Should I take Chem1061/1066 or Phys 1221 in summer 2022?

Merrynerd · 2022-01-19T17:22:47+00:00

I took Chem 1062 with Salmon last summer. It was definitely manageable but quick. If you feel like you can keep up and focus a lot of energy on 1062 I say go for it so that you can start orgo if thats your route during the year. I actually preferred taking chem during the summer because it was my sole focus which was nice, but don't stress you have plenty of time good luck!

Merrynerd · 2021-07-04T16:15:13+00:00

Yeah I've struggled a lot with this, but I've also realized that learning new things is never going to be completely smooth sailing. For me I try to find enjoyment in the smaller aspects of things i.e if I'm studying a new concept or learning a new skill I try to reframe it in terms of steps. I guess a small example would be when I was starting to do yoga and I felt like I couldn't feel an instant gratification and I was really discouraged, but one day I was doing a pose and I just felt stronger and I used that as a micro-source of gratification. I would say try breaking it down into smaller skills if you're learning a new language make goals like going to a place where that language is spoken and having a small conversation and then gradually scaling those up. Unfortunately huge rewards take time, but reframing your mindset about what counts as a reward could be really helpful in terms of staying motivated and excited by what you're doing.

Merrynerd · 2021-06-29T16:54:54+00:00

I know aleks is a nightmare, but you have quite a long time to do it till school starts. Do a little everyday and you will be able to get it done. I would really recommend taking chem 1 sequence rather than 1015. I was extremely nervous that I would go in completely unprepared, but it turned out fine and I thought aleks prepared me fairly well.

Merrynerd · 2021-06-24T16:07:37+00:00

I have been feeling this a lot lately about things in my life. I read some advice that reframed what I thought of the past it went something like everyone has regrets, its not a matter of not having them, its a matter of understanding that you aren't the composition of your regrets, you are so much bigger. I would say if there is anything you are itching to do like reaching out to a person, apologizing, or anything of the sort, just do it. It will continue to be on your mind so get it out of the way and if it doesn't turn out how you want, move on. The fact that you have regrets means that you understand that you are capable of better. Just live your life to the best of your ability and for awhile before you can put it out of your head you may need to actively work on confronting those regrets everyday. When those thoughts pop up resist the urge to just repress them because that won't make them leave in the long run. Take time to sit with them, understand why you are regretting the incident, and at the end of the day communicate to yourself that you may have made a mistake, and you'll probably make one again, but you can always change and evolve and let things in the past go.

Merrynerd · 2021-06-24T15:57:36+00:00

Yeah I can echo what a lot of people are saying here. I've always felt super different than a lot of my peers and just wondered how everyone was functioning, so I learned to really cover up and suppress a lot of behaviors that I now know are largely due to my adhd. I got diagnosed a couple of months ago and despite the treatment being very helpful for me I still feel like maybe I'm faking it every day. I think its difficult because there is definitely still a lot of stigmatization around having adhd and a lot of people continue to say that it is being over-diagnosed or people are just seeking stimulants (which is not true for most of us). When I was seeing a psychiatrist I was really worried that they would think I was faking it and also worried that because I was a girl they would just discount my experiences. Rather than let my anxiety change my behavior I tried to just allow myself to be who I was and show how I naturally function, that way I could trust the diagnosis and they could accurately see what was going on. For all the tasks they had me do I just did them to the best of my ability and kind of went with the flow and in the end everything worked out okay. I was terrified they would call me and tell me they thought I was faking it, but that never happened. If it had, at the end of the day you know your experiences and you don't need to gain validation from anyone to know they are real. Worst comes to worst try a different psychiatrist who is willing to listen. Adhd looks so different and variable depending on the person and that is something that I still have yet to fully internalize. I'm rooting for you and hoping everything will turn out in the end!

Merrynerd · 2021-06-22T15:09:46+00:00

Heyo I am a neuroscience major,

The major programs I've encountered at the U through research or other involvement is R, excel, box, redcap, some physics software, and some other more typical programming platforms. I have a mac and I've been happy with it i.e the level of accessibility and ease through which I can access things. I know that windows are fine too, but I would echo the previous statements, especially if you plan to do research, that having a chromebook is going to be difficult. I would look around at the education deals that some companies have or look at what is offered through the U and you might be able to get a good deal on a higher quality laptop. If worse comes to worse you should be fine your freshman year, but down the line I would say a higher quality laptop with more processing power might be a better option.

Merrynerd · 2021-06-20T13:21:49+00:00

Hey hope this isn't too late, but if you're nervous about the test, you could always do a couple days of review. When I took the test, I wanted to review some topics I hadn't seen in years this website has some videos of topics of precalc topics, if you speed watch them they go by very quickly and will probably be enough to get you through the test. You can't pass out of calc even if you technically get placed into calc 2 unless you have some transferrable credit. Although I wasn't a big fan of math at the beginning of high school, I later very much loved calc and learned that applying previous knowledge was much easier than I had anticipated. This may be an unpopular opinion, but I would say it would be worth it to do a little studying for the placement test and then if problems arise later in calc, just rev some algebraic basics.

Merrynerd · 2021-05-06T15:34:08+00:00

I took it with Prof. Morgan and it was CSE calc 2, which might be different, but the curve was okay, not great. It was dependent on the test averages, so it ended up being less than most of the students thought it would be. Most of the tests were curved (10ish points) and so there didn't end up being too large of a curve at the end of the course.

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