<p>I’m taking both Chm. 2045/MAC 2311, and I find Chm. to be exceedingly more difficult than MAC 2311 while others see it antithetically (or perhaps I haven’t managed to meet the right people yet). I managed to score about a 98 on the first test for calc, but I barely seemed to chip the 80-mark for chm (hopefully due to lack of studying). Is the first exam for chm. always the worst? Any input…</p>
<p>No, in fact some argue the first CHM2045 exam is the easiest because it is entirely quantitative. Later exams will include qualitative questions like those on vspr and crystal field theories; these mixed in with even more quantitative stuff which is not as straightforward as stoichiometry. The only other concept I can think of which was later in the course of CHM2045 and was easy as the pv = nrt stuff.</p>
<p>And if you are having trouble with 2045 then 2046 won’t be any easier. A lot more of that is qualitative and descriptive chemistry. You will also learn more complex quantitative stuff like equlibria and electrochemistry. By then you really synthesize qualitative and quantitative in the same concepts.</p>
<p>Remember, you could easily memorize the stuff you need to know on qualitative questions but if it is the math-type questions that are getting you then that is NOT a good sign. Practice and get better or your performance will not improve. General chem is really just a quantitative course</p>
<p>I took both CHM2045 and MAC2311 my first semester at UF. I found the first exam in CHM2045 to be the most difficult one, mainly just because there was a lot of material in a short amount of time. (A lot of it was supposed to be review from high school chemistry, but I either didn’t remember it all or never learned some of it. This meant I had to study a lot harder than other people for the first exam, especially those who had taken AP chem in high school.) I thought the first MAC2311 exam was pretty easy. The second exam was the hardest in MAC2311, so make sure you study a lot for it, especially if you didn’t take calc in high school.</p>