Practice tests and practice questions: Good or is the time better spent playing Halo 3?

For the record, all I know is that Halo 3 is a video game that everyone loves.  Anywho…

The short answer to that question is YES, practice tests are great. But the real question that should have been asked is “what practice questions do I want”?  First, you want to get old exams from YOUR professor.  Different organic chemistry professors focus in on different things.  Your professor might focus in on physical organic chemistry (orbitals and such) where as another prof might focus on synthesis.

Next, if you have the time, will, and extra food, surf the net to find other profs at other schools and their tests.  If you can answer both sets (yours and the other guys) of questions, you are well on your way to a nice fat A. 

Dr. Mike Pali got a bachelors degree in chemistry from Binghamton University, a masters degree in organic chemistry from the University of Arizona and a Ph.D. in bio-organic chemistry from the University of Arizona. His research focus was on novel pain killers which were more potent than morphine but designed to have fewer side effects. There may even be a patent or two that came out of it. Prior to all of this, he was a chemist at Procter and Gamble. After all of that, he (briefly) worked as a post-doctoral assistant at Syracuse University, working on novel organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). In between, he did NOT compete at the 1996 Olympics, make the Atlanta Braves opening day roster, or become the head coach of the Indiana Pacers, as he had intended. #fail During this entire time, he always loved helping students, especially if they were struggling with organic chemistry. In 2006, Dr. Pali founded AceOrganicChem.com in order to make learning organic chemistry fast and easy. 14 years and about 60,000 students later we are still helping students to learn organic chemistry one reaction at a time at https://www.aceorganicchem.com