Alaik

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[–] Alaik@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

In the USA, organic chemistry is required by the vast majority of medical schools, and organic chemistry I is a prereq for biochemistry in most colleges.

Your average applicant is going to have Orgo1/2 and biochemistry though.

As far as the questions go, one was a multistep synthesis (It seemed to screw up markovnikov vs anti markovnikov addition if I had to guess where it went wrong).

It didnt seem to do well with HNMR, or Fischer projections, it also got a mechanism of ring breaking wrong.

It did get the question right regarding stability of chair conformations though.

I cant post the exact questions as im not home where my old Ochem book is, but those are the jists.

It seems to struggle with the more visual problems.

Edit: The AAMC has a list of requirements for med schools, so far I've seen... 3 that dont require Ochem and use biochem in its place? Thats certainly not all of them, but theyre also certainly a extremely small minority. Although again, most universities also have Ochem1 as a prereq for Biochem. And if you're college is an ACS compliant university, they'll make you take ochem 2 for biochemistry also. Which is lame.

[–] Alaik@lemmy.zip 1 points 7 hours ago

I didnt know people from Boston could pronounce Rs at any point, let alone add more. "Pahk the cah."

[–] Alaik@lemmy.zip 3 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Out of curiosity, i put in some organic chemistry practice questions into ChatGPT just now, it got 1 out of 5 correct. Im not an outright hater of AI (I do dislike how its being forced into some things and makes the original product worse, and the enviromental impact it has) but i'm sure in the future it'll be able to do some wonderous things.

As it stands though, I would rather my doc do a review of literature rather than trusting ChatGPT alone.

[–] Alaik@lemmy.zip 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

The OP is rage bait, all 5 big exams on the path to becoming a doctor are proctored with no electronics allowed. Being caught cheating at any one of those guarantees expulsion (For the USMLE) or never being admitted in the first place (MCAT) or never being licensed in a specialty (Board exam).

[–] Alaik@lemmy.zip 2 points 7 hours ago

You are 100% correct on that.

[–] Alaik@lemmy.zip 5 points 8 hours ago

Good news. The MCAT, USMLE, and board exams are all done in a proctored environment with no electronic devices allowed. Hell, you cant even take a calculator in for the MCAT, so you better be cool with doing Arrhenius Equations by hand.

As far as doctors go you might be able to get through your premed degree with ChatGPT, but you're not going to get 500+ on your MCAT and you certainly aren't passing Step 1 of the USMLE.

[–] Alaik@lemmy.zip 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Hmmm... would that be enough to cause radioactive effects if you someone condensed them enough to actually fit?

[–] Alaik@lemmy.zip 2 points 8 hours ago

Does he have a cane that I can kick out from under him when he acts afool?