Sometimes you just don't get it…

by Jenny Luong, Amherst College, '14

Happy New Year everyone! It’s been a wonderful and challenging semester for me. I hope it’s been all good for you. This semester…was a struggle. I didn’t do as great as I thought I would academically. Organic chemistry completely and totally...

The Speeding Car Called Summer

by Jenny Luong, Amherst College, '14

What happened to the rest of summer? I remember I got home for the break, and next thing you know, I’m leaving again. Okay, so maybe it wasn’t that fast, but I just got used to living at home. It didn’t feel any different, coming back and reliving...

Be Unique…Be Daring…Go for that class you never thought you'd take..

by Lysa Vola, Williams College, '14

Hi guys! I know its been a while since I last posted. Sophomore year is bit more hectic than I thought it would be…or maybe that’s just because I am in Organic Chemistry and slowly drowning in all of my work for that class. But, on another note, I hope...

College on a Dollar-Menu Budget

by Seanna Leath

FAFSA. Ferocious-Anxiety-Financial-Stimulating-Atrocity. My senior chemistry teacher belabored the fact that graduate and medical schools will look at grades in Organic Chemistry to weed out the strong from the weak.  She told us that OrgChem isn’t grotesquely hard,...