chemistry

Hello all, I have a question about LORs. My only question is, on average how many LORs are sufficient? I looked at many of the schools that I am interested in, and I am leaning towards 3-4 LORs from science professors, and 2 nonscience. There are two professors (Gen Chem I and Gen Chem II)...

I have a question about a retaken course. D+ and a B- would average out to a... I would assume C? And what about a C- with a B+ ? Just curious as to what those would average out to. thanks Was told to post in a public forum. Thank you.

Hello, Curious as to which one adcoms view as more important. The main core prerequisites or upper divisions? I know, I know, one must do well in all coursework and do the best they can. But when it comes down to it, do adcoms give a greater priority to upper divisions or core prerequisites ?

Hello there, my chem teacher said in class that ONLY hexose sugars, like glucose, can be repeated several times to produce oligo or polysaccharides. The other monosaccharides (triose, tetrose, pentose,...) can not do the same but are important for the formation of carbohydrates derivatives...is...

Hello everyone. I want to find out if some courses will count towards my science GPA. I understand that this goes based on the course catalog description at my college as opposed to the course code but there are some courses that I was told by my advisor and fellow premeds that count towards my...

So, I was originally going the PA route and decided against it and to pursue med school. I’m attending a bigger name college online (think Penn State, Arizona State, University of Florida, etc) for Biologicall Sciences but some of my labs are virtual - which I know will look bad when applying...

Hey all. I'm feeling a little discouraged about my grades. I am trying to do the best that I can and I usually do well I just struggled in a few classes and I want to know your thoughts on whether or not I can still get into medical school. This isn't a GPA thing... it's just a matter of whether...

Hello everyone! I am takign a gap year and will be taking the MCAT in January 2020, (applying in May/June 2020), and was wondering how I should start prepping. I've done decently in the prerequisites (except Orgo 1), and am doing well in Biochemistry. I am taking sixteen-eighteen credits next...

Hi All, I would like to preface this by saying that I attended full-time dual enrollment program from 2016 to May of 2018 that allowed to earn an associate degree. Since these credits were completed before my high school diploma was issued, I believe they are considered dual enrollment...

Hi all. So somewhere down the line if I maintain a high GPA, I would like to apply to top 20/ top 15 medical schools. Anyway, I've been told by my school that course rigor is a factor in med school admissions, and that my lack thereof would serve as hindrance to getting accepted at top schools...

Basically, I’m already enrolled and have spent a year in a 4-year college. Unfortunately I dropped my gen bio last semester due to certain circumstances. Anyways I’m planning on taking gen bio at a community college next semseter while still taking all my other science courses at my regular...

So I am currently taking Organic chemistry 2 lecture for the 2nd time and it is finals week. I believe I am going to get a D or C in it. The first time I completely failed it. I didn't really try because I was focusing on my other classes. My priorities were all screwed just like it is this...

Dear SDN community, Hope you are all doing well. If I have to write about a time I failed (and how I responded), what is the general wisdom on writing about my organic chemistry course. I scored around a 55% and a 65% on my first two tests, didn't panic, turned it around, earned an A on the...

confused about this one: If an acid is weak, thus giving off less particles, wouldn’t that make less of a difference on the boiling/freezing point? Because the vant Hoff factor would be a smaller number... Explanation says: “HClO would be the weakest acid thus giving the fewest particles...

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The Kaplan book for Orgo mentions that the Gabriel synthesis uses a very bulky nucleophile (phthalimide) for the Sn2 reaction with diethylbromomalonate. The book mentions that "the bulkiness of the nucleophile creates steric hindrance, which prevents the substrate carbon from undergoing multiple...

Hello! I am a senior in high school and have always wanted to do nursing as my career because helping others is just extremely satisfying to me. However, I’ve also taken chemistry classes in the past year, and I’ve realized I also enjoy learning and doing chemistry. It has accomplished lots for...

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I was wondering why histidine < lysine < arginine are in this order of increasing basicity, if histidine has a more stable conjugate acid (protonated form) due to resonance?

I just switched into the pre-med track (woohoo) and am now finding out that a lot of medical schools don’t accept AP credit (boohoo). Since my undergrad institution accepted the AP credit as General Chemistry 1 & 2, I went straight into Organic - did 2 semesters of that and then a semester of...

Question: In a sealed 1L container, 1 mole of nitrogen gas reacts with 3 moles of hydrogen gas to form 0.05 moles of NH3 at equilibrium. What is the Kc of the reaction? The balanced equation is N2 + 3H2 -> 2NH3 The solution says that we would have (1-x)M of N2 and (3-x)M of H2, to get the 0.05M...

If this is in the wrong place, please help me out! I'm currently in gen chem 2 through the University of New England online program. My score in the class is in the upper 70's. The professor says this is "above average" but won't tell me if there's a curve or not. If it's curved and I am in...

My book (Kaplan MCAT Gen Chem pg 27) says that for the sulfur atom in the sulfate ion, sulfur's 3s and 3p subshells can only contain 8 of these 12 electrons; the other 4 electrons have entered the sulfur atom's 3d subshell, which in elemental sulfur is empty. Why did "the other 4 electrons"...

Hello everyone! I am going to be a Junior in the Fall and will be taking Biochem I. At the college I attend, Biochem I is one of the toughest classes haha. I was wondering what advice you guys have for studying Biochem? Those of you that did well in it, what should I go in expecting? Lots of...

As a Year 12 student in the UK, I've been researching all the medical schools and their requirements for a few months already. But when I decided to do further research around January, I found out that some schools required Biology as a compulsory A-Level, as mine were Physics, Maths and...

I will be a junior in the Fall taking these courses: Genetics - 4 Biochemistry I - 3 Genetics Lab - 3 3 credits of research (not for a class, or even for a grade) and 3 credits of... Spanish maybe? Some easy course Would this look weird? It would still equate to 16 credits, but would it...

i was looking at the application and several schools require Inorganic chemistry? Is that their way of saying Gen Chem?

Just a quick question I know that the MCAT is more about UNDERSTANDING rather than MEMORIZING. However, do we have to memorize for formulas for Planck relation (E=hf) or angular momentum (L=nh/2pi). Yes, they are not too hard to memorize but I just want to know how much details I should know...

OK so... I took a Stats lab course and at the college I attend the course is labeled STA L. But it’s in the psychology department at the college I attend... so does it count? It’s one credit Also, for some psych courses the course code is PSB... does this count? And PCB is for genetics. Does...

So two semesters ago, I took Bio and the Lab. I got a D in Bio and a C- in the Lab. I’m retaking the Bio right now and it’s going well. Is it worth retaking the lab? I know that a C is required for many different med schools and I’ll surely retake the course but would it be OK to retake it at a...

I've taken biochem 1 at my university and received an A. I believe I have a pretty solid understanding of all the material in it. Should I take biochem 2 as well? Or would it be unnecessary? Any thoughts or opinions would be appreciated. Thanks.

Does the DAT emphasize more content from Gen Chem 1 or 2? And what do they generally provide for that section? Do they provide all the formulas or do you have to remember them? Solubility rules? Polyatomic ions etc.? Thanks.

So I’m having some trouble getting the full A in Bio courses. I’ll either get an A- or a B+. But was wondering how to really get that A? How do all of you do it? I average low A’s and high B's on the exams and do decently well overall in the coursework, but I always come up short with an A- or a...

Will I be able to get into dental school with a C in both gen. chem. 1 and 2? I'm worried that my grade in Gen. chem will prevent me from getting admitted into dental school. Should I just give up and choose a different career path?

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Hi, I am currently a sophomore in college and have taken general chemistry, physics, English, psychology, sociology, mathematics, and some statistics courses. I will be taking biology and organic chemistry in my junior year, genetics the summer before my senior year, and taking the yearlong...

I’m a freshman majoring in biology hoping to go to med school or grad school. I just got an F on my second gen chem 1 exam, my first failed college exam. I got a C on the first one. My overall grade is a C because of the homework and there’s still 2 more exams left. I studied harder for this...

I have scoured the site and was unable to find some assistance, so I have to post this, I know it may be a little off topic and not entirely helpful to others, but I need some help. This is my second time taking Chemistry 2 and I just found out I failed the second test of 4, meaning I am not...

Are the graduate students and TAs in research known to be a little rude? I’m working in a lab and feel a little patronized. I could just be super sensitive but I was wondering if that was known to happen. The TA I’m working with just seemed a little dry. Note, I am not complaining. I’m still...

Hello everyone, I'm curious about the BCPM GPA. I understand that it is Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics but do Psychology courses count as well? I am a Neuroscience major, so naturally I have to take a lot of upper division Bios and Psychs. But I'm wondering because I am doing well...