commitment?

[m@tty]

How big a commitment is chemistry units 3+4 in terms of time?
Are the concepts time consuming?
How much will programs such as TSFXs intensive classes help, given a sound understanding of unit 1+2?

Thanks

[NE2000]

Hey m@tty I'm sorry but with all these questions you are putting up about time and commitment. The simple answer is that the more time you put in the more you'll get out of it. That goes for all subjects. All someone can really tell you is whether the concepts are difficult to understand or take a while to get but in 3/4 learning the concepts is just a first step and doesn't (shouldn't) take much time in comparison to all the other work you do to cement your understanding and be ownage at them.

Chem Unit 3:
Gravimetric/back titration/titration - should be simple to understand if you have a good grasp of titrations from Unit 2
Chromatography - just concentrate on the principles of chromatography and you'll get it sooner rather than later
Spectroscopy - this is what took me the longest to get my head around completely as there's quite a bit to learn but the more practice you get here the better you will be (a bit like maths). So this might take a while.
Organic chemistry - generally an extension of Unit 1, in some parts easier than Unit 1, a sound understanding of Unit 1 and you'll get it quick
New Developments - can't really comment as I had a lot of background knowledge on this so it didn't take me too long

Chem Unit 4:
Rates of reaction and equilibria - might take a while to get your head around but once you've done that the applications of equilibria should be OK
Industrial processes - Might take time to memorize
Supplying energy - Might take time to memorize
Galvanic and electrolytic cells - an extension of Unit 2. Understand it well this year and try and extend yourself during this year itself and you'll get by this pretty quick next year.

Might have missed something but that's just an overview of what the course is and how your current knowledge fits in and roughly how long a concept may take to understand. But as I said before you can probably understand all this with minimal time commitment but if you spend more time on it you'll do better.

[m@tty]

Thankyou.

As I am sure you know the difficulty of these subjects gets over exaggerated.
I am just trying to gauge the actual difficulty of subjects.

[rhjc.1991]

Hey m@tty I'm sorry but with all these questions you are putting up about time and commitment. The simple answer is that the more time you put in the more you'll get out of it. That goes for all subjects. All someone can really tell you is whether the concepts are difficult to understand or take a while to get but in 3/4 learning the concepts is just a first step and doesn't (shouldn't) take much time in comparison to all the other work you do to cement your understanding and be ownage at them.

Chem Unit 3:
Gravimetric/back titration/titration - should be simple to understand if you have a good grasp of titrations from Unit 2
Chromatography - just concentrate on the principles of chromatography and you'll get it sooner rather than later
Spectroscopy - this is what took me the longest to get my head around completely as there's quite a bit to learn but the more practice you get here the better you will be (a bit like maths). So this might take a while.
Organic chemistry - generally an extension of Unit 1, in some parts easier than Unit 1, a sound understanding of Unit 1 and you'll get it quick
New Developments - can't really comment as I had a lot of background knowledge on this so it didn't take me too long

Chem Unit 4:
Rates of reaction and equilibria - might take a while to get your head around but once you've done that the applications of equilibria should be OK
Industrial processes - Might take time to memorize
Supplying energy - Might take time to memorize
Galvanic and electrolytic cells - an extension of Unit 2. Understand it well this year and try and extend yourself during this year itself and you'll get by this pretty quick next year.

Might have missed something but that's just an overview of what the course is and how your current knowledge fits in and roughly how long a concept may take to understand. But as I said before you can probably understand all this with minimal time commitment but if you spend more time on it you'll do better.

I agree sometimes commitment doesn't translate exactly to higher SS... It also depends on your conditions on exam days, the strength of your cohort (SAC moderation) and etc...

[linny]

do your best in yr 11; get A+ in everything inorder to get into MUEP Extension Maths
and considering your doing methods 3/4, spesh should be easier cos some parts of it are repeated (spesh is extension of some stuff you do in methods)
so yeah =]