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LastThreeYears

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  1. Thanks to everyone for responding. I am currently taking physical biochemistry (mostly thermo and spectroscopy) due to it being the only "physical chemistry" class i have prerequisites for (the school of physical sciences strictly enforces all prerequisites). However I'm struggling in all of my biology classes; I've struggled in the past and even ended up with an F once, but I clung on to the idea of studying something biology related since I felt i knew nothing else, but now I've decided to move as far away from biology related subjects as possible since I found I knew nothing about biology either. Indeed, as I do more research on fluorescence markers, the more I dislike it. I'm also taking a materials class, and find it more applicable and compatible with my interests. I just want to do nothing related to biology anymore. Don't want to see a cell, hear about DNA, memorize a process or operate an optical microscope ever again. Are there any programs that are interdisciplinary between chemistry and materials engineering? There are many such programs between physics and chemistry in chemical and materials physics, but those require far more prerequisites that i do not have, and the classes themselves are harder. materials engineering (at least at my current school) has much lower prerequisites to entry and lower requirements to graduate (1 quarter of introductory solid state physics, while the chemical physics program needs 3 quarters of "real" solid state physics). Is that generalized to all schools? If so, will the Chem GRE still be an asset?
  2. bring it up with the PI. try to be more understanding as well, they're just trying to do their job. at least the PI cares enough to explain? what school is this? too bad the PI is in electrical engineering =( seems like i have no hope to get in =) wanted to trade spots with you haha.
  3. i got a tutor for quantum chemistry =) it should be OK. i'm just aiming for anything above a 70 to prove to schools that i'm competent. hope this works out. thanks alot!
  4. yes i can take a watered down "physical biochemistry" class in fall. it's alot weaker than real p-chem though i'm still taking it to gain experience. would taking the chemistry GRE and getting a high score on it prove my competence in chemistry though?
  5. would getting above 80% on the chemistry GRE test prove competence to make up for the wrong classes? it's mostly because i was stupid and took "physics for biologists" instead of "classical physics".
  6. i'm graduating in next year with a BS in biological sciences focused on biochemistry and molecular biology. however, i've found that the "chemistry" part of biochemistry is more interesting and easier to learn than the "bio" part. found most molecular biology class to be meaningless vocabulary crunching and detail memorization, made harder by being international student. labs also were not much better. this was in contrast to the year of organic chemistry and the labs which while challenging, was so in a way that made me think. i particularly enjoyed the introduction to IR and NMR spectroscopy and the synthesis problems. got A in the classes and B in the labs. mostly interested in analytical or organic chemistry, specifically small molecule markers for biological macromolecules but would be happy to work with any chemistry research with direct biotech application. the problem is, because i made a mistake and took the wrong physics class, i can't take a physical chemistry class, so i'm worried that schools will think that i do not have the chemical background to go to graduate school in chemistry. i'm on a tight schedule and tight money so repeat 1 year is too much. is there anything i can do to prove that i am competent enough in chemistry to go to any graduate program? i don't care about ranking of the school since i do not want to go into academia, but would like the rigorous training that a PHD recieves.
  7. i'm graduating in next year with a BS in biological sciences focused on biochemistry and molecular biology. however, i've found that the "chemistry" part of biochemistry is more interesting and easier to learn than the "bio" part. found most molecular biology class to be meaningless vocabulary crunching and detail memorization, made harder by being international student. labs also were not much better. this was in contrast to the year of organic chemistry and the labs which while challenging, was so in a way that made me think. i particularly enjoyed the introduction to IR and NMR spectroscopy and the synthesis problems. in addition, IR, NMR and synthesis are concrete skills that make someone a better worker while knowing 90% of molecular biology is useless for the workplace. in the light of molecular biology being both not useful and not interesting, i decided to pursue my graduate education in analytical or organic chemistry, specifically biotech applications such as synthesis and applications of small molecule molecular probes for macromolecule labeling though i'd be fine working with most things outside of quantum and physical chemistry. the only problem is, because i made a mistake and took the wrong physics class, i can't take a physical chemistry class, so i'm worried that schools will think that i do not have the chemical background to go to graduate school in chemistry. i'm on a tight schedule and tight money so repeat 1 year is too much. is there anything i can do to prove that i am competent enough in chemistry to go to any graduate program? i don't care about ranking of the school since i do not want to go into academia, but would like the rigorous training that a PHD recieves.
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