is it true that on the BS section there's only 2-3 orgo passages?

[brotherbloat]

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Hi there,

I took the August MCAT and there were only 2-3 (two, I think) orgo passages on there, thank goodness. Is there any chance that there could be more? I sure hope not.

-BB

 

[Medikit]

Hi there,

I took the August MCAT and there were only 2-3 (two, I think) orgo passages on there, thank goodness. Is there any chance that there could be more? I sure hope not.

-BB

Yeah, that was my experience. Yeah there is a chance that there could be more, but I doubt it. However if you want to score a 10 you need to know your orgo.

 

[pseudoknot]

On AAMC practice tests 3R, 4R, and 8 there were 23 o-chem questions out of 77 in the BS section.

 

[smc927]

Hi there,

I took the August MCAT and there were only 2-3 (two, I think) orgo passages on there, thank goodness. Is there any chance that there could be more? I sure hope not.

-BB

Are you asking the number of passages or the number of questions? Two or three passages could mean several questions based on each passage. That could equal a significant portion of the overall section. My exam had more than just two or three organic chemistry questions.

Good luck!

 

[SanDiegoSOD]

AAMC recently decreased the amount of O-chem on the exam from 30% to 25% so they could increase the amount of genetics on the test. Also, more advanced O-chem topics such as aromaticity were deleted to cover more bread-and-butter ochem, such as Sn1, Sn2, aldol condensations, and the like

 

[Kussemek]

does that mean we dont need to know huckles numbers and to determine what molecules are aromatic?

 

[Fusion]

Organic chem is being de-emphasized on the MCAT while topics related to genetics are becoming more common. I recall three organic passages on the Aug 2004 MCAT, two of which were more biochemistry-related than strict orgo (i.e., peptide bonds, etc.).