I got in Somehow - Now I'm Worried!!

VandyGrad4U
Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:32:41 +0000

First of all, congrats to getting accepted into Vandy as a transfer student.

To answer your question on the difficulty of Organic Chemistry. I hear many people say it was hard. Maybe it is hard. I took it and coasted through it without getting lower than an A- on a test. However, the class is boring…extremely boring. You can’t really ask why things happen. You just sort of…memorize what happens. I happen to memorize things extremely quick, but most people seemed to be studying their butts off. In my class, i think the average was about a C+? Many drop out, but if you’re willing to put time in it, i’m sure you’ll do fine. Here’s the key: FIND PEOPLE WHO HAVE TAKEN IT BEFORE WITH YOUR PROFESSOR! It gives you a great idea about how the exam is going to look. Although my professor already retired, I had 6 years worth of tests to study from before I took the exams. How do you find these people? ummm, well, i found my help randomly when i played poker with some guys (during my random one month poker addiction time period) and one of the guys happened to collect them all over the years. But i’m sure you’ll be able to find students that have taken it and then they’ll have friends that have taken the class with a different professor, and so on.

So just using all the resources you can get your hands on is key.

Other than that, if you decide to attend and have any questions about certain professors, I’m sure i have plenty of data on them bc we all had discussions at the end of every semester to decide which professor to take the class with.

Anyways, congrats again and feel free to ask for help and i’ll be more than happy to give it to you.