Toughest class on campus...
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Gah. I hated Organic Chemistry lab at UofI. I had wanted to take it the same semester as O. Chem II, but due to a scheduling conflict with Physics, I had to take it the next semester.
Normally, O. Chem lab is a pretty easy class. There's an optional lecture, where you show up, learn about the basic background for the upcoming lab, etc. But if you read it ahead of time, it's good enough. Show up to lab twice a week, chemistry the **** out of stuff, write a report on it. Take a couple test on the labs. That's about it.
But unfortunately for me, I ended up with a new professor fresh out of his grad school/post doc at Harvard. And apparently, he thought that Organic chemistry Lab needed to be pretty much Organic Chemistry I and II crammed into one semester. Ended up having two or three exams + final, which had to do less with the lab, and more with memorizing, identifying and drawing out tedious reactions.
Still did well, but I it required actual studying! I've always hated that my friends who took it the semester before had to work about 100x less than I did for the same grade.
In terms of actual difficulty based on material, it was probably Neurobiology for me. Last class I took as a senior for my Neurobiology track. Lots of material, long lectures and a professor who flew through material for 1.5 hours straight.
Normally, O. Chem lab is a pretty easy class. There's an optional lecture, where you show up, learn about the basic background for the upcoming lab, etc. But if you read it ahead of time, it's good enough. Show up to lab twice a week, chemistry the **** out of stuff, write a report on it. Take a couple test on the labs. That's about it.
But unfortunately for me, I ended up with a new professor fresh out of his grad school/post doc at Harvard. And apparently, he thought that Organic chemistry Lab needed to be pretty much Organic Chemistry I and II crammed into one semester. Ended up having two or three exams + final, which had to do less with the lab, and more with memorizing, identifying and drawing out tedious reactions.
Still did well, but I it required actual studying! I've always hated that my friends who took it the semester before had to work about 100x less than I did for the same grade.
In terms of actual difficulty based on material, it was probably Neurobiology for me. Last class I took as a senior for my Neurobiology track. Lots of material, long lectures and a professor who flew through material for 1.5 hours straight.
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Seriously, can anyone make sense of the Library of Congress numbering system? Best part of that class was, while studying for another, I made up a number and filed the course guide. It stayed there for a few semesters before it got removed.
Wait, you went into the Library to find stuff for Lib 160. The internet catalog + floor map is your friend. :twitcy:
CycloneErik
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I've done some looking at the LOC system on Google, and it's not that difficult. Subject areas have their areas where their numbers are categorized. History tends to be in D and E, for example, unless it's something that might be classified under another subject area as well.
I wasn't the biggest fan of vet. microbiology but that wasn't until 2nd year. That was more volume of material than organic chem. Organic chem and my brain just didn't work well together I guess.
I would say why a student might pass o. chem and not get through vet school is in vet school all your classes are more demanding in general. when I took o. chem, that semester my focus was primarily on o. chem. In vet school you can't necessarily focus that much on one class.
I'm in music 102 right now, not that it's difficult, just sitting through those lectures are brutal, and attendance is 20% of the grade.
And then the fun starts. Really, I didn't spend that much time in the library looking things up, which is probably why I was never exactly sure about how the system worked.
CycloneErik
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revkah and I were helping a library organize, so we spent a little bit of time looking at it.
And I like to break down stuff like that so I can get in/out more efficiently. I'm the efficiency-oriented liberal arts guy.
CycloneErik
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CycloneErik
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Haha--Leuke FTW! He was our advisor for FSAE and I took Mechatronics from him. Good guy.
EE231. A 5 credit course (class everyday) plus a lab. I remember one test no one got over 60%. It was brutal.
