<p>no one picked up on the memo that iclicker points aren’t being counted for the first 4 lectures in chem 1a?</p>
<p>milktea: it sure as hell doesn’t get easier.</p>
<p>it doesn’t get easier but your ability to sort between really important and lower priority tasks improves. Further, don’t discount the stresses of being on your own, away from home for perhaps the first time, adrift in a new social environment without a pool of established relationships, and the general alienness of a new place. </p>
<p>To underline the point made by demoz - there were many people urging incoming students to take a very light load for the first semester, ranging from counselors at CalSO through many active members on this board. Its not too late to drop some classes. Yes, you ‘could’ hammer on but unless there are factors that make these units particularly essential to earn this particular semester, think about whether freeing up a bit of time to make the social and personal adjustment might be worth backing off a bit on your customary approach of loading up the work. It got you into Cal but might not be the best strategy while here.</p>
<p>chem 1a is easy stuff</p>
<p>Life just gets harder and harder, but you also become more capable and more mature as life goes on so you can rise to the challenges. Instead of worrying about how hard Berkeley is or will be, think about how you can tackle the difficulties.</p>
<p>tackle the difficulties</p>
<p>Join Study Groups NOW!!! I was thrown off by the OWL homework since I only took reg chemistry in sophomore year of high school. But find a tutor or someone who got a 5 on ap chem and is in your class. I spent an hour doing one hmwk question and it only took 1 minute for a person to point out what I did wrong for me to understand.</p>
<p>i <3 this thread</p>
<p>yeah i know, i wanted to take this class because i am pre-med. and i know it is difficult, but i’m going to make use of the tutoring services and everything else.</p>
<p>and yep, life just gets harder, but you have to learn how to deal.</p>
<p>I’ve found chem 1A delightful so far. Japanese 10A on the other hand… Not a big fan of quizzes almost every day…</p>
<p>Buy the Zumdahl book. It’s way clearer than the “required textbook” for Chem 1A.</p>
<p>I can’t wait to see these forums after the first wave of midterms XD</p>
<p>I love how I’ve recently seen HUGE numbers of people telling everyone to just use the textbook I had for AP in HS.</p>
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<p>Your point? Your sarcasm is incomprehensible to me.</p>
<p>That wasn’t sarcasm. Oddly enough, I actually do like the fact that my AP Chem teacher picked a textbook that is now getting recommendations above the official gen chem book of the UC Berkeley Department of Chemistry.</p>
<p>lrn to know sarcasm chaolin</p>
<p>To be fair, the phrasing was a tad ambiguous.</p>
<p>Oh, okay. Thanks for clarification; it was the >_< that through me off XD</p>
<p>Does anyone have the ISBNs for some recommended textbooks for Chem 1A?</p>
<p>Does anyone have tips on how to study for chem1A? I’m reading the book they wanted us to buy, but I’m still having trouble. Lectures are too short and don’t really cover anything, and office hours (for the professors) don’t help because there are too many people asking so many freaking questions…which confuses me even more.</p>
<p>the best way to study is to just keep going through the lecture material and ask yourself, “do i completely understand this?” write down questions about whatever you don’t understand, no matter how small or insignificant you think the question is. then, go to office hours and ask the GSIs or professors. finally, do problems to solidify the concepts.</p>