I was just wondering about the inorganic course that is a pre-requisite for the D.O. schools. Is that the same as general chemistry? I asked some med schools and they said it was, but I don't know what the D.O. schools say. Any ideas?
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What??!!
I'm from Canada too and I have no idea what you are talking about??!!
I'm from Canada too and I have no idea what you are talking about??!!
Originally posted by RKK:
Thanks for the info everyone. I'm from Canada, and over here, inorganic is a completely different class than gen chem, so I just wanted to be sure.
RYSA,
Really? I go to the University of Windsor and in our 1st year we take gen chem and there's also a 2nd year course called Inorganic Chem (parts I and II) so my friend and I thought we had to take that class as a pre-req. What university are you at?
Really? I go to the University of Windsor and in our 1st year we take gen chem and there's also a 2nd year course called Inorganic Chem (parts I and II) so my friend and I thought we had to take that class as a pre-req. What university are you at?
I never took anything called "inorganic." I took intro chem (1 semester for those with considerable chem background, otherwise you needed intros 1 and 2), orgo I&II, and "equilibrium and analysis" (essentially acid/base stuff), all with labs. My guess is that had I done the two-term intro, I wouldn't have had to take E&A. I had no problems, even though my school offered a course called "inorganic" -- essentially an advanced course -- and with our respiratory block coming up first thing for me this fall as I begin MS-II, I think I'll have my bases covered really well! The take home message: take intro, two orgos, and something else, be it E&A, intro II, "inorganic," or anything else that may qualify. The best folks to ask would be the premed advisory folks at your school.
