science classes?

[bluejay910]

do pharmacy schools care when you take orgo? like does it hurt you if you take it over the summer?
Thanks.

 

[RxWildcat]

It shouldn't matter if you took it in the summer vs in the fall or spring.

 

[AngelaCL]

I think some schools don't like it when you take classes the summer right before matriculation - meaning don't wait to take organic until Summer 09 if you want to enter pharm school Fall 09. Other than that, I doubt it matters much. But I took organic I over the summer and it was *hard*. It's a lot of information to cram into 4-6 weeks and I would never recommend it. Take just the lab portion or just the lecture portion if you must - doing both was really difficult and I don't think I absorbed the material as well.

 

[kalove07]

I think some schools don't like it when you take classes the summer right before matriculation - meaning don't wait to take organic until Summer 09 if you want to enter pharm school Fall 09. Other than that, I doubt it matters much. But I took organic I over the summer and it was *hard*. It's a lot of information to cram into 4-6 weeks and I would never recommend it. Take just the lab portion or just the lecture portion if you must - doing both was really difficult and I don't think I absorbed the material as well.

Definitely don't wait to take it right before matriculation. I took the second part over the summer and it was crazy. I'm in Georgia and its ridiculously hot (80-100 F) and it was hard going to lab w/ pants and closed toed shoes. I thought I was going to die. Plus some of our experiments didn't work because of the humidity (Grignard rxn). The plus side is I did a little better because that was the only class I took so I was able to keep my focus.

 

[Alby]

It doesn't LIKE matter as long as you LIKE do well in it (get an A) and as long as you LIKE stop inappropriately using the word LIKE.

 

[PharmDforme]

I took Organic I and II in the summer two years ago and it didn't hurt my application. 🙂