<p>Hi everyone -</p>
<p>I will be taking organic chemistry this upcoming academic year and I would like to purchase a prep book to begin reading this summer and to have with me throughout the course. Which of these would you recommend:</p>
<p>Organic Chemistry I for Dummies
or
Organic Chemistry Demystified</p>
<p>Please let me know. Thank you very much!</p>
<p>What about Organic Chemistry as a Second Language? I also want to learn the basics before I take the course, and I saw a post saying this book is supposed to be good.</p>
<p>I doubt many of us used review books. Seems a bit excessive.</p>
<p>No need to pre-read ochem, you will be living and breathing ochem when you take it. I thought “Organic Chemistry as a Second Language” was helpful, but nothing can really supplant your text book</p>
<p>well i bought an old textbook and i am reviewing that. is that helpful? i really dont want to go to orgo for the first month and just feel overwhelmed?</p>
<p>The best advice is just go to your classes, take good notes, pay attention in the lecture, and seek out professor for help on things you don’t get.</p>
<p>I seriously think that prep books are overkill for regular curriculum. I would just wait till studying for MCATs to buy any book.</p>
<p>I liked Organic Chemistry as a Second Language. Ochem was actually the only class in undergrad for which I bought a review book, but I thought it was worthwhile. I definitely didn’t spend more time on it than I did on the textbook, though. The book was the best help for me. If your textbook has a solution manual, get it as well.</p>
<p>“Organic Chemistry as a Second Language” is definitely something that can be pre-read. Easy to understand, loads of practice problems, and infinitely helpful for your grade (especially the resonance chapter).</p>
<p>Organic Chemistry (latest edition) by Francis A. Carey with the solutions manual is all you need. The best textbook I have used so far in undergrad.</p>