O-chem lab and class in different semesters?

[meepification12]

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Hi!

im going to be a soph in Biomed engineering..looking at my schedule and activities/commitments for next year, i've had to do some rearranging to make sure i can do the best i can in my classes

So i threw in a correspondence english class in lieu of an engineering class that i can push back a semester.

However, i need to have this engineering class second semester which means something has to be replaced...

the only thing I can move is organic chemistry lab. Im not sure if this is the same for all schools but at my school we have 2 semesters(3 credits each) of o-chem and one semester (3 credits) of o-chem lab. Generally, the lab class is taken with the second semester.

I want to move this to first semester junior year. legal? or big mistake? would it make things more difficult to understand?

Also, I am considering taking the mcats the august before junior
year...would not having had lab make this difficult?


thanks for your help 😀

 

[FlowLimited]

I took the second semester of organic chemistry lab a year after I took the class. As long as your school doesn't care, med schools won't either.

 

[chris1264]

uconn?

 

[shemarty]

The o-chem section on the MCAT is only 20% of the BS section. Not having taken o-chem lab yet wont matter too much, just learn NMR, IR spectroscopy, etc on your own.

If your school is ok with you doing this, go ahead.

 

[meepification12]

Thanks for the help..im pretty relieved haha

and no not uconn..im a midwesterner 🙂

one more question: the english class i am taking allows us to take it pass/fail if we are in nursing or engineering...

does it look bad if i take it pass/fail since it is a pre-req? is it even allowed?

i doubt i will fail but im not sure i can get a solid A..

 

[ninetynine]

Most people at my school take these classes seperately. It's fine! Our counselor (Neuro advisor) even recommended it. 👍

 

[FlowLimited]

Thanks for the help..im pretty relieved haha

and no not uconn..im a midwesterner 🙂

one more question: the english class i am taking allows us to take it pass/fail if we are in nursing or engineering...

does it look bad if i take it pass/fail since it is a pre-req? is it even allowed?

i doubt i will fail but im not sure i can get a solid A..

You probably shouldn't take a prerequisite pass/fail.

 

[Tensyle]

yeah, i did my o-chem class and lab 1.5 years apart. not really a big deal other than trying to remember some old material.