May 13, 2012 – second day of the board exam simulation. Since I made quite a kilometric post last night, I would just try to keep this brief. So without further ado:
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY. Not surprisingly, this exam was the least hard for me. Though I tensed at the first items (alas, they’re about the mischievous NORMALITY!), I managed to recall everything that I have learned over the past years. Fortunately, there were only a small number of items taken from electroanalytical chemistry and instrumental analysis, and I answered most of them. The test was concentrated (or so I thought) on classical quantitative analysis.
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. It’s the coup de grâce. As expected, I struggled during the entire test. My “sure” answers were less than 70%. ‘Nuff said.
Okay, I’m almost done with my piece. Just to wrap everything up, here’s the order of the subject exams in order of increasing difficulty:
Analytical Chemistry < Organic Chemistry & Biochemistry < Inorganic Chemistry < Physical Chemistry
Well, the colors don’t mean anything but speculation as of now. I still have about four months (or less) to strive harder. And strive harder I will!
