<p>i've read a ton of threads regarding if I should take chem 14a in the winter with scerri or fall with lavelle (that's how my dilemma even started), and I simply don't even know which to choose. repeatdely, I've heard that students who tried hard get A's until his final. mind you, I WILL study/work hard. will I really fall that behind in chem if I take it a quarter later??</p>
<p>HELPPPPPPPP. >>>.<<<,</p>
<p>if i do take scerri, what class should i take for fall insttead?
thinking math 31, GE (deciding)</p>
<p>whats your major? why would you take math 31 if youre doing the 14 series? no, you wont fall behind on chem if you take it winter quarter... for the fall, id assume youd do somethign like 3a/3b/3c (depends on where you place) and ls1 + GE . .. or math3+GE+engcomp3 or something.</p>
<p>My friend took it a quarter later than everyone else. She did fine in 14a, especially since all the hard-workers had already taken the course during the fall and the only remaining ones were those who were unsure they wanted to be in the science majors. It helped that the professor was incredibly chill. She said the course was VERY easy during the winter. Being a quarter behind is not necessarily a bad thing because you can always make up for it during summer school/ cram up in another quarter. But then again, the money issue makes a lot of students hesitate about summer school. This friend also took 14b in spring with Scerri, and I think she did fine; she didn't stress out at all about the course. And yes, she'd doing summer school to play catch up.</p>
<p>Honestly though, chem 14a was not an extremely hard course because Lavelle was always pretty straight-forward with homework and exam problems. My roommate had no problems in 14a/b; she got A+/A. She said that a lot of it was just practice and memorizing the method of getting the answer. I did the 20/30 chem series, so when I looked at Lavelle's tests, they seemed much easier than my own midterm problems. </p>
<p>Either way, you'll pay a lot for the readers/solutions/exam manuals or whatnot that Scerri and Lavelle issue out, so do whatever makes you feel comfortable.</p>
<p>well even though I'm premed, i'm thinking of history or math.
does anyone know ANYBODY that took chem out of series?!?!?!! I'm just wondering what classes to take each quarter, and if they're available in a continuous cycle for those that took it out of series.</p>
<p>can i do
freshman year
winter: chem 14a
spring: chem14b, chm 14 bl</p>
<p>sophomore
fall:??
winter:??
spring??</p>
<p>also, if i do take scerri for winter, then what class should i take instead of chem 14 for fall?</p>
<p>I know it's a lot of questions, so you don't have to answer all of them. thanks. :) :) :)</p>
<p>google cis study area ucla. look up your major. look at the lower-division requirements, assume that 6a is requisite for 6b for 6c... etc. um, and i gave you a general idea of what happens to your fall quarter. basically, you have a lot of flexibility. you SHOULD take math though since your later physics series will depend on your mathing</p>
<p>To people who have taken chem out of series: what was your chem series classes during the followign years & did you have a hard time to see if classes were available our of series?? (my most important question)</p>
<p>freshman year
winter: chem 14a
spring: chem14b, chm 14 bl</p>
<p>sophomore
fall:??
winter:??
spring??</p>
<p>by the way, is chem 14a b, bl available in the spring?! or was it last year</p>
<p>yes i have friends who took the 20 series starting in winter, you're completely freaking out - check the registrar to see what classes are offered when, and the big general catalog will let you know when classes are usually offered - Spr/Sum/F/W. Chill out.</p>
<p>actually from what I heard Lavelle and Scerri's class difficulty isn't that big of a difference actually, I met a couple people that liked Lavelle's class and tests because they said it is actually easier because you can kinda practice them (lavelle is more calculations while scerri is conceptual) so for scerri you just have to get the concepts and sometimes they get kinda deep to recall, there is not much way to practice for scerri's tests besides memorize and understand the whole course reader...</p>