Some advice on orgo..

[gotta go]

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So my original test date was Aug 12, I started studying in May following SN2's schedule but was slacking a little bit during the second month of studying because I was very busy. When the date got closer (6 weeks away) I started studying very hard again but when I started taking full lengths (Kaplan) I got 2 28's and a 27. I knew this wasn't good enough so I postponed my test date until Sept 8. PS was my weak spot so I studied that very hard for a few weeks, with verbal and some BS thrown in. I just took another Kaplan FL and got a 33 (11,11,11). I feel good about this but I feel bad about orgo. I still feel like I look at the questions and with some I just have no idea what to do with them.

My question is, I started looking at the BR books for orgo again and it was just overwhelming. They are so long and so detailed (I read through them once), but I tried some of the passages today and some I just did terrible on some. I have Kaplan orgo and access to their online materials. If I read through the kaplan book quickly and do their online orgo stuff, do you think this is good enough? I feel like I need to focus on a ton of other things before orgo (because its the smallest portion of the test).

Any advice on this? I also have EK orgo.

Thanks

 

[gunito]

So my original test date was Aug 12, I started studying in May following SN2's schedule but was slacking a little bit during the second month of studying because I was very busy. When the date got closer (6 weeks away) I started studying very hard again but when I started taking full lengths (Kaplan) I got 2 28's and a 27. I knew this wasn't good enough so I postponed my test date until Sept 8. PS was my weak spot so I studied that very hard for a few weeks, with verbal and some BS thrown in. I just took another Kaplan FL and got a 33 (11,11,11). I feel good about this but I feel bad about orgo. I still feel like I look at the questions and with some I just have no idea what to do with them.

My question is, I started looking at the BR books for orgo again and it was just overwhelming. They are so long and so detailed (I read through them once), but I tried some of the passages today and some I just did terrible on some. I have Kaplan orgo and access to their online materials. If I read through the kaplan book quickly and do their online orgo stuff, do you think this is good enough? I feel like I need to focus on a ton of other things before orgo (because its the smallest portion of the test).

Any advice on this? I also have EK orgo.

Thanks

I think TBR is far too detailed as well. I have all of the Kaplan books too and I like them a lot more. They're more concise and to the point. Read Kaplan for orgo and do the passages in TBR and do the online stuff that you have.

 

[gotta go]

How have you been doing on the BR orgo passages? I haven't been doing too well on them, but not really terrible.

 

[paul411]

If you have the time, it's worth it to learn the stuff in depth. The recent 8/12 MCAT had a LOT of orgo (some estimated 40%-50%) and many test takers were caught off guard. So don't underestimate the value of any topic on the MCAT; everything on the topic list is fair game.