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yep. things like understanding how neutrophiles and electrophiles act will allow you to workout any random reaction.
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For OChem, basically yeah. Do problems and more problems.
and what about other classes with lots of info that's not 3d conceptualization
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i don't think org chem is much 3d visualization. i don't know if you've taken physics yet but I can assure you our diagrams are in 2d and usually involve simple geometric shapes lol.
i don't really get what i'm supposed to get out of this... i thought o chem is since you're supposed to visualize all the carbons in space... which is the point of doing chair conformations and calculating strain etc.
but, then for physics, how would i study? i'm supposed to be taking it next semester, but i've never ever done it. not even in high school so i'm going into it brand new.
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For me, only a few weeks of ochem were about chair conformations and visualizing positions in space. The vast majority of my time was spent doing problems related to figuring out mechanisms and memorizing reagents and their effects.
Physics is all about doing problems. Most of the concepts are relatively easy; it's all about knowing which formulas to use and why.
Physics is all about doing problems. Most of the concepts are relatively easy; it's all about knowing which formulas to use and why.
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Make sure you understand the concepts so that no matter problem is given to you, you can always be able to perform the reaction. My professor purposely threw curveballs at us and unless you knew the reaction inside out, you were sure to get it wrong. The easiest way to study is to look at an example reaction and see what was added/substituted/eliminated (any change in the product from the reactant and then see if you can apply it DIFFERENT problems). I wish the best of luck. Know Mark/Anti-Mark addition, nucleophile/electrophile, intermediates of reactions and resonance (I only listed key concepts). I neat trick would be to write reagents on one side of flashcards and a general idea of what the product would come out on the other side (oxidized/reduced, sn1/sn2, etc.). Good luck.
So it really is all about me focusing in constricted time to do as much repetitive practice to get the concepts down and memorize what I need... for the rest of my life??
thanks for that tip too.
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Also in physics, if you do a diagram and label all the variables on the diagram before attempting to solve the problem, it makes it easier to visualize. Be sure to understand vectors, magnetism and optics (big topics).
yeah, noticed that the optics is a biggy too. a lot of my buddies were mentioning that they had lots of those questions on the mcat.
24 hrs iin a day sucks
