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Bd6r
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2022 May 30, 6:49am
Bd6r
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2022 May 30, 6:49am
Yes, BS in Chem E, later switched to chemistry. Kind of opposite for OP. Liked experiments, but was intensely bored with applied mechanics, turbulent flows etc that is required for ChemE. I find that often the best students in chemistry classes are engineering majors, incl Chem E.
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Al_Sharpton_for_President
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2022 May 30, 6:54am
Al_Sharpton_for_President
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2022 May 30, 6:54am
Bio major undergrad. Aced organic chem. Was the curve buster. Frequent 100's on exams back in the day when that was the highest grade given out. Once you figured out basic principles, and could visualize, you could see where things were going.
Hated biochem. Pathways, pathways, pathways. Too much memorization, although I appreciated the higher principles. I took it after organic chem and it was a letdown. Stayed away from Pchem as calculus wasn't a strong suit and I didn't need to take it.
Hated biochem. Pathways, pathways, pathways. Too much memorization, although I appreciated the higher principles. I took it after organic chem and it was a letdown. Stayed away from Pchem as calculus wasn't a strong suit and I didn't need to take it.
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clambo
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2022 May 30, 7:47am
I was also a little bored by organic chemistry.
I think that’s where the gays got “cis” v “trans” from, funny how that worked.
In the lab I made a strange material by mistake, I should have saved it for posterity.
I think that’s where the gays got “cis” v “trans” from, funny how that worked.
In the lab I made a strange material by mistake, I should have saved it for posterity.
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KgK one
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2022 May 31, 8:25am
BS chem E . Organic chem killed me in university. All appeared same on final test. No matter how much I memorized, it was same. Lowered GPA and scared me from med school.
I found enterprise databases more fun for chem companies. Also u don't have to be in lab , touching chemicals. After reading many MsDS found lot of it causes cancer n other side effects.
I found enterprise databases more fun for chem companies. Also u don't have to be in lab , touching chemicals. After reading many MsDS found lot of it causes cancer n other side effects.
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Loved chemistry in high school. Funky colors, strange smeels, getting my hands dirty, occasionally blowing stuff up, etc. Plus my high school Chem teacher was accident prone so there was always the chance for a good show.
Realized I wasn't the most accurate lab hand, (a pinch of this and a bit of that works fine for cooking dinner, but not for making chemicals) so I diverted to chemical engineering for college. Figured it would help me keep all my fingers and still have fun.
Hated organic chemistry in college. Had an old school teacher. Lots of memorization, very dry and dull. Alkanes, Alykenes and Keytones didn't excite me. The irony is my roommate, who was a bio major, passed easily. I struggled to get through, despite extra help. The lab was even worse than the lectures. Barley passed.
It go so bad, I took an extra inorganic chemistry class to meet my degree requirements.
So do we have any chemists / chemical engineers on this forum?