<p>i'm taking honors organic and reguluar linear algebra this semester. i've taken some orgo and an intro to LA (like up to determinants and complex numbers) before, but cornell's versions will obviously be much more difficult and in greater detail. How can I set myself up for getting good grades in both classes? I'm a new student(transfer), but i'm not adjusting too well to cornell(very rural for me so far and i've met some clashing personalities) and i really want to have a strong semester (a 3.7 or above, i know it's asking for a lot esp when the avg is more like a 3.3-3.4) to cushion for harder classes later on. </p>
<p>for orgo, i have lewis (no idea who he is, must be new). for LA i have strichartz (i heard horror stories about him, even from people who took all of LA and finished calc/Multi/diff eq and ended up with B-). i'm also taking aem 221 (financial accounting), comm220 (media communication) and bioG1350(cell bio(. can anyone comment on how i can do well in orgo and LA while still accounting for all these other classes? i want to do some extracurrics as well (there's like 900 clubs!)</p>
<p>=.= i'm tired.</p>
<p>Linear algebra isn’t that bad provided you open your book and do problems every day. If you start waiting until the last minute you will regret it.</p>
<p>ok, will keep in mind. anyone has study tips for orgo? as in, how to get through more than a few sections at at time when studying? the bruice text is so dry -.-</p>
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<li><p>Are you a Chem major? Honors doesn’t have a higher mean or anything so if you’re not there’s no point in taking honors. Difficulty is actually around the same I’d say, but usually relatively speaking you can do better in regular than non-honors because the class size.</p></li>
<li><p>Linear algebra break down is pretty much: first test is intro to matricies; second and third prelims are more on subspace, eigenvalues etc. It’s really not bad as long as you do the homework. You can probably get away with just doing the homework and not going to class if you wanted to, since a lot of the professors for MATH221 are pretty bad…</p></li>
<li><p>For ochem studying is really just doing all the problems. That’s probably the only for-sure, work-for-everyone way. Bruice actually isn’t that bad for later stuff, you learn to basically skim and take in what’s important and then just do the problems for understanding or reactions.</p></li>
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