<p>OK, I’m going to be snarky here, but I have to disagree with you about this statement:
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<p>OChem actually is quite precise and methodical and has pretty straight-forward mathematical models. The reason why you don’t see it (and indeed most pre meds don’t see it) is because you don’t have enough math and physics background to understand the deeper foundational principles which are based on quantum mechanics.</p>
<p>According to D1, a physics major, and my husband, who is a PhD physicist (and has a BS in Chem), and another friend who has a PhD in organic chemistry (and teaches OChem to pre meds), Ochem makes perfect sense once you understand quantum mechanical rules behind it. D1 said she never had to memorize a single reaction pathway when she took OChem (after acing senior quantum and grad quantum) because once you understood the physics the answer was obvious.</p>