As part of the pre-med community, I knew that chemistry and the lab would be pretty difficult to handle/understand along with the other classes I have. For years I've heard the horror stories of those who've dropped out of being pre-med or a chem or bio major just because chemistry and the lab were ridiculous. I thought that maybe they weren't doing something they should, or doing something they shouldn't. So I went into chemistry this semester thinking that maybe it wouldn't be that bad.

Well I have news for myself: I was definitely naive in that remark. Chemistry is by far one of the hardest courses I have ever taken in my entire life. I haven't been so frustrated/tired/irritated about one particular subject, better yet concerned about grades than I have been in Chemistry.

Here's a little story about my meeting with my TA for chem lab.

Bless her heart she is a very nice girl and she is pretty sharp with stuff and personable. Today while I was trying to get help with chem lab work, we went over some of the learning device questions (yes I know they are only about 10% of the final grade, but I'm anal enough to want to do well on that 10%). We came across a problem that had multiple answers, and I missed the problem because I didn't check an answer that was supposedly right. Well I asked her about that and she went all through the syllabus in an effort to find the answer, but alas, it just was not there. She said that she would email Volaric and ask about the question and I asked if the question would be counted as correct since the question had a wrong answer. You know what her answer was? "I really don't know, she might not even respond at all or give any credit at all." That was weird, because quizzes usually test the knowledge of the taker, not if they can choose the right answers in light of poor questions. Welcome to the world of chemistry Hunter, I hope you enjoy killing yourself in your trek to med-school