How much orgo?

[MD2014786]

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How much orgo is on the exam? TPR says 80% Bio, 20% orgo.

 

[apumic]

^Yes, in theory. In reality, it varies.

 

[Mazdave]

It's pretty much a guarantee that one of the passages will be orgo lab related, plus probably at least one other passage plus a bunch of orgo discretes.

 

[TheGloaming]

I would say there is slighty more organic than 20%. I think I had two organic passages on my actual test with some stand alones. I think some of the AAMC practice exams may have had three passages but the number of questions in each passage varies. Most of the O chem on the exam is basics from O chem 1 (chiral centers, functional groups, properties of different functional groups and molecules, Sn1 Sn2 E1 E2 reactions, other simple reactions).

 

[Pons Asinorum]

How much orgo? Exactly how much orgo you don't want to be on your exam, whatever amount that is. Somehow, it seems to work out that way.

 

[BunnyJaffar]

Next semester, I am scheduled to take Linear Algebra and Physics ll (Electricity and Magnetism) with a lab.

 

[ModernAlchemist]

Next semester, I am scheduled to take Linear Algebra and Physics ll (Electricity and Magnetism) with a lab.

WOW, have I been waiting to use one of these.

 

[FreeMCATTutor]

How much orgo is on the exam? TPR says 80% Bio, 20% orgo.

Either 1 passage and a bunch of stand-alone questions or 2 passages and very few (if any) stand-alone questions.

Expect to see around 9-11 organic questions out of the 52 in biological sciences.

 

[BerkReviewTeach]

How much orgo? Exactly how much orgo you don't want to be on your exam, whatever amount that is. Somehow, it seems to work out that way.

LOL

That pretty much sums it up. They also have a sensor attached to your keyboard when you register that measures which kind of verbal passages you hate and makes sure to give you a couple of those too.

 

[Pons Asinorum]

Either 1 passage and a bunch of stand-alone questions or 2 passages and very few (if any) stand-alone questions.

Expect to see around 9-11 organic questions out of the 52 in biological sciences.

A whole lot of anecdotal assumption here. The number of questions varies, and the average number of questions is proprietary. Go through a bunch of old test date threads in here and the number of organic questions is all over the place, and can be significantly more than 11. If you are asking the question "I wonder just how many organic questions will be on MY exam?" then you need to do more content review and practice problems towards strengthening your organic chemistry knowledge. There will be organic on your exam, that's really all you need to know.

 

[eagles22]

Not as much as there is verbal questions. Don't spend a disproportionate amount of time freaking out about not knowing everything about Orgo.