141, but I don’t see why you would (don’t blame you if you don’t want to. It sucks). Also, as I told the others, I’d hold out before deciding to opt. out of 221-Z. Enroll in something else initially, and see if Jose’s class has room by the first week of classes, and then ask if you can get in his class if there is room. You can also ask Jose if he can perhaps make an arrangement for you to be in Weinschenk’s 221/222 and he may try to work something out. Just wait and see how it gos. Something tells me that too many people got AP/IB credit so he had a limit on the number of invitations. He likely wants to see how many of the current invites will yield the opp. If they don’t fill the class to the capacity he desires, you can probably still get in. </p>
<p>Try hard to get into W or Jose is what I recommend. Don’t contact either now as Jose is “full” and W is “full”(he won’t start overloading until near the start of classes, and again, Jose will have to wait and see). As I’ve told the others who haven’t gotten an invite or received a negative response from Jose, go visit him during the orientation info. fair and tell him you received credit but would like to take organic chemistry in either his class, if any room is left, or in Weinschenk’s class. Ask him what can be done to at least have a shot at W’s class if he has no room and he’ll advise you or make a deal w/Weinschenk. Things normally work out for those that want to take a chem. first semester but don’t want to take gen. chem b/c they have credit.</p>
<p>Chem 141: Since I didn’t hit 80% on the ALEKS test, I am working on the pie chart. Can anyone confirm that for Chem 141, once you hit 80% on the ALEKS pie, you can stop working and still earn the 3 percentage points towards your GPA and start the course at 100%.</p>
<p>Yeah I was wondering the same thing.</p>
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<p>Yes, according to the instructions page: [Department</a> of Chemistry at Emory University](<a href=“http://chemistry.emory.edu/undergraduate/placement_exam.html]Department”>http://chemistry.emory.edu/undergraduate/placement_exam.html)</p>
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