<p>Hi,
I'm enrolled in summer semester's Orgo I class, and due to serious sickness in the beginning of term, I'm very behind in this class right now.
If I try to catch up by reading course textbook by Paula Y. Bruice, it will take considerable time. Lecture notes aren't useful at all.
So instead, I figured it would be better to primarily use the following three books to study by myself: Organic Chemistry as a Second Language by Klein, The Nuts and Bolts of Organic Chemistry by Karty, and Organic Chemistry I For Dummies by Winter.
Will it be possible to master Orgo I using those three books?
I don't mean I'll completely ignore the textbook; I'll occasionally use it as a reference for things like pictures and formulas.
Thanks.</p>
<p>Nobody knows how your class is structured. Some profs might directly test you only on their lecture notes. Others will test you on stuff that is exclusive to the text they use. I would talk to your prof and ask him/her for help and/ or study suggestions</p>
<p>Thanks for your post, CellBioGuy. My prof told me that he'll only test us on lecture material and that the text by Paula Y. Bruice is there as an additional resource only; he won't expect us to know material from the text he didn't cover in class. But just out of curiosity, would it be possible to master Orgo I and finish the class with an A by mainly using the three books above? I think there will be a great overlap between contents in those books and those in lecture, so I'll be fine even if I just focus on those three books and not on past lecture material, won't I?</p>
<p>ysk1:</p>
<p>I think what CellBioGuy is trying to say is: since we're not in your class, we have NO idea if you can get an A by doing this, that, or the other. Ask your professor. We just don't know!</p>