Which has more quantitative labs?

[DOPharmMD]

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MD or PharmD?

I just read a thread about struggling pharmacy students. After glancing through some of the posts, I'm left wondering the following:

Do Pharmacy schools have more labs than MD?

I am not fond of labs at all. The worst lab experiences are chemistry ones. I particularly do not like Organic labs at all. I don't think I learn as much and the questions are way too difficult, forcing you to think like a research chemist with years of tranining (for a 1 credit course).

After seing a chemistry problem in that thread asking the purpose of some substance in the reaction... I wonder if I'm making a mistake applying to pharmacy schools as I may not enjoy the labs at all.

In medical schools, I would enjoy labs about the human body and don't think the labs are as quantitative.

I had A for organic lab 1 and may get A or B for organic 2 this semester. It is absolutely demanding and interpreting IR and purposes and all that are a pain; needless to say that I can't wait for this class to be over. I'm afraid that this attitude however might make me miserable come pharmacy labs.

I submitted two supplementals already. I need opinion from medical students as well.

 

[The Fargoan]

I wouldn't base your future career on which school has better or fewer labs. While you may not have labs exactly like your current Organic chem lab, I think you will continue to face labs that make you take some information, apply some thought and logic to the situation and then draw conclusions. Sure I haven't faced IR data since I left Organic chem. But I have had to analyze and apply critical thinking to a lot of situations.

Forgive my shortness, I'm a lab instructor and it always amazes me how little students want to think about a problem. They just want to get done and get the answer.