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School help: I'm kinda screwed
Grundlterror
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Well I've kinda screwed myself on this one. Basically if I don't go to school full time I get knocked off my parents health insurance. Which is bad because the company I currently work for has a really shitty health insurance plan. So I started off this semester working full time and going to school full time. Now, I've done this in the past and it has worked out fine for me then (haven't gotten lower than a B in three semesters of doing this). This semester, however, I'm dealing with Chemistry 2, Chemistry 2 lab and Calculus (plus US gov't and Health).
At the beginning of the semester this was impossible to keep up with. Changes at work made it impossible to study while on the clock (in the past I was able to do this). Changes in my life depressed me and caused me to be unmotivated. The workloads of all three classes combined was too much for me to catch up with after I put my life back together, but now I think it's too late.
Chemistry 2 is where I am screwed. I've got a shitty first test grade... but between now and May I can redo the quizzes (there are about 20 of them) and get the best score I submit counted (this is an online class by the way). Before May 2nd, however, I have to take a test. The test is 3 hours and is basically open book since it's online (I take it at home). This is plenty of time and there are really only like 25 questions or so. I really need help in chemistry.. and what really sucks is that all the necessary information is NOT available in the book. On the quizzes (when the answers are revealed) he references ANOTHER textbook that is not included in our list of required texts on the syllabus. So either I've got to go pick up this textbook or I need to get some help.
Are there any resources on the net that are really good for a chemistry 2 student? Or maybe a forum where people are helpful and don't mind me asking my questions (other than here, don't want to clog up the H/A forum with chemistry questions)? The tutors at my school are freaking worthless (the last one I asked for chem2 help just sat there for 30 minutes) and I really need help. If I don't pass chemistry I'll have to take it in the summer AND I'll have to retake Chemlab (I REALLY don't want to do this) and I'm already taking Calc 2 in the summer. I'd rather it be a free resource (poor college student here) but I would be open to suggestions that cost me.
tl;dr - I'm sucking at Chem2 and I need help. I have a test coming up thats online/open book. Are there any good resources on the net that can help me figure out what the hell I'm supposed to do?
At the beginning of the semester this was impossible to keep up with. Changes at work made it impossible to study while on the clock (in the past I was able to do this). Changes in my life depressed me and caused me to be unmotivated. The workloads of all three classes combined was too much for me to catch up with after I put my life back together, but now I think it's too late.
Chemistry 2 is where I am screwed. I've got a shitty first test grade... but between now and May I can redo the quizzes (there are about 20 of them) and get the best score I submit counted (this is an online class by the way). Before May 2nd, however, I have to take a test. The test is 3 hours and is basically open book since it's online (I take it at home). This is plenty of time and there are really only like 25 questions or so. I really need help in chemistry.. and what really sucks is that all the necessary information is NOT available in the book. On the quizzes (when the answers are revealed) he references ANOTHER textbook that is not included in our list of required texts on the syllabus. So either I've got to go pick up this textbook or I need to get some help.
Are there any resources on the net that are really good for a chemistry 2 student? Or maybe a forum where people are helpful and don't mind me asking my questions (other than here, don't want to clog up the H/A forum with chemistry questions)? The tutors at my school are freaking worthless (the last one I asked for chem2 help just sat there for 30 minutes) and I really need help. If I don't pass chemistry I'll have to take it in the summer AND I'll have to retake Chemlab (I REALLY don't want to do this) and I'm already taking Calc 2 in the summer. I'd rather it be a free resource (poor college student here) but I would be open to suggestions that cost me.
tl;dr - I'm sucking at Chem2 and I need help. I have a test coming up thats online/open book. Are there any good resources on the net that can help me figure out what the hell I'm supposed to do?
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Seems like an obvious choice to me.
Sure, something might come up, but presumably your parents would help you out. Honestly, I wouldn't stress yourself out over insurance coverage at this point.
Sure, your parents can help to a point, but average healthcare prices are insane!
Keep in mind that while you can skip going to the doctor for your average cold and be alright, if (god forbid) something happens you may find yourself uninsured and with a $20,000 hospital bill.
Onto the topic: I'd get that second book.
Think about it. You have the chance to turn your grades around by retaking the quizes. These quizes are open book. Why wouldn't you want to arm yourself to the teeth with information at your fingertips.
Get the second book, study and become comfortable with both, and then rock their world.
I've been considering just buying the textbook (and honestly thats probably going to happen) it just really upsets me that I have to buy yet another chem textbook.
And yes, I am young and healthy but my Dad is very cautious (yeah cautious is the word we'll use) with his money. When I was younger and I chipped a tooth I was very upset because I thought it would change my life. My dad seemed very upset too and I was touched because he has always been kind of distant from us all but it made me feel good that he was upset (I thought) because I was upset. Turns out, he was really pissed that he would have to pay for the dental work. So, my parents are really pushing the whole "stay a full time student to stay on our health insurance" thing.
I actually very much agree with this.
MOST medical procedures are remarkably inexpensive, such as prescription meds and simple ER visits (which is where you'd get the Rx). A friend of mine went completely without insurance for a while because he was young and healthy, and he did have to go to the ER to get an Rx for strep throat, but the ERA visit was only $70ish without insurance and the meds were $40ish. It's not free, and WITH insurance it'd be very cheap (for me, $5 for ER visit, $5 for meds), but it also won't break the bank. And in YOUR case, you WILL have insurance, just not fantastic insurance.
What good insurance is REALLY good for is complicated procedures (surgery, transplants, high-end treatments, chest x-rays, etc.) which can be extremely pricey with cheap insurance and even more so with no insurance. But at your age (and hopefully relative health), the chances of something serious happening is fairly small, and putting yourself through utter hell and extreme stress just to hang on to your high-end insurance is probably not necessary, and, ironically, putting yourself through such stress FOR the high-end insurance may cause you to NEED the high-end insurance (stress can mess you up, trust me!).
My suggestion... Go down to part time, relieve some stress in your life, and take the lower-end insurance policy.
Keep in mind, he never said he would be UNinsured, just that his companies policy is less than stellar and his parents policy is very high-end. So, he likely wouldn't be hit with $20,000 bill, but more like $5,000 (with most mid-grade HMO's, they cover 50%-75%).
Go get the book though. I still maintain that you can demolish an open book quiz when you have the right material at your fingertips.
Alot of professors put their class notes and whatnot online, and it can be accessed with no trouble at all. You'd be suprised what you can find. You may be able to find more applicable examples than the ones your book gives you.
Absolutely DAMN STRAIGHT! Get the book.
Does your chem class have a study guide/practice exam/whatever for the test? What I did was go through them as best I could, and then ask the professor about the problems I wasn't able to figure out. The actual exam had problems very similar to ones on the practice exam, so it helps a lot
edit: Is the class online? If it is,
This is exactly what I'm looking for.
You guys are 100% right, and I knew this already...but, I need to get that damn book. I'm a fairly smart student and if I have the resources at my fingertips I usually have no problem with open book quizzes. The problem in this case is that I don't have the proper resources at my fingertips.
Honestly, right now I'm finishing up my core classes. I am a computer science major... and I had most of my CS credits coming straight out of high school so now I've just been doing core classes. I just want to get Chemistry over with so I never have to worry about it again. Once I finish this semester I will have (hopefully) graduated from my 2 year community college and move on to a major university where I will probably quit my job and take full time classes to focus 100%... so while I might be pushing myself a little hard right now, it's almost over.
And it is quite ironic that trying to stay on health insurance is probably whats going to make me use it in the future... hadn't really thought about that before, puts things in perspective
Yeah, unfortunately my resources are limited. I can't wait to get out of here (but of course its gonna be harder if I don't pass this course)!
Buy that second book if you haven't already. Also, have you ever heard of the Schaum's Outline series? It's really great. It's basically a 200-page book summarizing everything about a particular class, with tons of example problems. They're very cheap too. I would recomment them for any (sciencey) class you want to take in the future.