Today I was looking at UCSF's website and they said that you only need 4 credits of Organic Chemistry. Is this right? Can i take orgo 1 and be fine for applying or do I need orgo 2 for the DAT?
Do you need Orgo 2?
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There are a couple schools that don't require Orgo 2 (Tufts is another one), but most of them do require it. I mean, if you're only going to apply to UCSF, then I suppose you don't have to take it if you don't want to, but I don't know why you'd limit your choices. It's covered on the DAT, though.
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Yeah, even though you don't "need" to take it, it will look better if you do, and probably 95% of everyone else or more has already taken it. Also, to get a good score on the Ochem section of the DAT it would probably be a good idea, especially since most of the questions I got were from second semester.
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Many schools require you to have at least 6 -8 credit hours in Organic Chemistry (although yes, there are some schools that only require 4 credit hours in organic), so it would be beneficial for you to take orgo 2. Additionally, orgo 2 material will be covered on the DAT, so you will have to go over that material anyways. Although you can take the DAT if you just self-study orgo 2 material, I think it would be a little more difficult and you would have to have good discipline to go over the material on your own. But since there are schools that require more than 4 credit hours in organic, I would advise you to take orgo 2. You can apply to schools only having taken orgo 1, but you will need to take orgo 2 before you matriculate for the schools that require it.
