I'm a pre-medical student as an Economics major. I just finished my freshman year of college and I'm going to start my pre-medical coursework in the fall. Is general chem hard?? I won an award for work in my pre-req to gen chem this past year. The only part i hate is the labs because they take up so much of the time. Is there any way to make them fun or amusing?
2006-08-05 15:47:32 · 6 answers · asked by whoa 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
You'll do fine. Just make sure you have a friendly lab partner. Time will fly as long as you just have fun and talk with people. I enjoyed my 4 hour lab work! Wait til organic chemistry--6 hours! Whoopee!!!!
2006-08-05 15:51:28 · answer #1 · answered by Annie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should just try your best. I'm a pre-med student also but will be starting my third year in the fall. General Chemistry is easy, lab is even easier because that's where you actually practice what you're learning. I consider the lectures to be harder. Once you got it, you'll be fine in O chem. You should try and take the lab with friends or someone you know. I know that medical schools accept all majors but it would be easier for you to major in something close to the field. Like if you major in bio or chem, most of the classes will count for pre-med pre-reqs. Like me, I'm majoring in Molecular and Cellular Biology. I don't have to do two different thing at once. But, whatever you major in, it's okay. Good luck.
2006-08-05 16:56:43 · answer #2 · answered by mimi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would you be an economics major and be in pre-med? Grow some fuzz on your peaches and major in something a bit harder like chemistry, biology, or engineering. Not too many medical schools give a bean about being about to balance a checkbook. They want to know if you have the coconuts to succeed in a demanding field.
2006-08-05 15:54:33 · answer #3 · answered by Pauly 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not really. Gen chem is ridiculously easy compared to Ochem. If you get below a B in Gen Chem, I wouldn't even attempt Ochem (word of warning). When I took lab, we always goofed around...but some places, you can't do that. Eh, just take lab with some friends or something, that usually helps!
2006-08-05 15:52:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a pre-medical student, too! And right now I am in Biochemistry. I believe it depends on the professor whether or not the class will be hard. If you study you will do fine. And medical schools do not really care what you major in. As long as you do well in it, and all of your medical school prerequisites. So ignore the poster who said you shouldn't major in Economics.
2006-08-05 16:25:17 · answer #5 · answered by noNAMEneeded!!! 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pretend like you are cooking in a cooking show...thats wat i did in my chem lab class......we had to have a lab partener and my partner was very smart in writing part and calculating and all but he was a total butter finger so i always ended up mixing the stuff together and i always talked out loud to make sure i was doing the right thing so he could check off, and i pretended like i was on Opera cooking!!!ahahahaha it used to be fun
2006-08-05 15:53:30 · answer #6 · answered by Love Exists? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋