<p>Hey everyone, I was wondering if you guys can clarify/help some stuff for me.</p>
<p>First, has anyone taken Chem 3AL over the summer? If so, how tough was it? Any professors you'd recommend?</p>
<p>Also, would you recommend against taking another class with it?</p>
<p>Is it possible to take the lecture alone or lab alone, etc and do that later?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>chem 3a can be taken by itself or concurrently with 3al.</p>
<p>chem 3al, on the other hand cannot be taken by itself unless you have already finished 3a in a prior semester</p>
<p>cool thanks.</p>
<p>is that the same for Chem 3B and Bio 1A?</p>
<p>I’m still wondering about peoples experiences over the summer/difficulty too</p>
<p>Chem 3AL must be completed with a passing grade of C- or better before taking Chem 3BL. Chem 3BL may be taken concurrently with Chem 3B, or after passing Chem 3B with a grade of C- or better. </p>
<p>I know for a fact BIO 1A MUST be taken with 1Al…but for BIO you only need 3a, i believe.</p>
<p>For people who’ve taken Chem 3A with Lab, how much time/effort would you say the lab added to the class? do you think you would have done better taking strictly 3a?</p>
<p>hey, I was wondering, do chem 3al labs always take up the whole 4 hours? I’m thinking of a having back to back classes, so I was wondering if I’d be late for that next class every time…</p>
<p>3AL is not difficult, just takes time, labs are usually 4 whole hours and rather boring. Lecture is an additional hour. Lab writeups can take up to 2-3 hours depending on the lab itself, how good you are at writing them, and how hard your GSI is. I didn’t think it required much “brainpower”, just lots of work for two units. I don’t think it affected my grade in 3A a lot either.</p>
<p>i’m really bad at Lab and i still ended up getting a solid A in there. if i can do it, so can you guys lol.</p>
<p>@calstudent: 3AL won’t significantly add to your courseload. outside of the 4 hours you spend in lab, not much time needs to be spent on it (i just did my lab reports in thirty minutes lol).</p>
<p>@snoangel: yup, some labs might take you the whole four hours, some labs might not.</p>
<p>ok, but then do we atleast get out exactly on time? I would have a class at 1 at the opposite end of the campus, would I be late every time?</p>
<p>ahh, i’m not looking forward to those lab write-ups…</p>
<p>yeah, you end pretty much on time, except for the second-to-last wet lab, which took everyone 20 mins over lol (and we still didn’t finish). </p>
<p>also, it really depends on you and your group members. if you finish quickly, then you get out quickly.</p>
<p>For me, lab was really time consuming. I spent about 3 hours on the lab writeup/prelab. Lab was easy but I’m just a slow thinker when it comes to writing.</p>
<p>Yeah, getting out on time depends on the group if you are working on a lab that requires group work. However, if it’s an individual assignment, it’s all up to you. That sucked for me since I’m a slow worker…</p>