<p>From my experience with OChem, the second term tends to be the toughest. My school used the quarter system so we had three classes in our OChem series. OChem1 was mostly about nomenclature, properties of organic molecules, and stuff like chirality. Ochem2 was basically memorizing a laundry list of reactions containing organic molecules. Ochem3 was sort of an intro to Biochemistry.</p>
<p>OChem2 was by far the most difficult as the sheer number of reactions you had to memorize required a lot of patience and time. In my OChem2 class, there was a very noticable decline in the number of students enrolled at the beginning semester compared to those enrolled at the semester’s end.</p>
<p>If you’re going into medicine, you absolutely need to complete the OChem series. In my experience, you were unable to take biochemistry and other upper level bio and chem courses that required the OChem series as a prereq. It’s fairly difficult compared to most of the courses you will have taken, but not THAT bad. If you really want to enter medicine you can find the will to pass it.</p>