Tips for success
Take notes by hand, especially for Organic chemistry.
• don’t do all the questions in the problem sets. They’re not worth your time.
• Of the practice problems that you do, walk yourself through them step by step.
• Do the practice midterms.
• Don’t do the extremely old practice exams because the exam format has changed.
• If your learning style doesn’t click with your professor, stop going to class. I respected Dr Chou for telling us on the first day that he will not punish us for our different learning styles and will not deduct marks if we do not come to class.
• Do not stress too much about getting clicker questions wrong. Clicker questions are worth little in the grand scheme of things.
• Buy the Organic chemistry Workbook. It’s helpful though you likely will not have time to do all the problems.
• Do not buy the Physical Chemistry workbook. I barely used it because lecture notes were enough.
- You have to buy the Sharp EL-510RNB Engineering/Scientific Calculator
because you’re not allowed to use any other calculator on the midterms or final.
because you’re not allowed to use any other calculator on the midterms or final.Chem 123 Lab:
• Do your pre lab at least the night before. The stress of doing the pre lab a hour before it is due is not fun
• Take pre lab quizzes seriously.
• Listen carefully to your TA’s suggestions on how to do your lab report
• PRO TIP: ERASABLE PENS ARE YOUR BEST FRIEND. I wish someone told me to use them so I didn’t have to awkwardly cross things out. Chem labs are pen only so if you make mistakes, you’re not allowed to use whiteout. Game over friends.
• On that note, you must use black or blue pen. I love colourful pens but pink or orange or purple pens do not belong here.
I personnally used Pilot 0.5 mm
Suggested professors: for Physical Chemistry, Dr Keng Chou, Dr Glen Sammis. For Organic
Chemistry Dr Jason Hein.
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