How to Pass Chemistry in College: A Week-by-Week Plan

Chemistry is one of those classes that can sneak up on you. The first two weeks feel fine. Then comes a quiz on unit conversions, a lab report due the same night, and an exam on stoichiometry before you’ve really figured out what a mole is. Learning how to pass...

How to Solve Equilibrium Problems With ICE Tables

Equilibrium is usually the first Gen Chem 2 topic where the math stops being plug-and-chug. You get a starting concentration, an equilibrium constant, and a question about what’s left at the end, with no obvious formula to use. That’s exactly the gap ICE...

What Is Chemistry 1? – Chem 101 and Your Course Options

You open the course catalog to register, and there they are: Intro to Chemistry, Chemistry for Health Sciences, General Chemistry I, maybe a Chem 100 and a Chem 101 sitting right next to each other. Your advisor said you need “Chemistry 1.” Which one is...

Failing Chemistry? What to Do Before It’s Too Late

It’s late. You’ve had the grade portal open for a while, and the number hasn’t changed no matter how many times you refresh it. Maybe your stomach dropped when you first saw it. Maybe you haven’t told anyone. If you’re failing chemistry...

What Is the Hardest Topic in General Chemistry?

You were doing fine. Then one chapter showed up, and suddenly the homework took three times as long and the lecture slides looked like another language. Almost every chem student has that moment, and most of them wonder if they’re the only one stuck....

Is Organic Chemistry Hard? How It Compares to Gen Chem

People call organic chemistry a weed-out class, and pre-med students talk about it like a rite of passage. If gen chem was a grind for you, that reputation probably sounds like bad news. If gen chem went fine, you might be wondering whether your luck runs out next...