<p>I'm really scared about Organic Chem! What is it like? Why is it so hard? It's killing me!</p>
<p>y is ur sn glucose? lol
i heard therse a lot of memorizing that makes it hard</p>
<p>bump bump organic...I didn't get that
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y is ur sn glucose? lol
i heard therse a lot of memorizing that makes it hard
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<p>Probably just the sheer amount of things you need to memorize without really knowing what the hell is going on.</p>
<p>Hey organic chemistry, not hard, it just requires a really good foundation - just learn the basics - the basic set of carbon reactions, the functional groups, the reagents, the typical identification tests of organic compounds, the uses/applications/manufacture of a set of organic compounds - build on that and you'll see that organic is one of the easiest subject...</p>
<p>Its just about a regular work for say 2h/day for 3-4 weeks and you'll master organic in no-time, if u need help, am eager to help ;-)</p>
<p>I'm only a sophomore in HS, but I'm really worried, because as of now, Chemistry is my lowest grade, and it is like "basic" chemistry. On another note, my Chemistry teaches pretty much on a college level, even though it isn't...I'm pretty sure yall' can relate.</p>
<p>I actually prefer organic over general chem. There's a lot of memorization of reactions and a few unique mechanisms, but it's not that bad. I think the reason so many people complain about it is because it's so much different than general chem, it requires a whole different kind of thinking.</p>
<p>Is organic chemistry just like memorizing ways to describe a chemical substance?</p>
<p>Organic is a lot of memorizing and a whole lot of logic for more advanced reactions... u only have to memorize general features, reactions trends and exceptions</p>
<p>there is a lot of memorizing initially but after you've got all the basic facts down, its pretty repetitive.</p>
<p>That said, I suck at Organic Chemistry. In fact I suck at all Chemistry :(</p>
<p>I luv chemistry... I blew up 78 test tubes in just one term - im in a governmental high school, lucky me!!!!</p>
<p>We did and organic chem lab friday making esters. needless to say the rest of the school kept asking me "what were you doing in chem today, it smelled really bad" :) it was kinda funny</p>
<p>You think you're bad with materials. Tests tubes cost about next to nothing compared with the crap I broke in college. I sent this message out to all of my classmates over the facebook after acc inorganic chem ended:</p>
<p>ChemLab MasterCard Commercial:</p>
<p>2 Crucibles - $40
1 Weighing Bottle - $10
1 Vol Flask - $10*
2 Erl Flask - $10*
1 Grad Cyl - $5*
2 Beakers - $5
3 Stirring Rods - $5*
5 Test Tubes - $3
1 Glass Funnel - $2
Owing that much money and paying jack-****: Priceless</p>
<p>There's only so much money can buy. For everything else there's Mastercard. (which is actually what I bought my breakage fee card with)</p>
<p>*Price approximate</p>
<p>[True story everyone. I was known as The Guy Breaks Everything last semester and actually didn't break anything but one beaker that was on its way to being broken anyways {a part of the bottom just fell out} but this semester I more than made up for everything I didn't break last semester. At least I didn't drop my dessicator. I think my heart may have stopped if that happened. {Luckily it happened to someone else.}]</p>
<p>Wow IlliniJBravoEcho ! You've got some talent for breaking things. ^_^ Kudos.</p>
<p>Safety showers are a lot of fun.</p>
<p>One of my friends was helping my teacher organize her lab. She leaned over to grab something on the other end of the safety shower. Another of my friends happened to be in one of his inquisitive moods, pulled a funny looking lever, and the next thing we knew my friend beneath the safety shower was drenched from head to toe.
:)</p>
<p>But hey, she got a free shirt out of the deal. EXTREME BIOLOGY!</p>
<p>hahaha</p>
<p>I was horrible on ochem lab too. I once performed a dehydration reaction that generated a lot of energy in the form of heat. I capped my test tube by accident though.</p>
<p>The energy had nowhere to go and ended up popping the cap and shattering the tube all over my lab TA. Needless to say, I did not do very well in ochem lab :-)</p>
<p>aren't esters supposed to smell nice and fruity? Mine smelt like Fox's fruit drops :p
H2S, Chlorine, NO2 and acrolein were another story</p>
<p>Let's hope you were wafting those smells and not sniffing.</p>
<p>My chem lab TA this semester was a douche. Here are some direct quotes: </p>
<p>"Hey guys this lab is very dangerous today. Not a day to be hungover." Funny, until he said it EVERY DAMN TIME.</p>
<p>"I know today's lab is very dangerous but I'm feeling ****ty so I don't feel like doin' a demo. You guys know what you're doing. Anyways, one thing before you go that I'd like to read to you: 'The ion-exchange columns are very sensitive and you have to make sure that there are absolutely no gaps in the column. If so the column may explode.' haha. Just thought I'd read that to you guys."</p>
<p>After being asked a difficult question: "Wow. ****. Bummer, man. That's a hard one. I don't know the answer to that one."</p>
<p>At his morning office hours, after asking a question: "Hey I need my caffeine." Goes to fridge, gets out a Diet Coke and chugs part of it. "BUURRRPPP" Right in my face.</p>
<p>"Sorry if I sounded like an ass-hole in my email yesterday. I didn't have an caffeine in me and I was cranky. But you were draggin' ass yesterday. [It was our first lab at 8 AM on Monday and we had a very hectic lab.] And you left this place lookin' like ****."</p>
<p>First time I went to his office hours after the first lab: "Hey I know these are my office hours but I'm busy come back later"
Me: I have a class later.
"Well oh well"</p>
<p>Same office hours: After asking a question about what to put in my intro and discussion b/c he never went over what he wanted he told me to come and see him at his office hours to see what I was doing wrong: "****, man, do what you want with it. [after seeing my expression of shock/disgust] I mean what do you want me to do? Write it for you?"</p>
<p>The next time I could make office hours after the third lab: "You're having trouble with this stuff? Why didn't you come see me before? I told you guys to come talk to me. I mean ****, man. That's why I have them."</p>
<p>There were more. It was awful. He constantly surfed the web while we did our labs doing ebay or his homework. He never answered questions. Sent rude emails and was overall a douche. That made lab so much worse than it should have been. I would have liked lab this semester.</p>
<p>Hahaha...I feel bad for you, but it seems funny...srry.</p>
<p>Any of you guys in O Chem Lab for Chemical Engineers? How does that differ from the regular lab? Is it longer or harder?</p>