Recent content by Juche

I am not really hardworking or talented enough for PhD level chemistry (bad as that may sound but unless you are in the top 2% of the public in both talent and work ethic you'll have a hard time), and I know that finding a job in industry is much harder with a PhD than a MS or BS. I don't need...

So if you take 10mg, by day 2 you are down to 7.9 mg, then 6.2mg by day 3, and 5mg by day 4. So in order to find the stead state dosage do you divide the day 2 value by the initial value (say 10/7.9 = 1.26582), then use 26.582% as the % that is eliminated each 24 hours? I tried it with 10...

What you're describing is a mix of association and visualization, both mnemonic devices. They are good too, I have used them. For example, if given a list of 10 items to memorize bear horse computer car CD pancake chair comb wallet refrigerator You create a story and...

Assume you have a med with a 72 hour half life, but that is dosed daily. How much elimination occurs each day of the drug, and what is the steady state dose compared to the daily dose? Is it just a linear decrease, so you take 50/72= 0.667, and multiply 0.667x24= 16 which means everyday 16%...

True, I've always heard engineering is the one field where a MSc matters in the job market. But in fields that I'm interested in like biochem, cell biology or molecular bio it is a B.S. or PhD. I guess my best option is to find grad schools that have high completion rates for the doctorate. I do...

I have trouble with the names. It is hard to remember a name like 3-phospho-glycerate so you build an image of something easy to remember to represent it.

Only 1/3 of students who start the PhD earn it, the rest get M.Sc. degrees. To me it seems wasteful to spend 2-3 years earning 15-20k a year and working 60 hours a week if I could get the same level of work experience working 40 hours a week and earning 40-45k a year as a B.S. biochemist. Why...

My current CGPA is 3.23 and I am doing my last semester for BS biochemistry at IU. I have never really cared about my grades and figured if/when I go to grad school I'll have several years of work experience under my belt, letters of recommendation and 2 years of research as an undergrad in...

In biology or chemistry I have always heard it is either PhD or B.S. degree that determines your career & responsibilities. If you get the M.S. you are considered not much different than someone with a B.S. and a few years of work experience. However I want to look into masters that actually...

Sweet. I read that same mnemonic in a book. I always remembered it at. 1 These 2 New 3 Mnemonics 4 Are 5 Letting 6 Jesus 7 Keep 8 Fu*king 9 Prostitute 0 and Sleeping ZZZ I'm so creative. The only supplement that has ever helped noticeably my memory has been bacopa. In biochem...

I have schizophrenia, and apparently I am a long cycler. I developed it when I was 17, and it went into remission when I was around 21. It stayed as such and recently came back in the last few months now that I am 27. What all can I do to protect my brain, and encourage a neuroprotective...

Fair enough. But there are other things a person can do to improve their job prospects. They can do independent research as an undergrad with a professor, or they can volunteer at a firm, or they can network. My CGPA is 3.5 right now, but I was told by my advisor that GPA was not a huge concern...

Jesus, you are one hell of an overachiever if you spend 38 hours a week on homework in junior high & high school. I spent barely 10-15 hours a week outside of class on homework last semester and I'm a chemistry major who did 3 science courses (calculus, physics & organic chem) and 2 non-science...

Well with Chem programs they usually say 'require a BA or BS in chemistry, or a strong background in chemistry'. For biology programs they say you need a background in biology, chemistry, calculus & physics. I have not (so far) seen a program that requires an actual BA or BS in biology to get...

I don't know what you are asking. How painful are decayed teeth? Not very in my experience, my teeth hurt more now that I have them filled by crappy dentists than they did when they were decayed (I had 0 pain when they were just decayed and not filled). One of my teeth has a root canal, that...