SPRING 2021
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Major: Health Society and Policy What are your future plans? Medical School. Which one word describes how you feel about organic chemistry? Challenged Hobbies/fun facts: I love exercising and am always looking for fun new types of workouts! I've recently gotten into hiking, climbing, and yoga! What I love about chemistry: I love organic chemistry because it is like a puzzle, rather than just memorizing information and formulas. You really get to test and challenge what you know, and it's so rewarding when you make progress! Advice to students: Organic chemistry is so unique and unlike most science classes you've taken before. Don't feel down if it doesn't click right away! With time and practice you can master it! |
Hope Higgs |
Major: Health Promotion and Policy
What are your future plans? Masters of Public Health and Medical School Which one word describes how you feel about organic chemistry? Challenging Hobbies/fun facts: I love the NBA! What I love about chemistry: I love the problem solving involved in every synthesis or mechanism problem. Achieving the correct final product when given a hard problem is so satisfying and self rewarding. Advice to students: Organic chemistry is challenging. If you take the time to dig deep and understand the 'why' behind every problem, you will be successful in this course. |
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Emily Huang
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Major: Biology What are your future plans? Medical School Which one word describes how you feel about organic chemistry? Fascination Hobbies/fun facts: I like to climb with friends and watch movies! What I love about chemistry: I love the applicability of organic chemistry to daily life. This makes learning about so much more interesting as I apply the abstract concepts to concrete examples. Advice to students: Make sure to get out there and meet new people! O-Chem is where I met really great friends and found my study community. |
Rachel Jones
u1185639@utah.edu
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Major: Biology
What are your future plans? Graduate School in Biology Which one word describes how you feel about organic chemistry? Elegant Hobbies/fun facts: I am a trail runner and love the mountains. I also love coffee and chocolate. What I love about chemistry: First, I like to think of chemistry as the building block for biology, so the more I understand of chemistry, the deeper I can understand biology. Second, I think of organic chemistry as a puzzle or problem to be solved. It's like math but better. Advice to students: I would advise new students to work as many problems as possible. It makes a big difference and helps on the exam when you can recognize patterns even if the problem is something you haven't seen before. |
Hyonoo Joo
hyjoo99@gmail.com
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Major: Engineering What are your future plans? Medical School Which one word describes how you feel about organic chemistry? Limitless Hobbies/fun facts: I enjoy rock climbing and quality vegan cheese. What I love about chemistry: I think it's so cool to understand the molecules we interact with everyday. I love that chemistry is a blend of creativity, challenge, and discovery. Advice to students: This course can be so rewarding with hard work and persistence. Find a good study group and ask your TA's and teachers for help when you need it. You got this! |
Marina Knysheva |
Major: Health Promotion and Policy
What are your future plans? Medical School Which one word describes how you feel about organic chemistry? Fascinated Hobbies/fun facts: I love baking, photography, and hiking. What I love about chemistry: I love the mechanisms. Seeing the arrows move and transform one molecule to a new molecule has always been fascinating to me. It's so interesting to think about how quickly these reactions are happening in a flask. Advice to students: Find a study group! Learning organic chemistry becomes much more exciting when you can do it with others. |
Kasper Koblanski kasper.koblanski@utah.edu
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Major: Engineering What are your future plans? Medical School Which one word describes how you feel about organic chemistry? Absorbing Hobbies/fun facts: I enjoy travelling to visit family in Poland, playing soccer, and learning new games. I'm insanely scared of heights, but I'll always make an exception for skiing. What I love about chemistry: Even though it's difficult to make observations on the smallest scales, I'm always baffled by how accurately we can use models and logic to predict chemistry in our world. Advice to students: Always look out for patterns and trends that make the most sense, especially if no one forces you to. Everyone learns at their own pace, but you always make the most progress when taking the initiative. |
Michelle Le |
Major: Exercise and Sports Science What are your future plans? Medical School Which one word describes how you feel about organic chemistry? Fun Hobbies/fun facts: I love drawing, being outdoors, and spending with family and friends. What I love about chemistry: It's such a broad topic and is used in everyday life. Advice to students: Don't be afraid to ask for help! |
Angelina Liu |
Major: Biology What are your future plans? Medical School Which one word describes how you feel about organic chemistry? Creative Hobbies/fun facts: I love traveling, playing the piano, and knitting. What I love about chemistry: Chemistry is everywhere. It's so easy to connect what you learn in class to phenomenon you see in everyday life. Advice to students: Develop an effective study plan and stay on top of course material. Don't hesitate to reach out and ask questions! |
Alex Malin |
Major: Medical Laboratory Science What are your future plans? Medical School Which one word describes how you feel about organic chemistry? Fun Hobbies/fun facts: I recently got into canyoneering, one of the most adventurous sports out there, and peak blitzing. I'm definitely an outdoors person What I love about chemistry: Everything has an explanation to the finest detail of understanding. Chemistry helps connect biological processes and makes a lot of other science make sense Advice to students: Go to TA sessions early and get to know your discussion TA. They are there to help and want you to succeed. If you have a question or are stuck, don't google the answer or look it up online. Text your TA and they'll help you understand the concepts. |
Nam Nguyen |
Major: Biology
What are your future plans? Medical School Which one word describes how you feel about organic chemistry? Love Hobbies/fun facts: I like running, baking, and binging K-dramas. What I love about chemistry: It's like physics but without the math or crying. Advice to students: Organic chemistry builds on itself. Work hard early on to set up a good foundation, and all the later things will come much easier |
Esperanza Oyarzyun
u1122751@utah.edu |
Major: Biology and Linguistics double major
What are your future plans? Medical School, specializing in Neurology Which one word describes how you feel about organic chemistry? Fun! Hobbies/fun facts: I enjoy dancing and the outdoors whenever I can. What I love about chemistry: Chemistry feels like a puzzle sometimes and I enjoy solving it. Advice to students: Take every opportunity to practice and do problems, it will really help. |
Samira Saeed
samira9saeed@gmail.com |
Major: Biomedical Engineering (premed focus) Chemistry Minor (graduated May 2020)
What are your future plans? Biomedical Engineering Masters (graduating May 2021) Which one word describes how you feel about organic chemistry? Pretty Hobbies/fun facts: I love dance, choreographing, skiing, film making, hiking, running, traveling (not currently hahaha), makeup, and volunteering. What I love about chemistry: I love that chemistry can give us insight into how our world works down to the smallest detail. Advice to students:
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Anahy Salcedo
anahysalcedo@yahoo.com
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Major: Exercise and Sports Science What are your future plans? Community Work/Non-Profit Sector Hobbies/fun facts: I like hiking, spending time with friends and family and I love making DIY crafts! What I love about chemistry: I love that you can build on what you learn as you continue to learn and that it can be applicable to things outside of the class. Advice to students: Ask questions; talk to Holly and your TAs! |
Harini Srinivasan
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Major: Biochemistry What are your future plans? Obtain an MD-PhD degree and conduct translational biological research
Which one word describes how you feel about organic chemistry? Passionate! Hobbies/fun facts: I love to play with my dog, listen to crime podcasts and watch crime documentaries. I made a bucket list of hikes I want to do in the summer with my friends. What I love about chemistry: I love how chemistry can explain microscopic interactions between molecules and how those interactions dictate different reactions. It helps me understand the bigger picture. Advice to students: Don't be afraid to reach out to Holly, TAs and your classmates. I got through this class by forming study groups with my discussion section. If you're confused on a certain topic and it's time-sensitive, I like to use The Organic Chemistry tutur on YouTube to solidify my understanding. Plan ahead for midterms and give yourself at least 3-5 days to prepare. I like to start by doing the PS, then the PDQ, then a practice exam in that order. Try not opening the key and this way you can see how much of the information you have retained and what you need to study.
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Tara Tazehabadi
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Major: Biology What are your future plans? Medical School Which one word describes how you feel about organic chemistry? Love!!! Hobbies/fun facts: I can be very artsy on my free days and I love learning to play new instruments when possible! What I love about chemistry: I love chemistry because it makes life make more sense in different ways! I especially love O-Chem because it allows students to think outside of the box to find the right answers for each problem and find different ways to approach the same problems. Advice to students: Make O-Chem a puzzle to be solved! Make it fun |
Jon Trujillo
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Major: Postbac What are your future plans? Medical School Which one word describes how you feel about organic chemistry? Thrilled Hobbies/fun facts: I taught social dance for several years. What I love about chemistry: It's the foundation of life. Advice to students: Master the basics. |
Truc Vuong
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Major: Biology (Bachelor degree, graduate 2019), and currently Biomedical Informatics (Master
Degree) What are your future plans? PhD in Biology and/or Computational Biology Which one word describes how you feel about organic chemistry? Love Hobbies/fun facts: I am an international student from Vietnam and I have been in Utah for more than 5 years! Some of my hobbies are reading, hiking, going on long walks, cooking, and hanging out with friends and family. What I love about chemistry: For me, chemistry and biology always go together. With chemistry, we can understand how our body and life work the way they are! Advice to students: Organic Chemistry might look intimidating at first, but don't be scared! Working on problems and understanding the WHY behind them is essential. I remembered when I took the class many years ago, my TAs, Holly, and my peers were helpful resources, so make sure that you are asking questions whenever you feel lost. Remember that there is no such thing as stupid questions. We are all here and rooting for you guys! And the most important things are ENJOY and HAVE FUN!! ;) |
Mingyang Zhang
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Major: Chemistry What are your future plans? Medical school Which one word describes how you feel about organic chemistry? Excited Hobbies/fun facts: I enjoy many outdoor activities like playing tennis, hiking, etc. I can also speak Mandarin fluently. What I love about chemistry: I love how tiny little molecules can have such a big impact in our lives, and learning how they work is exciting to me. Advice to students: Stay on top of the homeworks and always seek out for help! There are so many TAs and each of us have unique way of looking at O chem, if one TA doesn't make sense, try to see if another TA's method makes more sense. |
