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Sep. 22nd, 2008 10:30 pmThe Organic Chemistry Backlash Grows
There may be some respite in sight: The year-long introductory course in orgo may soon be pared back to make room for other subjects. The Association of American Medical Colleges and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute have a committee working on what basic science all entering medical students should know. They’re likely to include biochemistry, genetics and statistics. It’s unclear what exactly will happen to orgo, but one aim is to give colleges latitude to experiment with interdisciplinary classes.
PLEASE TO BE DECIDING THIS IN THE NEXT SEMESTER OR TWO, KTHX. I really would like to not have to take this if at all possible. Unfortunately, it looks like I'm on track to be caught in the middle, which might end up either really screwing me or helping me out; I could end up being limited in where I apply based on whether I took orgo or whatever they replace the requirement with, or on the other hand have a lot more leeway because I'm a transition-year applicant and have schools be like "ehh, whatever you got around to taking is fine".
There may be some respite in sight: The year-long introductory course in orgo may soon be pared back to make room for other subjects. The Association of American Medical Colleges and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute have a committee working on what basic science all entering medical students should know. They’re likely to include biochemistry, genetics and statistics. It’s unclear what exactly will happen to orgo, but one aim is to give colleges latitude to experiment with interdisciplinary classes.
PLEASE TO BE DECIDING THIS IN THE NEXT SEMESTER OR TWO, KTHX. I really would like to not have to take this if at all possible. Unfortunately, it looks like I'm on track to be caught in the middle, which might end up either really screwing me or helping me out; I could end up being limited in where I apply based on whether I took orgo or whatever they replace the requirement with, or on the other hand have a lot more leeway because I'm a transition-year applicant and have schools be like "ehh, whatever you got around to taking is fine".
