<p>for general chemisty I, do you need a good chemistry background to do well in the class, because the last time a took chemistry was when i was a soph in hs...i'm about to be a freshman and was wondering if gen chem I is only for people who have all the basic stuff down in their mind right when they start gen chem or does gen chem not give the student a chance to brush up and review the basic chem stuff to do well in the class...should i just take intro chemistry and be behind for one semester and take catch up with my chemistry in the summer or am i jus over-stressing? basically im jus asking if a student like myself that's a little rusty in chemistry should start his first sem with gen chem I...</p>
<p>Gen Chem I is certainly much harder than HS chem, but there's no reason you won't do well if you put in the time and effort. I don't think there's any reason you should take a lower level chem that would put you behind a semester.</p>
<p>i was in the same boat as you last year and i did very well in gen chem. you just have to put effort in to do the practice problems and take notes in class.</p>
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<p>I don't think universities offer a chem class lower than gen chem (assuming chem 101 is what you're refering to, yes?).</p>
<p>well they have intro chemistry, which is different. The thing is that i failed the chemistry placement exam so they are advising me to take intro chemistry instead of gen chem; however, i believe that i failed the test due to lack of studying and the fact that i didnt take the class since i my soph yr</p>
<p>i actually thought genchem was more of a pain than organic chem. go for genchem though...you'll do fine if you're on top of all the basic calculations and concepts.</p>
<p>Our school does not let us take Generally chemistry unless the student took 2 years of chemistry in high school thats usually chemistry one and AP chemistry. If a student only had one year of chemistry in high school then the have to start with introduction to chemistry.</p>