Midterm 1 Reactions

[Anvy 1G]

Im not so sure it was pretty much what i expected but not at the same time. Anybody else had a different reaction to it or was there about the same across the class.

[Lily Kiamanesh 2G]

I personally found the test to be a little more difficult than I had anticipated. I was able to do all the problems from workshops and the homework; however, the midterm's problems seemed a little harder. Maybe I was just nervous. Can anyone else relate?

[Kayla Booker 1F]

I personally found the test to be a little more difficult than I had anticipated. I was able to do all the problems from workshops and the homework; however, the midterm's problems seemed a little harder. Maybe I was just nervous. Can anyone else relate?

I agree, it was harder than expected but it could’ve just been my test anxiety kicking in

[Jessie Hsu 1C]

I agree, I felt a little rushed this time but definitely not as much as during the final last quarter. I think doing the textbook problems really helped though!

[Uyen Trinh 3C]

I personally found the test to be a little more difficult than I had anticipated. I was able to do all the problems from workshops and the homework; however, the midterm's problems seemed a little harder. Maybe I was just nervous. Can anyone else relate?

I really felt the "Maybe I was just nervous" bit. I'm an international student and so I took my Midterm at 6 AM in the morning. I was already anxious about missing my test so I woke up at 5 AM. Turns out waking up early to go over notes made me even more anxious. I felt like the stress clouded my judgment and focus during the midterm. I'm not sure why but online exams scare me way more than normal exams do.

Does anyone have any tips on how to keep cortisol levels low?

[Joanne Yuh 3I]

I agree, I felt a little rushed this time but definitely not as much as during the final last quarter. I think doing the textbook problems really helped though!

Yeah I'm glad I did the textbook problems because I noticed that some of the midterm questions were either exactly the same or similar to some of the textbook problems Professor Lavelle assigned. Some other questions were definitely tricky for sure and I'm hoping I didn't make careless mistakes.

[miguel zatarain 2B]

I felt rushed and I know I did so bad on the midterm but im just so glad its finally over

[Mahnoor_Wani_1I]

I agree with the above posts. It was a little harder than I expected. Time wise, it was manageable. However, there were some questions I did not know how to approach.

[Hannah Chang 3K]

I personally found the test to be a little more difficult than I had anticipated. I was able to do all the problems from workshops and the homework; however, the midterm's problems seemed a little harder. Maybe I was just nervous. Can anyone else relate?

Me , too. Harder than what I expected but finally over

[Michael Cardenas 3B]

Yeah I definitely thought it was harder. The questions from the homework and sapling seemed easier, but maybe that was because there were multiple attempts.

[VSU_3F]

I also felt like it was harder than I expected. I didn't feel as good after this midterm as I did with last quarter's midterms.

[Katie Phan 1K]

To me, it felt like the difficulty of the midterm 2 for 14A. I think this midterm was definitely harder than the first one we had for 14A.

[Emily Jacobo 1C]

I agree, I definitely felt this midterm was a bit tougher than 14A’s midterms. I felt really rushed to complete the calculations and didn’t have as much time to double check my work as I would have liked.

[Lauren Strickland 1B]

I thought it was harder than I had expected. I felt rushed towards the end.

[Bhuvan Kommineni 3L]

For me the more multi-step integrated questions were difficult!

[Nicole Critzer 2L]

The test for me was kind of mixed some of the questions seemed pretty doable but others had me really confused.

[Mariah Disc 2C]

Personally I just am hoping for the best and preparing for the worst.

[lauren_tran_1L]

Giving good vibes to everyone who replied! Good or bad we tried our hardest :)

[Blake Ballew 1H]

It felt almost like everything that I did to prepare wasn't really on there in the way that I expected or hoped. The problems felt like semi related versions of those problems that required a lot of on the spot thinking of how to adjust my understanding to fit them. That much problem solving in my opinion should require way more time than what was given.

[nayha a 1E]

I felt surprised by the amount of enthalpy questions. I didn't expect there to be so many.

[Can Yilgor 2D]

I also agree that there were some difficult questions on the test. For the next midterm, I will try to start studying well ahead of time and definitely focus more on the homework problems.

[Ryan Hoang 1D]

I was really surprised by the amount of thermochem to be honest! I thought it would be more acids/equilibria, but it ended up being a lot of thermo which I wasn't too prepared for.

[Kandyce Lance 3E]

I feel the most frustrating is when I do my calculations only to find none of the options match.

[Sarah Hernandez 1F]

I agree, I felt a little rushed this time but definitely not as much as during the final last quarter. I think doing the textbook problems really helped though!

I agree, the timing was better for me than the final but I didn't have as much time as I did with the midterms last quarter

[Gabe_Ek 1G]

I was also quite frustrated by having my calculations all done to then find that none of the answer choices reflected the answer. It was a lot just a bit rushed but arguably doable.

[abby hyman]

I feel like the midterm was fair but did have more wordy/complicated questions than we had seen in the textbook or the UA workshops but I felt like if you had a good understanding of the material then you had an okay chance for a good score

[Savana Maxfield 3F]

I agree with most of what's been said above! I finished a bit early, so I had some time to go over my answers, but ended up overthinking all of them (leading to changing a couple answers) which I think is going to end up harming my grade :(

[Jack Kettering 3D]

I honestly thought it was a lot better than I expected it to be. Still anxious to find out my score tho

[Emily_Stenzler_2H]

I personally found the test to be a little more difficult than I had anticipated. I was able to do all the problems from workshops and the homework; however, the midterm's problems seemed a little harder. Maybe I was just nervous. Can anyone else relate?

I really felt the "Maybe I was just nervous" bit. I'm an international student and so I took my Midterm at 6 AM in the morning. I was already anxious about missing my test so I woke up at 5 AM. Turns out waking up early to go over notes made me even more anxious. I felt like the stress clouded my judgment and focus during the midterm. I'm not sure why but online exams scare me way more than normal exams do.

Does anyone have any tips on how to keep cortisol levels low?

Meditating has really helped me with my test anxiety. It definitely feels uncomfortable at first but with practice it can put you in a really great and calm headspace, even on the day of a stressful test.

[John_Tran_3J]

I AM a terrible test taker, but I found this test to be easier than expected!

[EmilyC_3D]

I don't feel to confident about the midterm. I was somewhat stressed that day already and, during the test, there were some random distractions just due to my environment that made it really hard to focus. I also think I should have spent more time going to UA sessions and doing textbook problems. I will definitely use that information, though, to make sure I prepare better for the next midterm.

[Victoria_Sauceda_1B]

The midterm was pretty standard for what he gave us last term.

[Devan Nathu - 2H]

I have this ability to get messed up by questions even when I feel prepared and that exact situation happened. I got into the exam and the questions were just like... interesting to say the least haha. But oh well i guess! Onto the next one!

[Xinyu Li 1C]

I didn't feel as confident about this midterm. I felt it was more difficult than 14A midterms.

[Isabel_Eslabon_2G]

I thought it was similar to the midterms from Lavelle's Chem 14A, so I wasn't too surprised. Of course, still anxious to see my score. I hope I didn't make a dumb mistake that I wouldn't have made if I was going slower, but that's just how tests go.

[705512695]

I feel good about the midterm, it felt similar to those we had during 14A, no surprises.

[Giselle Granda 3F]

I feel like the midterm was doable, but there were some questions that I was not sure about, especially some of the enthalpy ones. Either way, I am hoping the best for all of us and I am proud of us for getting through the first midterm!

[Javier Perez M 1H]

It was more difficult compared to 14A midterms. The questions weren't like what I prepared for. Would have loved to have prepped with quite similar formats.

[CarlaM 1L]

It was definitely difficult for me because I did not have Lavelle for 14A, but now that I know the jist of it I would say the next one will be better. I did like the structure of the test, though. I felt like it was the right amount of questions, just thought a little more time would have been better.

[Sondia Luong 1C]

Despite doing all the homework problems, I did think that the midterm was more difficult than I anticipated. Although I expected it to be relatively challenging, I was definitely stressing while taking the test!

[Hazelle Gunawan 3G]

I felt that doing the textbook problems on the outlines prepared me pretty well for the exam, and I actually ended up having lots of time to double check my answers. I don't want to say anything yet for fear of jinxing myself but I felt like it was a fair exam.

[Jasmine Ho 3I]

I think I prepared as much as I could have for the exam but my nerves really got to me. Overall it was mostly what I expected though.

[chinmayeec 2H]

It was mostly what I expected, although there were some tricky questions. Nothing out of left field, and I felt that the textbook questions did a really good job of preparing me for the midterm.

[Teti Omilana 1G]

I definitely thought this midterm was harder than the 1st midterm we had for 14A. There were a lot more enthalpy problems than I anticipated, and the wordiness of the longer problems threw me off a little. I also thought these problems were more difficult than the ones we went over in UA sessions, but from reading these comments it seems like the textbook problems might be more helpful to prepare for the next midterm. Overall I'm just happy we got through it.

[Constance Newell]

That was definitely tricky. There were a some questions from the textbook.....those were probably the only questions I was confident in....and then the reset were quite challenging.

[FrancescaHawkins2H]

I generally feel like I did alright on the midterm, but as some other people have mentioned, I definitely did struggle with keeping my cool and battling test anxiety while taking this test. I'm generally a pretty calm person, but find that I do poorly on tests due to lack of focus. Does anyone have any tips on how they handle test-taking stress?

[AHUNT_1A]

I felt it was a bit tricky and more difficult. However, I do get test anxiety so that could have also been it.

[Annette Fishman]

I think it was more tedious and I felt like I was running out of time by the end of the test. I know it would've been better if I had done all of the textbook problems, but I didn't get to all. Overall, Lavelle and the textbook did a good job in preparing me.

[Jasmin Kumar 1G]

I felt pretty confident about it, but I don't want to jinx myself :) I think that doing the textbook problems helped out a lot

[Sydney Sullivan 2J]

There were one or two questions I felt were a bit tricky, and I agree there was a bit of a time crunch. But overall it was about what I expected!

[Anna Yakura 2F]

Personally it was a little harder than I anticipated. I did all of the textbook problems (from the outlines) at least twice and went through most of the UA worksheets, but for some reason when it came to the test questions I didn't get them as easily. Could definetly be my test anxiety though.

[Sami Siddiqui 1J]

I felt pretty good about the midterm. There were definitely a couple questions where I really had to sit and think but, other than that, I think it went well. Let's hope that reflects in the scores.

[Lisa Wang 3B]

kind of unrelated--- does anyone know when the scores are typically released?

[Marley Magee 3A]

I definitely thought that midterm was pretty rough and harder than last quarter's tests. Definitely a few that I didn't know how to do. So you're totally not alone!

Also, results will probably be out at the end of the week or so @Lisa (though he hasn't said yet).

[Alara Aygen 3K]

I also felt like it was harder than I have expected.

[Sukhkiran Kaur 3I]

I think the concepts were very fair and the content tested was expected, but the questions were a tad bit harder than anticipated.

[Kushaal Madadi 2F]

One of the problems was super hard... I think everyone knows which one I'm talking about. I just feel unsure about all my answers even though I was able to solve them. Test anxiety sucks so bad.

[Adrienne Chan 1G]

I thought all of the problems except for one were quite straightforward. The one that was difficult was extremely confusing, I interpreted it as not having enough information to solve and later couldn't figure out how to solve it.

[Brandon Pham 1H]

If there was even 1 more problem on the test I don't think I would've been able to finish on time

[jia207]

I think some of the questions were a little harder than expected. I thought I knew how to do most of the textbook problems, but struggled on the exam.

[Annette Fishman]

I feel like the content was more or less expected. Some questions were worded a bit weird, and it took me a little bit to understand what was being asked of me. I did rush the last three questions, but I don't feel super defeated post midterm.

[Ashley Kim 3H]

Yeah, I think the test went as I expected. The structure was pretty much the same for Chem14A so there was nothing too surprising. I'm really glad that the problems were similar to the textbook ones because doing all of those really helped me. Reviewing sapling also helped me understand the content.

[Jada3J]

I felt rushed and I know I did so bad on the midterm but im just so glad its finally over

Same energy with me. lol

[BoparaiAdeshsurjit2F]

Good Luck to everyone exam scores come out today

[Isabel Luu 1I]

I was a little unsure what to expect because I took 14a with a different professor but it seemed relatively fair. It wasn't super easy and I didn't feel 100% confident but there weren't any major surprises in my opinion. At least we know what to expect more for the next midterm and can adjust our study methods!

[Nicolette Simoni 3L]

I"m upset with myself that I messed up on one of the ten-point questions, it was literally a textbook problem I worked on two days prior. But there's nothing I can do now but study harder for the next midterm.

[StephanieGrigorian2J]

I was also feeling confident going into the exam but it was much harder than expected and I'm not happy with the results. I know the next one is going to be even harder too :(

[Margaret Wang 2D]

I was a little nervous because a few questions tripped me up with the wording where I wasn't sure how to interpret the question, but luckily I interpreted the right way, so I guess my result was better than I anticipated.

[Darren1j]

I did all the textbook problems and felt well prepared, but I feel like I made simple mistakes and the questions were oddly worded. I felt like my score was a lot worse than the knowledge of the material that I have.

[Naomi Hernandez-Ramirez 1J]

I agree, it was harder than expected but it could’ve just been that I felt time was a factor for it

[Uyen Trinh 3C]

I personally found the test to be a little more difficult than I had anticipated. I was able to do all the problems from workshops and the homework; however, the midterm's problems seemed a little harder. Maybe I was just nervous. Can anyone else relate?

I really felt the "Maybe I was just nervous" bit. I'm an international student and so I took my Midterm at 6 AM in the morning. I was already anxious about missing my test so I woke up at 5 AM. Turns out waking up early to go over notes made me even more anxious. I felt like the stress clouded my judgment and focus during the midterm. I'm not sure why but online exams scare me way more than normal exams do.

Does anyone have any tips on how to keep cortisol levels low?

Meditating has really helped me with my test anxiety. It definitely feels uncomfortable at first but with practice it can put you in a really great and calm headspace, even on the day of a stressful test.

I will try this! Meditation has helped me in the past but I've gotten lazy and a little discouraged because it is way harder than anyone would think. Thank you again for your input.