Orgo II in the spring semester of junior year?

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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I am currently a freshman who is not majoring in a science and is trying to plan out a rough schedule of classes I will take for the next three years or so.</p>

<p>I was wondering if taking organic chemistry II in the spring semester of my junior year is too late in terms of knowing enough material for the MCATs?</p>

<p>Thanks for the help!</p>

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<p>That depends on when you are going to take the MCATs.</p>

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<p>I was thinking April of my junior year</p>

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<p>Then you're fine, because orgo 2 will be basically done by then.</p>

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<p>Okay, thanks for the input!</p>

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<p>I don't know where you are, but will an april MCAT put you in a bind with finals studying? This has always been my issue with the april test date. I took it at the end of May of junior year (I took orgo II when you are planning to), I thought the month of studying helped a ton, and I still got my applications in relatively early (could've even been a couple weeks earlier if i didn't procrastinate on my personal statement for a few weeks).</p>

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<p>Oh, I did not realize that. I also have exams during the end of April. Thanks for pointing that out. I suppose May is definitely better then. Though, would it be a good idea if I took the MCATs before April (like January) before finishing orgo II? I am worried that if for some reason I do poorly the first time, I will have sufficient time to prepare for the MCATs again.</p>

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<p>Orgo is only SLIGHTLY covered on the MCAT (I had 1 orgo passage out of 7 and maybe 2 or 3 discreet questions out of 13) - so, if anything, you can self-study second semester.</p>

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<p>April of one's junior year was for a very long time the "classic" time to take the MCAT -- for the simple reason that that's when it was offered. With computer-based testing opening up more options, it is becoming less popular -- but the point is, people have been handling it just fine for many, many years.</p>

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Orgo is only SLIGHTLY covered on the MCAT (I had 1 orgo passage out of 7 and maybe 2 or 3 discreet questions out of 13) - so, if anything, you can self-study second semester.

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Just to clarify, orgo is now ~25% of the BS section (before, it used to be ~50% I think).</p>