dancerdoc Posted May 3, 2009 Report Share Posted May 3, 2009 Hey guys, Just wondering how much OChem has been showing up in recent MCATs...have been hearing different stories but I'm not sure what to believe... I just want to know how much time I should devote to studying OChem as opposed to Bio. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted May 3, 2009 Report Share Posted May 3, 2009 Hey guys, Just wondering how much OChem has been showing up in recent MCATs...have been hearing different stories but I'm not sure what to believe... I just want to know how much time I should devote to studying OChem as opposed to Bio. Thanks! hmmm, I thought it was about 1/3? I was actually surprised how little of it there was when I took the test last Sept (on the last possible day to take it ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldnk Posted May 3, 2009 Report Share Posted May 3, 2009 It varies test to test. Some have 2 passages + questions, others less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rpuff Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 Fairly little. I epic fail at ochem and still got a 14 in BS.. I think I had one passage and a couple discretes. Thank god!!!! It's pretty basic from what I remember most of the info was in the passage and I didn't have to remember some crazy reaction pathway or push lots of electrons around... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasticookies Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 I hear it's 25% of the BS. Not much at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatonekid Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 I've heard from a few people who've taking the MCAT recently (within the last year) that it was about 1 passage and a few discretes (about 5 questions). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavius Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 Typically 25%, on AAMC practice tests it ranged from 13-18 questions out of 52. Don't ignore it though, as you climb up the scaled scores, it takes fewer and fewer questions to level up to the next scaled score...The difference between a 14 and a 15 is like 1-2 questions, and 13-14 like 2-3 questions. It's the organic section that will be the marginal. Biology has turned into a reading comprehension section, so just use the EK book to brush up on details (assuming you've taken high school and first year bio + physio). Don't neglect organic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bj89 Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 what is a discrete? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamP Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 what is a discrete? questions not based on a passage. most of the time easier than the passage questions but that would be a matter of opinion, each science section has around 13 of them out of 52 questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfootspartan Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 One thing I found is that almost all the Orgo passages tend to revolve around finding out what a certain compound is. As I'm pretty lazy, instead of learning the reactions in the EK book, I've just tried to learn general trends for each functional group. One thing I've been trying lately is to learn all of the different solubility's of the different functional groups. Out of the three practice tests I've done, there were at least two questions on each dealing with identification via solubility. Anyways, if anyone has any other suggestions on the Orgo part I'd love to hear them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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