Manipulating my GPA

Salvage your other grades?
I think it's more important to ace your SCIENCE classes than your "Other Non-Science" classes. What do you mean by "salvage?"


If I were you, I'd focus on Orgo and still try my hardest in my other classes....Orgo is just memorization...just write down the mechanisms a few times and you should be fine..it's kind of like taking a spelling test but with mechanisms.

 

not in my orgo class, pure memorization would get you to a c+ maybe - and you goto emory right pbehzad? i imagine it would be a bit more rigorous. understanding the stuff saves a lot of tiem with memorization of things. the class is also easier (as with all things) if you like it a bit - it isn't bad, give it a chance.

 

Memorization in my school would only help you on the quizzes, to actually pass the class (with at least a C) you would have to know why and how the reaction occurred (mechanisms). Talk to people who have taken the course at your school and see what they say.

 

I second that organic is more understanding and less memorizing than most other science classes. If you get it down in the beginning, the rest will fall into place easier, as concepts come back over and over.

 

totally true; there are few core concepts, like resonance or steric hindrance, or electronegativity (polarity). learning how to do mechanisms is also important.