How to learn organic chemistry fast

Over at Med School Odyssey, the author recently wrote about finishing Org 1, and has a lot to share about his experiences with the course.

Here are some choice excerpts from that post, and from a few of his earlier posts.

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Don’t believe the hype

Don’t let yourself get psyched out by the people around you whining about how difficult organic chemistry is. I let myself get taken in by the horror stories around the first exam and did substantially worse on the first exam than I should have simply because I bought into the idea that it was tough and I was going to fail.

I learned a lot more about myself and self-confidence during the first few weeks than I did about chemistry. If you’re surrounded by negative and pessimistic people, tell them to piss off – don’t get sucked into their game.

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Prepare and study well – play your game, not theirs.

2. Focus on understanding, not memorization

I have no idea where people get the idea that organic chemistry is memorization.

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