
The hardest/easiest things about the subject.Useful things to know before starting O-Chem.

I’ll talk about how later in this article. Plenty of students tackle and learn how to do well in it every year. Still, just because it’s hard doesn’t mean you should avoid organic chemistry (O-Chem). If you haven’t done a general chemistry course first, you could really struggle. It’s also very time-consuming, difficult to apply, and heavy on theoretical detail. Its failure and retake rates are high, and its class grade average is low.

Organic chemistry is one of the hardest science subjects. As a lot of students set out to master it each year, one big question often arises… Is Organic Chemistry Hard? Organic chemistry is a major STEM subject (and an important prerequisite for many health degrees).
