hi !! my name is chess, i use they/them pronouns, and this is my little study archive ! i'm a first-year chemistry student ^.^
my hope with this blog is that i'll post (somewhat) daily logs of what's going on academically and also with uni in general (so, extracurriculars and the like) - and that by the end i'll have an archive of my uni experience to look back on :) hopefully it'll help me stay on top of things too
i'll also reblog people's daily logs and just try to participate in the studyblr community ! i'd love to make some mutuals :> (though i probably won't follow back if you post a lot of toxic motivation stuff, for my own good khfgjdfsj)
Electromagnetism is fucking insane though. Did you know you can stick a length of wire into the air and it will resonate with invisible inaudible and intangible vibrations suffusing the space around you, and if you put the right configuration of magnets and semiconductors on one end of it you can hear them? That shit shouldn't work
I have been wanting to do this poll for a while. I am a pen and paper stan all the way, I could never study on digital notes, and yet so many people in uni walk around with just their laptop. I added a third option because I once met a guy who just sat in lectures and listened and that was enough for him, so if I met someone like that irl it means there's definitely more weird people (affectionate) online.
In the tags tell me what you voted for, what level of education you are currently in, and what is your main subject of study (idk if asking to add age and place would add more insteresting infos so do what you want I'll honestly read everything)
☆ i kind of forgot about this blog, didn't i? '^^ oops! this year i'm hoping to get back into the swing of things, so i might make a post about my academic goals soon
☆ for now, here's some photos of this notebook i got for christmas! it has hexagon graph paper, since i start ochem this semester :)
i meant to make this post a month ago but i ended getting caught up in other things, but! now that my second term of uni has started it made sense to write a review of this past semester, if only for records sake :)
☆ i ended up very pleasantly surprised with how well i did this semester. i was very worried at the start of the term, because i realized that i had such a weaker foundation on many subjects compared to my classmates - but, not only did i manage to get past that, i also did incredibly well on my classes! i'm so proud of myself for that, all my efforts paid off! of course, i still have trouble with many things, but i hope to tackle those in this new semester
☆ if there's one thing i hope to improve, though, is just to plan and schedule things better, more so i can avoid cramming and burning out. i also hope i can do more social things, if possible. i spent 90% of my time so focused on writing and studying i barely hung out with anyone except for my roommate :')
goals for this next semester:
☆ organize my studies in some sort of method or routine (god. I'll need it *side-eyes the syllabus with a million trillion exams*)
☆ try to get closer to the few friends i have made so far, talk more about my personal life rather than just studies with them, hang out with them outside of classes
☆ put more effort into grasping physics
☆ begin to look into research projects and maybe talk to a few professors, network
☆ take on artistic projects that are more low-stakes (no deadline is a start)
thoughts on the classes i've had so far below the read more:
☆ calculus i - surprisingly, i actually rather enjoyed this class. my professor was amazing and he did a great job of teaching. that is not to say it was easy. god no. but i think i actually learned a lot, and it did make me excited about calculus! - final grade: 100% (thank god for extra credit)
☆ linear algebra for chemistry - i did not enjoy this class. i struggled hard with this subject, but it was manageable, and i even liked it at times. the problem was that the professor just did not click with me. i had to decipher everything he taught after class, and unfortunately, i lacked a lot of basic knowledge that would've helped. i had to spend so much time filling in the gaps.by far the class i struggled the most in, but i can say that i got through it :') - final grade: 92%
☆ general chemistry i - i loved the subject, unfortunately the classes were a bit hard to get through (boring). i struggled at times but it was that satisfying sort of struggle you know? where you feel like you're learning something? yeah. the professor was an absolute sweetheart though and i loved hearing about his research project - final grade: 99%
☆ basic chemistry - nothing much to say about it, it was an online class - i kept up with it until halfway through the semester, then i gave up. but i took the exams and did well anyway. my chemistry technical course served me well here gdjtdstursu - final grade: 96%
☆ general chemistry lab i - i really loved this class. i loved going to the lab and thought the experiments they picked were great. i faltered a little with some lab reports but i guess i have to get more practice writing them. ps.: the TAs were incredible - final grade: 93%
☆ fundamentals of experimental chemistry lab - i liked this lab a little less. it was still enjoyable, but i had way more trouble with the lab reports in this class :') - final grade: 81%
☆ physics lab - i did not like this class at all. all the experiments were boring at best and infuriating at worst. the lab reports were so intricate it was insane. the only part i enjoyed was that the professor actually explained the concepts pretty well (even i got it even if i have trouble with physics) and i got to group with my friends - final grade: 86%
Found a bottle of erbium oxide in one of the cabinets here and I was just like oh hey that's one of my lanthanides!!
I'm making erbium and holmium complexes for my thesis and lanthanide compounds aren't exactly common, so it's always fun to see them outside of my thesis lab :)
sorry i disappeared everyone! ironically i wasn't in my study blog bc i was focusing on my finals gkddgjsfj but now my first term of uni is officially over ! i'll make an update post soon :)
physics is so cool because after such a long time the little kid in you finally gets the answers to their questions and nothing makes me happier than that
