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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I’ve received a few questions about MT1. Here’s some preliminary info.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">) If you have an in-person lab the night of the exam the office will be letting you<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> know what you will be doing about the exam. I’m not sure exactly when they’ll<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> be sending the info but certainly by next week. There is information about this<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> in the “<span class="itemname">Midterm Make-up Policy and Request Form” submodule in the “Make-up<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="itemname"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Exams” module in Carmen.</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2) There will be a review the Sunday before the midterm, Feb. 7, 2-4 PM via Zoom.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Yes, I will be recording it for people who can’t make it. I’ll be sending out more<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> information about this next week.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">3) There will be at least one practice exam.
<b>That is not yet available.</b> There is no<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> reason for it to be right now as we have not finished the material. You’re not<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> suppose to use it as a “study guide”. You’re suppose to finish preparing for the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> exam and then take the practice exam(s) as if they’re the real deal, timing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> yourself. That’s the best way to find out how well you know the material and if<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> you can get through it in the time allotted. You then use this to zero in on what<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> you are still having trouble with and don’t waste time going back over things you<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> already know.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Sometime next week I’ll publish the information about the practice exam in Carmen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> at the “Practice Exams” module. I’ll also put some comments about the practice<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> exams and the exam on my class web page. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Don’t contact the main Chemistry Undergrad office about this.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr. Zellmer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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