CHEMISTRY COMMUNITY

Eric Ngo 1F

I'm going to be moving into an apartment in Westwood :)

Eric Ngo 1F

Hope you woke up on time for the final!! :')

Eric Ngo 1F

I'm going to Seattle for most of summer with a friend for his internship! I'm also doing 2 courses for Session A.

Eric Ngo 1F

I think for grad school, you'll be okay! Your grades are not indicative fully of who you are as a person or as a student.

Eric Ngo 1F

I personally really enjoy handwriting all my notes and trying really hard to make them look nice so I feel like I'm enjoying what I'm studying (even if I really really do not.)

Eric Ngo 1F

One of my favorite books is The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen!! I definitely recommend it; it was one of the most impactful reads I've had. Others would be Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse and On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong.

Eric Ngo 1F

I'm involved in UCLA's Vietnamese Student Union and its retention project SEA CLEAR.

Eric Ngo 1F

I think for me, finding other hobbies and doing stuff I care about with friends to balance out the stress of school has really helped just keep me sane.

Eric Ngo 1F

I personally have quite a lot of final jitters too, but sleeping well the night before always seems to help.

Eric Ngo 1F

I'd definitely recommend doing all of the assigned textbook problems as those help a ton on all of the exams. :)

Eric Ngo 1F

I've found myself really enjoying doing core yoga and feeling the burn as I'm holding the poses. It's definitely helped with mindfulness in general too.

Eric Ngo 1F

I personally found MCD BIO 50 a pretty cool GE to take. Its focus is on stem cells and the ethics behind research/procurement/etc. I definitely really loved the professor (Dr. Lee) too!

Eric Ngo 1F

My favorite cool chemistry thing with cooking is cooking shrimp with lemon juice in stuff like ceviche!

Eric Ngo 1F

Tests most likely aren't curved but the overall distribution of the grades might be at the end of the quarter. :)

Eric Ngo 1F

It was stressful taking it and stressful getting my results back, so I destressed with long, and very needed naps!

Eric Ngo 1F

I heard Castillo is a really good prof for 14C since Lavelle isn't teaching it!

Eric Ngo 1F

200 points equals a C- in this class! That is all we need to pass

Eric Ngo 1F

I used Khan Academy and Crash Course to help supplement the lectures, the textbooks and everything. They definitely helped!

Eric Ngo 1F

Brianna Martilla 1C wrote:I think the grading scale is a standard letter scale up until then. However, last quarter I ended up with a grade higher than I expected based on percentage.

Is it possible for you to give us just like a last # approximation of +/-? Like whether a _6% would benefit you or not do anything for you?

Eric Ngo 1F

My favorite foods are shaken cubed beef and Vietnamese broken rice plates

Eric Ngo 1F

Yea, I'm currently taking the course with Casey too! I agree completely, the workload isn't too bad at all. The longest part is just completing the labs, so hopefully you get a good lab group. Do you think the workload would be too much if I were to take Chem 14BL along with Chem 14C? Hey! Sorry fo...

Eric Ngo 1F

I'm planning on taking 14c, AsAm 30w, Anthro 1, and a seminar!

Eric Ngo 1F

The Step-Up and UA sessions tend to help a lot of people! Also forming a study group and going over practice problems together, explaining the rationale and actually verbalizing and having questions explained might help too. Good luck with studying!

Eric Ngo 1F

I absolutely love bingewatching true crime shows, so I often play Forensic Files or something along the lines of that on Netflix before I sleep! As for TV dramas and whatnot, I rewatch Grey's Anatomy quite often, and I really enjoyed How to Get Away With Murder too! Albeit, I think the first few sea...

Eric Ngo 1F

Honestly, I find it a little hard to find school/life balance too. I think the best thing that has worked for me is to just meticulously plan, or at the very least set small goals per day. After I've completed them, it makes me feel proud that I finished my goals and helps me progress a bit at a tim...

Eric Ngo 1F

Thank you for sharing this. After the midterm, it was very important for us to hear. I too share your sense of dispiritedness but I hope everyone feeling the same way is able to rid themselves of this mindset soon!

Eric Ngo 1F

Cultural clubs are always cool to join, and meeting people of the same background as you already makes sure you have something in common!

Eric Ngo 1F

I think using the Pomodoro technique and making yourself a strict regimen can help! It provides you with breaks (I use 50-10) and has you on a schedule so studying is less aimless. Personally, the feeling of having a trajectory and a set time of studying helps me a lot in staying focused.

Eric Ngo 1F

Reading the textbook and doing as many practice problems as possible is super beneficial for the exam. Attending UA sessions are to your favor as well!

Eric Ngo 1F

Some of my favorites are: Signal (A police detective from the past and a criminal profiler from the present work to solve an unsolved murder using a walkie talkie that lets them communicate across time) Hello, My Twenties (Slice of life that just has a really lovable cast + goes over serious issues ...

Eric Ngo 1F

I honestly devote a good amount of time studying per week for this class. I think 9-10 hours? I try to read the textbook and do the textbook practice problems, and then I spend time reviewing what I might've done wrong and need to process and learn better.

Eric Ngo 1F

I definitely feel the same. One of the way's I've been able to combat this is just planning everything out as well as possible, and setting little goals as well as little breaks for myself. The Pomodoro technique can be useful as well! Don't overwork yourself. Wishing you the best!

Eric Ngo 1F

If you don't have experience in lab skills, taking it in person in Fall like I plan on doing may be a good thing too!

Eric Ngo 1F

I think the cut off for A- is 92.9% and above is an A :) I think that goes for the rest of the letter grades too. _2.9% being a - and above being an A.

Eric Ngo 1F

Reading this even now gives me so much hope! Despite all the imposter syndrome I feel, going back and reading this helps assuage those fears a little. Thank you so much for sharing your experience. :)

Eric Ngo 1F

Yes, you can use any calculator (last quarter they preferred scientific but graphing is fine too) and then you will need to print the equation sheet on his website and the specific periodic table he has. They usually let you have 1-2 pieces of scratch paper (depending on the TA) and other than that...

Eric Ngo 1F

Daniel Hernandez 1G wrote:When given a word problem that indicates the presence of gas (i.e. oxygen), do we assume oxygen in its diatomic state?

I'd assume so. It's what occurs naturally and unless they say otherwise I/F/O would all be diatomic.

Eric Ngo 1F

Hana Sigsbee 3B wrote:Has Dr.Lavelle told us if we will be using a zoom for proctoring of the midterms?

Our TAs told us we'll be in their discussion links on a different device while we take our midterms with respondus browser on our main devices.

Eric Ngo 1F

Darren1j wrote:Does anyone recommend reading the textbook for midterm prep?

I definitely recommend reading the textbook. It's super helpful and its examples are really informative and detailed.

Eric Ngo 1F

Truman Chong Dis 3G wrote:Recently I've been listening to a lot of kpop b-sides and krock especially artists like Hyukoh.

I really like Hyukoh too! Yerin Baek's new album tellusaboutyourself is entirely in English and has really chill vibes, so I recommend that.

Eric Ngo 1F

The Studio Ghibli movies are all so comforting to watch! I especially enjoy Kiki's Delivery Service and Spirited Away. If you want to cry though, watch Grave of the Fireflies.

Eric Ngo 1F

I think a general accepted range for approximation is between 10^-4 to 10^-10, where you can assume they values are small enough. However, I agree, with the second reply in that if you aren't sure you can always use the 5% rule.

Eric Ngo 1F

Hi! I also agree that it's pretty important considering it's used in calculating so many qualities of acids and bases. Definitely something worth remembering! My TA said that he'd probably provide everything we need for an question on the exam though, but I still think it's safer to memorize it.

Eric Ngo 1F

Hi! Are there specific GroupMes for discussions?

Eric Ngo 1F

samanthaywu wrote:When will we start using non-ideal gases? Like which course in the Chemistry series? Or is it another series?

I think they're only covered in later classes, not in this one.

Eric Ngo 1F

Hi :) Is each step up session different? Like do they go over different problems in each session? Yes! Each UA puts together their own worksheet, so the content of each session will be based on what they want to do. I haven't found any of the sessions to have the same practice problems, so it's bee...

Eric Ngo 1F

Nicole Critzer 2L wrote:Everything on Sapling is automatically graded right? We don't have to turn anything in for this portion of the course?

Yep! This plus our 5 Chemistry Community posts :)

Eric Ngo 1F

I believe Kp is used for gasses, but if conversion is necessary using PV = nRT is really helpful! n/V being concentration.

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