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The best way to stay ahead of the semester is to divide your chapters into blocks that you will study.\u00a0 Most professors will have a fairly clear outline of what chapters from your book will be covered before each exam.\u00a0 Your goal here should be to divide your time (starting right now!) until the exam into blocks to study.\u00a0 Some chapters, like substitution (e.g. SN<\/sub>2) and elimination (e.g. E2), are longer than others because these reactions are the foundations for future reactions you will learn later in the course.\u00a0 So, spend a lot of time mastering these important topics.\u00a0 Finished a chapter early?\u00a0 Move ahead and don\u2019t wait until you receive the lecture to start studying.\u00a0 Many people find studying before the lecture help them to really understand what the professor is saying and will give you an opportunity to ask questions right away.<\/p>\nBut remember; no one is a better judge of your understanding than you!\u00a0 If any material is unclear, don\u2019t move forward until you are confident and seek help immediately.\u00a0 StudyOrgo.com has developed a customized presentation of difficult concepts in organic chemistry into an easy to understand format with a step-by-step breakdown and description of common reaction mechanisms in organic chemistry.<\/p>\n
\u00a0Schedule your studying times<\/b><\/p>\n
To achieve your \u201cdivide and conquer\u201d plan, get serious about studying the material.\u00a0 The best way to this is to schedule yourself an \u201cappointment.\u201d\u00a0 Carry out your studying at a designated spot, we recommend not studying in the comfort of your home or dorm room where distractions are copious.\u00a0 Pick a coffee shop, library or classroom to force yourself into studying.\u00a0 Learning these time management skills will not only help you earn a passing grade in Orgo, it will help you in your career as well!<\/p>\n
Practice Problems<\/b><\/p>\n
Professors are notorious for advertising to their students that homework is not mandatory and\/or you will be graded on the homework.\u00a0 Relax then, right?\u00a0 Wrong!\u00a0 An important realization to make is that there are only so many types of questions a professor can ask.\u00a0 Therefore, if you see a ton of practice problems, chances will be high you have already seen the exam problem. Many professors will throw in \u201creally hard\u201d questions that terrify students and it may seem like they are just being plain evil.\u00a0 There is a reason for everything!\u00a0 Professors use this tactic to assign A\u2019s to the students who have kept up and followed along the whole time and rightfully so since these questions cannot be answered without understanding everything they have covered.\u00a0 You can be one of the few who aces these questions!<\/p>\n
Review Materials before the Exam<\/b><\/p>\n
Either you have been following the steps above the whole semester and you are ready for that exam\u2026 or you read our article too late and the exam is next week.\u00a0 There is still hope!\u00a0 Simply adjust the \u201cdivide and conquer\u201d strategy to fit the time you have remaining until the exam.\u00a0 We suggest you review ALL of the material though and not just what you think you don\u2019t know.\u00a0 In our experience, the difficulties students have are often because they missed a concept earlier on.\u00a0 Orgo is like a pyramid, the top falls without a strong base.\u00a0 Here at StudyOrgo, we have developed easy to follow review study guides and exercise sets to help with reviewing all the concepts you will have to master to pass the course!\u00a0 Check out www.studyorgo.com\/summary.php<\/span><\/a> for more details!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Many students find themselves lost by the end of semester in Organic Chemistry.\u00a0 This has led to a terrifying perception of Organic Chemistry that is passed down from upperclassmen.\u00a0 We at StudyOrgo are here to say, you can make it!\u00a0 You just need the right strategy to succeed. \u201cDivide and Conquer\u201d The best way to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[1,12,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.studyorgo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.studyorgo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.studyorgo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.studyorgo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.studyorgo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.studyorgo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":424,"href":"https:\/\/www.studyorgo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422\/revisions\/424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.studyorgo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.studyorgo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.studyorgo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}