>>12918660I'm a 5.5 year biochemistry and economics double major due to graduate this semester.
Some things I've learned to do, read the chapters before lecture. It primes your mind and allows you to focus on what the professor is going over in lecture without scribbling notes like a madman. If lecture slides are given, review them too. Also, 9/10 questions on exams are literally from things mentioned in lecture.
For labs, literally read the rubric when writing your report. Don't focus on getting the "right results" if you experiment failed. Explain what failed and what should have happened. Wrote down everything in your lab notebook. Some upper level classes have 3-5 week long experiments. You're not going to remember every detail. If you diluted a product you synthesized in various solvents. Take note of the colors. It helps in UV-vis characterization and other what nots.
Next, use your library resources. Most labs have old peer reviewed journal articles about the very experiments you're doing. They list all of the focal points your rubric is asking of you most of the time and show what formulas were used.
Lastly, don't burn yourself out with 15-18 credit hours to graduate in 4 years. The 4 year undergraduates is a meme. You're studying biochemistry, it's a hard degree to earn. If you're trying to earn it in 4-4.5 years. Take a couple courses over summer.
Always. Always take a bullshit easy course from your general requirements each semester. You don't want to be like me and doing Physics 2, Thermodynamics (P-chem 1) and lab, inorganic chemistry and lab, and econometrics. This has been the hardest semester ever for me.
Are your plans for grad school, med school or industry?
