Orgo problem sets?

[phonyreal98]

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So my orgo II class starts tomorrow. I glanced through the syllabus, and in the syllabus, my instructor merely says that most of the book problems should be relevant to what we're doing in the class...but he makes no reference to ever assigning us book problems or telling us which book problems may be most relevant (or irrelevant) to what we're doing. We're using the Brown, Foote, and Iverson text (4th edition). I've never had a chemistry professor who did not handpick his/her own recommended problems from the book problems...so my question is, how do I go about picking out which problems to do, or do I need to just suck it up and do EVERY single problem in the book (My gut feeling tells me that although this may be the best way to do well...that it would not be the most efficient use of time)?

 

[DendWrite]

Why not just ask him after class / during class...don't they usually just go over the syllabus the first day anyway?

 

[Cryptos]

Or find a syllabus online from another university that uses the same book; hopefully, that syllabus will have a selection of problems.

Or, just do the odd or even ones.

 

[RevMD]

Ask to see if they make old exams available. Orgo exams are largely hit or miss, and require you to apply the general concepts/mechanisms to relatively complicated problem sets that you have never seen before. So taking a few practice exams before the real midterm was usually all that I needed to prepare, in addition to reviewing the notes and online quiz assignments.

 

[rockaction]

do all the problems

 

[Van Chowder]

You could actually learn the stuff... The MCAT may not fully reflect what your teacher taught you and will differ in someways.. Slaking and learning only what you are told to learn will get you nowhere..

Good luck