Enrolling in Orgo Lab Before Taking Orgo Lecture - Really Bad Idea?

[vic90]

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I'm going to take Organic Chem over the summer at a state school but I heard the labs are gpa sinker there so I want to take the lab component at my current university; I like the way the labs are run at my current university.

Is it a really bad idea for me to take the lab component of Orgo this year before taking the lecture component over next summer? (i did take most of orgo 1 last year but ended up dropping it so i have some background of orgo...)

 

[nysw]

If you've already taken some, I don't see why not. You'd just have to teach yourself a bit.

But I'd check with your course reqs first. At my uni, you can't take labs if you don't have credit for/aren't taking the lecture.

 

[ZtetNb]

If you're allowed to I think it should be okay. At my school, learning stuff/doing well in the lab had little to do with knowing the lecture content. A lot of the lab was just following instructions and synthesizing compounds and it didn't really matter if, for instance, you didn't know how the reaction worked.

 

[Eric01]

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[GetThePointe77]

I would say if you have some orgo1 you should be okay...however most schools passing orgo1 is a prereq for the lab...also depends on how good your lab book is...

 

[orthomyxo]

If you're allowed to I think it should be okay. At my school, learning stuff/doing well in the lab had little to do with knowing the lecture content. A lot of the lab was just following instructions and synthesizing compounds and it didn't really matter if, for instance, you didn't know how the reaction worked.

This.

A monkey could do organic lab. Now if the labs have quizzes, you might be SOL.

 

[Morsetlis]

Draw the structure of polyvinyl alcohol (slime) <--Hardest question on the lab final.

 

[kpcrew]

yeah like these guys said, lab is just a matter of following directions well. but if they ask you conceptual questions, you'll be at a disadvantage.

 

[ShockDoctrine]

the lab is mostly different from the lecture, but I wouldn't recommend it..

 

[Propylene]

I wouldn't recommend this. But I don't know how the labs are structured at your school. I would tread lightly; maybe have a back-up plan if you realize you need to drop the lab?

 

[Eric01]

Draw the structure of polyvinyl alcohol (slime) <--Hardest question on the lab final.

You had a lab final? What bull **** is that?

 

[orthomyxo]

You had a lab final? What bull **** is that?

It's not bull**** at all. I've had multiple labs with finals.

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

You had a lab final? What bull **** is that?

My schools lab final was straight out of hell. You could have an A in lecture and still not understand a single of the lab finals questions. I actually think the majority of students just guessed on the final.

 

[Morsetlis]

My schools lab final was straight out of hell. You could have an A in lecture and still not understand a single of the lab finals questions. I actually think the majority of students just guessed on the final.

I had an A up until the lab final. 😡
Freaking B+.

 

[JonnyL]

yeah like these guys said, lab is just a matter of following directions well. but if they ask you conceptual questions, you'll be at a disadvantage.

this.