There are typically four pre-med courses required for medical school—one year each of: General Chemistry Organic Chemistry Biology Physics Of these courses, Organic Chemistry tends to cause the most anxiety within students, even in the weeks or months BEFORE the class actually begins! But why? You’ve probably heard that Organic Chemistry is “hard,” or that…
If you’re about to take Organic Chemistry, there’s a good chance that you’ve already Googled something like “How do I ace Organic Chemistry?” Or maybe something similar, like “How do I get an A in Organic Chemistry?” And if you did, you’ve probably seen that many of the top hits that Google gives you simply…
Okay, so you’re ahead of the game; you’ve decided to spend time in the weeks leading up to classes to prepare for your upcoming Orgo course. That’s a great decision! Especially because of the reasons I outlined in my blog post a few weeks ago, titled “5 Reasons to Prepare for Organic Chemistry Over the…
Once the school year begins, it becomes more difficult to make changes to the ways you do things, especially when it comes to a course like Organic Chemistry. That’s simply because of all the demands on your time, and the added stress that can come with those demands. Those demands could be other classes, a…
Considering whether you should use your summer to prepare for your upcoming Orgo course? Here are 5 reasons why spending your summer preparing for Orgo could be the right choice for you. 1. Decreased time during the school year. Success in Orgo demands quite a bit of time. But during the actual school year, many…
Last week in a blog post titled, Afraid of Organic Chemistry? Preparation is the Key!, I explained the dangers of trying to memorize your way through Orgo, and how important it is to, instead, understand and apply concepts toward solving problems. And in another post, The 3 Most Important Organic Chemistry Concepts to Learn Early,…
One of the biggest things that makes Orgo different from other courses is how interdependent the concepts and ideas are throughout the entire course. Just about everything you’ll learn later in the course depends critically on stuff you learn early in the course—foundational concepts and ideas. There’s a decent amount of foundational material that’s important…
Your Approach to Learning and Studying Matters You’ve probably heard that Orgo is “hard,” or that it’s a “weed-out course.” In this day and age, if you’re about to take Orgo, it’s almost impossible not to have heard that from someone! Maybe from a friend, from a former high school teacher, your mom or dad,…