How much organic is there on the pcat??

[camjames]

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Well, i have the 06/07 kaplan pcat study book, and not much organic review is there in my book. I *think* i have heard from others that there isn't much organic chem on the pcat. However, pharmacy is fairly organic chemistry based. any thoughts???...

 

[tivon]

I heard that ochem was around 20% on 06/06 PCAT. Do you know which topics that were asked for ochem on 06/06 pcat: isomers, names, reactions, IR,MP, BP, polarity....? Thanks

 

[TennisBoy78]

IMO, organic makes up about half of the chemistry section. While nomenclature represents a good chunk of questions, there are also reaction/product type of questions also. BP, MP etc may also be asked, but not a lot.

 

[tivon]

IMO, organic makes up about half of the chemistry section. While nomenclature represents a good chunk of questions, there are also reaction/product type of questions also. BP, MP etc may also be asked, but not a lot.

Thanks TennisBoy 78, how about trig on math section. Do I need to memorize trig formula and graphs? What kind of trig questions did they ask? Thanks in advance.

 

[TennisBoy78]

Thanks TennisBoy 78, how about trig on math section. Do I need to memorize trig formula and graphs? What kind of trig questions did they ask? Thanks in advance.

No trig questions, but a lot of calculus questions. Graphs of functions, calculus laws, etc. Calculus is about half of the math section. The other part is algebra (maybe 25%), geometry (15%), and arithmetic like percents and stuff (10% or less). Good luck on this section because I feel that calculus should not be tested as much because it is rarely used in pharmacy school.

 

[cycloketocaine]

IMO, organic makes up about half of the chemistry section. While nomenclature represents a good chunk of questions, there are also reaction/product type of questions also. BP, MP etc may also be asked, but not a lot.

Maybe it was just me but it seemed like half of the chem section was just reactions......

 

[tivon]

Is it true that it asked several questions about diseases/treatments/medications (mircobiology)? I don't know how to prepare for these questions.

 

[HopefulDoc99]

I'm worried about the Calculus. LOL I hope they keep things relatively simple.

What level of Calc is covered by the way?

 

[cycloketocaine]

I'm worried about the Calculus. LOL I hope they keep things relatively simple.

What level of Calc is covered by the way?

I remember lots of limit questions....

 

[cycloketocaine]

Is it true that it asked several questions about diseases/treatments/medications (mircobiology)? I don't know how to prepare for these questions.

Uuuuuummmm, I never saw any, but there are several different versions of the test. I don't think I would worry too much about that. Worry about General Bio, like what the mitochondria does and stuff like that. Lots more of that on there.

 

[AznGTOi3oi]

I took the test january 06, and june 06, and in what i saw was that it seemed they added alot more Organic chem compared to the first time i took it. That hurt me

 

[tivon]

Is the calculus review on Kaplan PCAT 2007 adequate for PCAT exam?