[CHM 331] Monday Night Exam Computing

[Andrew J. Pounds]

Okay -- the test is upon us. Once thing that I want to recommend is that 
you NOT spend your entire time in front of a computer.  There are 
several components of the test that will best answered just sitting at a 
desk with a pencil, calculator, and maybe a reference book.  There are 
also some components of the test that may require more than a couple of 
minutes of computer time.  For that reason I recommend that you all do 
the following:

1. Find a place to work (either on the third floor or first floor of 
Willet) where you have your "space"
2. RESERVE a computer (either in lab 336 or in lab 110B) where you can 
do your computer work.  I will give each of you a "placecard" to put at 
your machine.

Part of "doing quantum mechanics" is knowing which tools to use when.  
You have some BIG TOOLS in your pouch: Gaussian, Mathematica, and 
Excel.  If you need to let something run while you work on something 
else, then by all means do that.  Use your tools well and your time 
efficiently!

EMBRACE your nerdiness!  See if you reconize the equation behind Donny 
Osmond <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9qYF9DZPdw>


-- 
Andrew J. Pounds, Ph.D.  (pounds_aj at mercer.edu)
Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science
Mercer University,  Macon, GA 31207   (478) 301-5627
http://faculty.mercer.edu/pounds_aj

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