how much orgo 2 is there on MCAT?

[Tofurkey]

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Just wondering how much orgo 2 there is on the MCAT. Would I be at a huge disadvantage taking the MCAT without it?

Thanks,

Tofurkey

 

[TRUE]

Depends on how your orgo classes are taught. There is a lot of carbonyl chemistry on the MCAT (or at least that's what I remember of it), and Orgo 2 at our school covers carbonyl chemistry mainly so...

 

[indo]

you'll be fine, dawg. MCAT ochem is weenie when set next to the exams you've take for your ochem lecture.

 

[TRUE]

Yea, I would agree with indo on that. But you have to know some of the basics for sure (like naming and some of the more general reactions). Naming wasn't stressed in my orgo lectures and I didn't pay much attention to it and I was really struggling on the mcat practices until I got a chance to learn all the naming stuff.

 

[felipe5]

yes, i agree......naming is emphasized more on the MCAT than in traditional lectures. Also, some of my cohorts had a lot of spectroscopy in their biological sciences section, so it wouldn't be bad to touch up some on your IR and NMR spectroscopic analysis skills..........uggggh, I cringe when I hear NMR

 

[Rendar5]

It'll cost you 0-1 points on your biological sciences section. Just hope you get a bio heavy MCAT. And it does happen. I'd say my physical sciences was 90% physics questions (which may have cost me a point since I was a chem major with a physical chem bent, but meh, it wouldn't have made a difference for me)

 

[LauraMac]

i plan on taking the april mcat without having had orgo II first if it makes you feel any better, and i'm not really worried about it... just gonna have to teach myself the orgo II stuff.

-laura 🙂

 

[freesolo]

ill be in orgo 2 during april, hopefully that will cover it ;D.

 

[lisa13579]

I took orgo II the semester I took the MCAT (April) and acutally thought there was quite a bit on the MCAT. It probably just depends on the test you get. (there are different versions) I would suggest trying a few practice tests to get an idea of the orgo II concepts that might be on the test.

 

[dantheman]

I tend to disagree with some of the other posts. I got hammered with Orgo II on my MCAT. Not trying to scare you, but just beware that it really just depends on what test you get. Good luck and study hard.
DTM

 

[TRUE]

Originally posted by dantheman
I tend to disagree with some of the other posts. I got hammered with Orgo II on my MCAT. Not trying to scare you, but just beware that it really just depends on what test you get. Good luck and study hard.
DTM

I took Orgo II while I was preparing for the MCAT (spring semester), and I think that it actually helped me because I didn't have to go back and memorize that stuff again. You'll def. be feeling the effects of no orgo II during your first practice tests if you take them early on in the semester but as time goes, you'll get much better at the orgo stuff.

 

[basupran]

I took my MCATs with no review of organic chem II (didn't finish I either) and scored an 11 on BS. You can usually trust your intuition on O-chem stuff, but it would help to review. I think Rendar was right, probably 1-2 points for O-chem II though.

Also, as far as hoping for a bio heavy section, I don't think it matters: if you have a bio heavy section, more experimental* questions will be based on bio.


*no one has acknowledged the existence of an exp sec, however, it is very likely that there is one....people administrating the MCAT are not stupid, and they know it would be unfair to have some people with more biology than ochem on the mcat...the goal of the test is to test over highly controlled conditions.