Organic chemistry, known as “orgo” among college students, is notoriously one of the most challenging courses in university. It is taken by pre-med students, aspiring engineers, and scientists.

Organic chemistry is one of the most difficult science subjects – one that even science majors find challenging. If you're in secondary school and preparing for your GCSE in science, you probably know what we're talking about.

The problem is there are hundreds of reactions you have to learn. You have to know them forwards, backwards, and inside out. Test questions often require you to recall five separate reactions to come to an answer. But there's a bright side- you don't actually have to memorize hundreds of reactions!

Chemistry: The Practical Science (a print textbook) Author(s). (Year). Book title. Publisher.

Citation Data Solomons, T. W. Graham. Organic Chemistry. Hoboken, NJ :Wiley, 2011.

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Organic chemistry is the study of the structure, properties, composition, reactions, and preparation of carbon-containing compounds. Most organic compounds contain carbon and hydrogen, but they may also include any number of other elements (e.g., nitrogen, oxygen, halogens, phosphorus, silicon, sulfur).

Author 1 (Last name, Initials.); Author 2; Author 3. Book Title, Edition (# ed.); Publisher Name: Place of Publication, Year of Publication; Pages (pp range or p single). Sorrel, T.N. Organic Chemistry, 2nd ed.; University Science Books: Sausalito, CA, 2006; pp 59-63.

If you are a quantitative and mathematical person then calculus should be easier, while if you are better at memorizing reactions, understanding electron density, and performing symmetry operations then organic chemistry should be easier. I reccomend you work hard and master both topics because they are useful to know.