Comments on: How John Pulled Up His Organic Chemistry Exam Grades

By: James Ashenhurst

James Ashenhurst — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 21:10:15 +0000

In reply to Ahjahta. Thanks Ahjahta - I wish you all the best!

By: J

Wed, 24 Feb 2016 18:39:05 +0000

In reply to Tom. I was thinking the same thing, glad I'm not the only one.

By: Ahjahta

Ahjahta — Fri, 12 Feb 2016 22:24:41 +0000

Great advice! I really felt confident about my last exam for Ochem; unfortunately, I got a 45 on the exam. I do believe that if I read the textbook, and do the problems in the book, I will be fine. There’s more to OChem than just reading the notes and memorizing. You have to understand and work it out! If I get a 90 on my next exam, I will be extremely proud of myself! :) Thank you!

By: elias blessing

elias blessing — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 12:48:50 +0000

It is up to people to discover the potential within them .You have to see what is inside you.The problem with people they don’t want to see the future that that is ahead them in what they are learning.Was telling my classmates that its high time to remove the mentality in yourself saying somethings is hard and probably it will be hard and you will not achieve what will help you in life.therefore remove some of this negative mentality and you will succeed more than you could ever imagine you have the potential show us what is within you, unleash your potential. REMEMBER GENIUS IS NOT BORN BUT MADE…

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 17 Jan 2015 20:16:14 +0000

In reply to Catherine.

For me studying alone vs in a group has different benefits. With O-chem 2, there are a lot of concepts, and sometimes you might not know what you’re missing, while someone else has gone through the learning curve of that concept. If you don’t have anyone else to talk to or get help from, you might spend hours trying to correct something that would have taken 5 minutes for someone else to explain to you.
I don’t think anyone said that you were guaranteed to fail, this is just one person’s experience, so take from it what you find useful, if anything.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 00:08:21 +0000

I came to this website looking for useful advice on how to pass organic chemistry. This article actually discouraged me. Please don’t tell me how I am “ensured” to fail organic chemistry. I also don’t appreciate “John” preaching the idea that studying alone is terrible. Its really not. I’d really appreciate some legitimate studying techniques.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 27 Aug 2013 03:40:33 +0000

Very helpful information, no need to be stuck up to your friend just because he dropped though

By: james

james — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 15:19:44 +0000

In reply to emerald. Please do - I look forward to it!

By: emerald

emerald — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 07:08:06 +0000

hello, my 1st examination will be on Saturday, July 28, 2012. i have read much from this websites about organic chemistry and much thankful that there are many useful techniques about studying organic chemistry from here. I should be able to pass this subject because if not, I will be delayed one year again from my course. It’s my first time to take organic chemistry this semester and I will be grateful enough to tell you the result after exam if i would be able to pass. So just wait and I would tell you my experiences with org.chem.