Organic chemistry

[aosos1]

hi everyone, I did well in my organic chem 1&2 classes and scored well on my OAT but I was wondering if organic chemistry will be used in classes in optometry school. I took the course last year and I am worried that I will forget most of the material in the next year. Should I be reviewing reactions/concepts?

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[Weirdy]

No.

You may run into some ochem for pharmacology courses- even then it is mostly mechanisms, not organic chemistry reactions unless your professor specifies you need to remember something specific about that drug structure.

 

[GypsyHummus]

Bro, do you even Cis and Trans?

No.

You may run into some ochem for pharmacology courses- even then it is mostly mechanisms, not organic chemistry reactions unless your professor specifies you need to remember something specific about that drug structure.

 

[UnicornOpt]

No chemistry is involved. Half the people in my class don't even know what pKA, enthalpy, or conjugated pi bonds even mean

 

[Ryan_eyeball]

I have never used chemistry, or organic chemistry in practice. Organic chemistry was intriguing to me when I attended, but little value in everyday optometric practices.

 

[skyyy]

Hi... I hear Organic Chemistry is hard, yet I am trying to prevent myself from having a gap year when I apply to vet school. Has anyone taken Organic Chemistry 1 in summer A and Organic Chemistry in summer B? If I do this I only plan to take this class only, plus organic chemistry lab.

 

[evorage]

I took it over the summer and thought it was great. Just don’t fall behind or you will have a very hard time.

 

[chemphysicsinstructor]

hi everyone, I did well in my organic chem 1&2 classes and scored well on my OAT but I was wondering if organic chemistry will be used in classes in optometry school. I took the course last year and I am worried that I will forget most of the material in the next year. Should I be reviewing reactions/concepts?

You will need to be comfortable with basic themes/concepts so that if an instructor mentions, say, polar vs. non-polar or partition coefficient, you won't draw a 1000-yard stare. You are not responsible for details and minutiae.

 

[chemphysicsinstructor]

No chemistry is involved. Half the people in my class don't even know what pKA, enthalpy, or conjugated pi bonds even mean

When I teach about pi bonds and cis/trans isomers, I mention that isomerization is the basis behind vision.