<p>So next year I will be taking ochem. I was wondering how in depth the ochem portion of the mcat is. There are two teachers at my school, one is a significantly better lecturer, and the other one is not as good but has slightly easier tests though both teachers are really hard. There is only one section for my cellular neuro class, and it is at the same time as the better ochem teacher's class. I don't want to take the worse teacher and feel unprepared for the mcats, but I would have to do some shifting in my schedule that already contains bio I and physics II to take the better teacher.</p>
<p>how in depth is the ochem section, and who should I take?</p>
<p>Take the one that will “more likely” net you the better grade. That is more helpful for admissions. Ochem is not very prevalent on the MCAT, so you’ll be fine with self-study from the standard MCAT books (Kaplan, Princeton Review, etc.)</p>
<p>I think orgo’s importance has been shrinking on the MCAT. I heard that the BS section is now 65% bio and 35% orgo.</p>
<p>I stumbled my way through Orgo II and managed to do quite well on the MCAT. Whatever orgo you need for the MCAT can be re-learned when you study for the test.</p>
<p>I just took the MCAT and can definitely say that the orgo has been de-emphasized…even in relation to the AAMC practice tests. I really only had one truly orgo passage (and another that was more of a hybrid bio/orgo one) with only about 3 individual, non-passage questions. I was actually sort of surprised while taking it how little of orgo there actually was. They were also a lot easier questions than some former practice tests I’ve taken.</p>