Physics 2 vs ochem 2?

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Second half of Physics is all electricity. Very important and highly tested concept on the MCAT. As for Orgo 2, its several reactions that you should know considering orgo is relatively easy on the MCAT. I wouldn't skip either of these classes
 
Org 2 is just more reactions, stuff involving carbonyls and carb acids that you probably didn't learn about in Org I. With a solid foundation in Org 1, you should be able to learn the basic patterns of these with a review book which will explain the trends. With the Orgs, I think that Org 1 isn't more important per se, but it's more important to understand the fundamentals because that'll carry you through the rest of the reactions.

With physics it's a little different because physics 1 is mostly intuitive and you'll be dealing a lot with kinematics, momentum/collisions, torque, energy conservation, and fluids. You might even know some of this from gen chem. Probably some angular momentum but I have yet to see anything about that on the mcat and I don't even know if it's listed on the official topics. Physics 2 is a lot more difficult in terms of content and you're dealing with complex things like magnetic fields and electric fields and particle accelerators and stuff. With Physics 1, you're kinda following a recipe and, most of the time, questions require a basic understanding and knowledge of a few of the same formulas. Physics 2 requires a deeper understanding.

All of the classes are important in their own ways but, in terms of difficulty (and also frequency on the mcat since they're clearly going to test difficult stuff a lot), physics 2 is more "important." Org 1 paves way for Org 2 and, from what I've seen, questions come with almost equal frequency from both of those.
 
Org 2 is just more reactions, stuff involving carbonyls and carb acids that you probably didn't learn about in Org I. With a solid foundation in Org 1, you should be able to learn the basic patterns of these with a review book which will explain the trends. With the Orgs, I think that Org 1 isn't more important per se, but it's more important to understand the fundamentals because that'll carry you through the rest of the reactions.

With physics it's a little different because physics 1 is mostly intuitive and you'll be dealing a lot with kinematics, momentum/collisions, torque, energy conservation, and fluids. You might even know some of this from gen chem. Probably some angular momentum but I have yet to see anything about that on the mcat and I don't even know if it's listed on the official topics. Physics 2 is a lot more difficult in terms of content and you're dealing with complex things like magnetic fields and electric fields and particle accelerators and stuff. With Physics 1, you're kinda following a recipe and, most of the time, questions require a basic understanding and knowledge of a few of the same formulas. Physics 2 requires a deeper understanding.

All of the classes are important in their own ways but, in terms of difficulty (and also frequency on the mcat since they're clearly going to test difficult stuff a lot), physics 2 is more "important." Org 1 paves way for Org 2 and, from what I've seen, questions come with almost equal frequency from both of those.

I agree with this in response to some people who suggest that mainly first semester stuff gets tested. On the contrary, I see quite a bit of second semester orgo.
 
I agree with this in response to some people who suggest that mainly first semester stuff gets tested. On the contrary, I see quite a bit of second semester orgo.
I agree with this too. I see a lot of carbonyl chemistry being tested. The only reason someone should pick physics 2 over o.chem 2 is because you will probably get at most 1 passage exclusive to o.chem 2 questions whereas on physics half your physics section will be physics 2.
 
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