How hard is Organic Chemistry at UCR?!

<p>If you’re majoring in any type of science such as Biology, Chemistry, etc, you cannot skip science classes with AP scores. You HAVE to take those pre-requisite classes. I’m not sure if you can get placed higher if you take the Chem Placement Exam though.</p>

<p>I heard you get credit for biology AP, but not sure if that means you get to skip…</p>

<p>is it just a placement thing?</p>

<p>Well, getting credit for the class is basically like skipping it because you wouldn’t take a class you already passed. This is only for science majors though, not every major.</p>

<p>so I can’t take Biology my first quarter either if I’m placed in math8A?</p>

<p>I have a genius friend who took Organic Chemistry last year and he was complaining. But never lose hope because someone else didn’t get the material. Believe.</p>

<p>Whiteclock got right to the point! lol</p>

<p>even with a 5, you dont skip anything. esp a/b/c and go to organic… nuuuhuh lol.
with math, you can skip a quarter or two, but no way any sci classes…</p>

<p>and yes, ochem is 12 on a 1-10 scale. pchem (omg cant wait!!) is a 15.5 on a 1-10 scale…</p>

<p>Meh</p>

<p>I expected as much</p>

<p>I shoulda taken more humanities/english AP classes lol</p>

<p>I could be done with english in one quarter, and get like 8 more credits for history if I had changed my APs’…</p>

<p>hm… what about the chem placement exam?
Someone told me they were taking it… does that exempt you from chem?</p>

<p>I don’t think there is a chem placement exam</p>

<p>the only prerequisite you need for general chem, or chem 1 a, is a certain level of math</p>

<p>Plus, OChem will be hard in ANY university… difficulty at UCR won’t be any different than at UCLA.</p>

<p>grades/curves/competitiveness are different, however.</p>

<p>There is chem1w, which some ppl have to take before they can go on to chem1a/b/c
i think if you really suck at math/chem you get placed into chem1w… sry being mean again, if you have not brushed up on your chemistry then you get placed in chem 1w* [=</p>

<p>I would end up there I spent a year in ap chem all I learned was to call my coach a F****king fat ass that will never get laid</p>

<p>Question: Why is Organic Chemistry so difficult to learn/master?</p>

<p>there are bajillions of things to memorize</p>

<p>plus, the syntax is weird</p>

<p>I looked at my bro’s organic chem textbook and I didn’t understand any of the terms…</p>