Organic Chemistry Tips

I’m sure that many of you, this summer or in the fall, will be taking one of the most dreaded required classes for medical school, organic chemistry. No doubt, it is a rough class, but that does not mean that someone cannot do extremely well in it. In fact, plenty of people do every year. The key, in my opinion, is recognizing how to study. This class will teach you how to study for harder classes that you will take later in life, including in medical school. It requires time, patience, and diligence. More importantly, the class will test your ability to apply constructive effort. What I mean by this is that you have to put in the effort, but in the correct manner. Otherwise, you’ll study for hours and get absolutely no where. Thankfully, I have been able to get a terrific former organic professor of mine, Dr. David Spurgeon from the University of Arizona, to supply me with a study guide. It is a wonderful guide that hits on all the points I made above and more. If you follow this guide, and put in the correct effort, you will conquer organic.

Here is the link to the guide: Study Guide

Feel free to print it out or save it to refer back to.

Thanks again to Dr. Spurgeon for this generous contribution.