CHEM 1421

LAB IS HELL

All about your T.A. Went to lab lec once and it was worthless. Go to TA office hours.

if you prep for the labs and stay focused you can definitely get an A

This class was pretty annoying and unreasonably picky. They would take off points for silly things, and stop checking your work when they hit a wrong answer. The lab lectures were pretty unhelpful as well. I had Grisham, and he tends to go off on tangents. I was not in the general chem lecture either, not that that mattered. I received an A in this class, but I thought this course was very irritating (not to mention that I got lab partners that did not know what they were doing!)

Gen Chem lab was challenging but definitely easy to do well in. The student has a high chance of getting a great grade in the course if the attend TA office hours. It doesn't even have to be your TA's office hours that you go to, it can be any TA. They are all extremely helpful! ATTEND OFFICE HOURS AS POSSIBLE!

Experiments themselves are same level of difficulty as first semester but write ups are understandably a little more complicated seeing as how we've learned a lot more by now. Grading depends on your TA really.

Lab lecture is worthless so don't go. The first four labs are easy because you can work on them outside of lab, but the last four you have to do on the spot. Just make sure you go over those last four really well and it shouldn't be too bad. There aren't a lot of quality points for this lab either, which is also a plus.

There are lots of partner labs, which make things slightly less stressful. Several labs don't have quality points, which is really awesome. The last few labs can be tough since you have to turn in your post-lab sheet during lab. You have to do calculations on your own without any notes. Some TA's let you choose your partners but we weren't so fortunate. If you can get a good TA and chem lab buddy, you'll be set. Office hours are very helpful; I went several times and my TA helped me out with a few pre-lab questions. If you're careful, precise, and understand the material, you'll do fine.