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Hi friendos, time for /ogen/

>Recommend me a textbook
Wade, Clayden, Solomon, whatever. It doesn't actually matter too much, you just need to keep doing practice problems (I really like the problems in Bruice). Please don't shit up the thread asking for textbook recommendations.

>Guys I'm a future doctor taking organic next year. Tell me how to get a good grade!
Just make sure you memorize everything. Don't bother trying to understand the concepts, that's a waste of time. It's a lot easier if you just brute force your way through it and memorize all the mechanisms.

>How do I into synthesis research?
Go walk up to a professor and tell them you want to work in their lab. Most are glad to take on a new student, provided you aren't completely retarded -- you're basically free labour. Note that if your school has a lot of future doctor then you might have to compete with them on grades, some of them might also be bumming the prof so they could pad up their applications.

Also obligatory
>premeds need not apply