ORGO Lab and MCAT

[Deepa100]

Hi All,
I will be done with everything but ORGO lab (at our U, it is taught as 6 credits of lectures taken over two semesters and then a lab for 4 credits) by spring 2007. I plan to take MCAT before the taking the lab. Not sure if this will be a problem. Any one can Univ of Minnesota can chime in?
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[QofQuimica]

Hi All,
I will be done with everything but ORGO lab (at our U, it is taught as 6 credits of lectures taken over two semesters and then a lab for 4 credits) by spring 2007. I plan to take MCAT before the taking the lab. Not sure if this will be a problem. Any one can Univ of Minnesota can chime in?
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If you've had a full year of organic lecture, you should be fine taking the lab after you take the MCAT.

 

[Funky]

i dont remember anything from orgo lab. you dont need it at all

 

[QofQuimica]

i dont remember anything from orgo lab. you dont need it at all

Just to clarify, you *do* need organic lab to apply to medical school because it's a pre-req. But you don't need it to prepare for the MCAT.

 

[oxeye]

I took the MCAT before doing organic lab. The only thing I remember that really came in handy to know was that you use sodium sulfate to get rid of water from a solution.

But technically I suppose you should have known that from lecture (I didn't!).

 

[smuwillobrien]

I wouldn't say that the organic chemistry laboratory component is useless for the MCAT, but it's about as close to it as you can imagine. The only thing I think we did that was of any use was IR and NMR, but you can teach yourself that easily from in - class things.