March 9, 2011 at 6:52 pm (Don't panic)
Tags: Chem 102, chemistry, exam, frustration, homework blues, laziness, Sciencenesses, tests/quizzes/grades, tired
I can’t remember if I’ve written about my bad habits before, but I certainly haven’t improved. Part 1 of my second big Chem Exam of the semester was this morning (conceptual stuff on acids and bases and aqueous ionic solutions), and I did what I always so the night before the exam. I stay up all night and get frazzled.
August 31, 2010 at 1:08 am (Don't panic)
Tags: Chem 101, Microbiology, PharmD Wannabee, school, Sciencenesses, The Climb
School went well for the most part. It was fun, actually, to be on a campus again. I live in a metro area and the school was packed. All of the parking lots were full. It was insane.
The eye-roll inducing part of the day came during chemistry. Now, I’ve taken both high school and college chemistry, and yes, it’s been 10 years, but I’m perfectly capable of doing well. I know this.
I took a diagnostic test for my chemistry class, and, like most of the class, I probably failed it. It’s been years since I’ve thought of molar mass or whatever. Bonds, yes, I get. Problem solving, I’m a little rusty on. I couldn’t remember how to calculate molar mass.
May 31, 2010 at 3:49 pm (Don't panic)
Tags: idle thoughts, on break, PCAT, Sciencenesses
So I’m taking the summer off to rest up for next fall. I’m leaving for a week’s vacation to Hawaii tomorrow morning. I’m taking my PCAT book and physics book with me for the 12+ hour flight to Honolulu from Charlotte.
I wish I’d take something this summer, but I want to feel that “I’m raring to go” feeling I had when I first took bio. I keep thinking, oh, I could take Speech or Nutrition or Bioinformatics. I might take up one of these options during Summer II. Microbiology, maybe, would have been the thing to do.
I’ll think about it on the beach.
