Taking first semester biochemistry concurrently with ochem 2

[balopathic45]

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Hi,
I've decided that I need to take biochem for the new MCAT but at my university ochem 2 (mechanisms, synthesis, etc.) is a PRE-req. Does anybody who has taken biochem 1 (carbohydrates, lipids, AA, nucleic acids, metabolism etc.) know how much ochem 2 I actually need? Can I get by just taking the two together?

 

[Redpancreas]

This forum is reserved for questions for those in medical school. Try the Pre-Allopathic Forum 🙂
No one in medical school will be able to help you with the New MCAT, but if you're wondering if you can take Orgo 2/Biochem 1 concurrently, that's probably a yes. The only organic reactions really stressed in biochemistry is nucleophilic substitution and organic oxidations. Make sure you have general biology (they teach you a lot about enzymes) /chemistry (lots of stuff that requires understanding what exactly a hydrogen bond is and isn't) /thermodynamics (should have seen this in chemistry) more than organic 2 because the bulk of orgo 2 for me was useless for biochem.

 

[MedWonk]

Hi,
I've decided that I need to take biochem for the new MCAT but at my university ochem 2 (mechanisms, synthesis, etc.) is a PRE-req. Does anybody who has taken biochem 1 (carbohydrates, lipids, AA, nucleic acids, metabolism etc.) know how much ochem 2 I actually need? Can I get by just taking the two together?

Depends on how much chemistry the biochem course includes. BTW, your quest for a good answer will be more fruitful in pre-allo and/or the non-trad forum.

 

[Smurfette]

Moving to preallo.

 

[Pusheen]

Depends on your school. At my school we didn't learn a ton of chemistry or reactions in biochem 1, it was definitely more of a bio class and we focused a lot of pathways, receptors, cell membranes, and so forth. I could have done fine without ochem 2.

However, I have heard some students say thay had to memorize lots of chemical reactions in the class. That may be hard to grasp without ochem 2.

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