How much time are you spending on organic chemistry?

[metukah]

So the trend seems to be that there is less organic chemistry in the BS section... (correct me if I'm wrong)...

How much time are you guys devoting to O-chem studying..there is a lot to know/memorize...and the chances that you'll see it in question form is probably low. Then again, it may be for some reason there's a higher than normal amount of ochem questions...

[neuronix]

Last time I wrote the MCAT (fairly recently), I had 3 orgo passages.

 

you can't guess how many there will be.

[thatonekid]

From the info that I've gathered over the past ~3 years (based on what past MCAT writers have said) it seems like the BS section used to be ~25% ochem. However, it appears that the amount of ochem content seems to be increasing to around 33-40%.

 

My point is, I wouldn't assume that the trend is that there's a low percent of ochem content. Then again, my info comes from the experience of past teat-takers, rather than an official source (aamc).

[cgy_guy23]

My experiences with the evil MCAT beast had heavy focus on organic...so while you may luck out with one of those exams with only 1 passage and a few stand alones I would not count on it...and also keep in mind that getting a higher score on BS that is easier (ie. less orgo) means having to get a higher number of raw questions correct. Everything is relative.

[sgt.pepper]

im studying it like any other subject. we have to memorize the mechanism just like orgo 2 right?

 

bump.

[acress]

I wrote May 21st 2010. Definitely commit a decent amount of time to studying (and more importantly understanding) the organic chem section... the orgo questions seemed to be a bit more straightforward than some of the biology questions.