If you are studying, then you are already on the wrong track. You have to find some aspect of organic chem that you can be passionate about. A lot
of us find, it is probably safe to say, the relationship between the structures and the activities of various mind-altering drugs fascinating.
As an aspiring chemist I memorized the structures and synthesis of all of the drugs that were popular in those hippie days. Nowadays it is the same,
only the target of my obsession is flavorings and scents. At various times it was vitamins and metabolic pathways.
You will do best if you develop a strong interest in one particular field and then branch out from it to pick up the broader aspects of being an
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