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Classes required for your major that you have never used
Posted on 3/19/26 at 2:35 pm
Posted on 3/19/26 at 2:35 pm
I am a doctor which means I had to take a lot of science classes in undergrad. Organic chemistry was a biotch and I swear I have not used anything that I learned in that class since. What are some of the classes that yall were required to take that you have not used as part of your career? I am not talking about stupid electives like theatre or literature and jazz that you took just to get an easy elective.
ETA: Correction I used organic chemistry on the MCAT but that is it.
ETA: Correction I used organic chemistry on the MCAT but that is it.
This post was edited on 3/19/26 at 3:33 pm
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Posted on 3/19/26 at 2:36 pm to WeeWee
That stupid agronomy class that was all about global warming was such arse.
Posted on 3/19/26 at 2:37 pm to WeeWee
What residency did you match into
Posted on 3/19/26 at 2:37 pm to WeeWee
Spanish
4 semesters of it
4 semesters of it
Posted on 3/19/26 at 2:38 pm to WeeWee
I have never used what I learned in Underwater Basket Weaving
Posted on 3/19/26 at 2:38 pm to WeeWee
Lots of engineering classes outside of my discipline were never used past taking the Fundamentals of Engineering exam, so I guess technically I used them
Posted on 3/19/26 at 2:39 pm to WeeWee
Accounting and English II.
I was a Math major for goodness sake.
I was a Math major for goodness sake.
This post was edited on 3/19/26 at 2:54 pm
Posted on 3/19/26 at 2:41 pm to WeeWee
Surveying for me. I'm in materials testing and haven't used anything from that class in almost 20 years. Highway Design is another come to think of it
Posted on 3/19/26 at 2:41 pm to WeeWee
quote:Nothing as far as pharmacology? There are meds that are S-enantiomers of a previous med that was a racemic mixture, etc.
Organic chemistry was a biotch and I swear I have not used anything that I learned in that class since
This post was edited on 3/19/26 at 2:43 pm
Posted on 3/19/26 at 2:42 pm to WeeWee
I think organic chemistry is there to weed out those that don’t have what it takes or don’t have the passion for that route.
I took and finished it and switched majors
Hardest class I ever took in college.
I took and finished it and switched majors
Hardest class I ever took in college.
Posted on 3/19/26 at 2:42 pm to WeeWee
quote:
Organic chemistry was a biotch and I swear I have not used anything that I learned in that class since.
You developed abstract problem solving skills within a complex scientific language, which is a foundational piece of the process for becoming a doctor.
Posted on 3/19/26 at 2:42 pm to WeeWee
Engineering is full of Calculus in engineering classes, on top of 4 semesters of straight Calculus. I never used it once in my career. My boss got excited once because he thought calculus might apply to a plant problem. He was wrong.
Posted on 3/19/26 at 2:44 pm to WeeWee
I graduated from LSU just as the iPhone was starting to get popular. For this reason, and for this reason alone, I have used zero of what I learned in college because that single device allowed me to forget everything I learned.
Welcome to the main problem we have with society today!
Welcome to the main problem we have with society today!
Posted on 3/19/26 at 2:50 pm to Arthur Bach
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Spanish
4 semesters of it
Same. 4 semesters of Spanish for an English degree. Can't complain, though. I use it actually a ton more than I ever thought I would at my job, and use it for fun eavesdropping on staff at a couple of the places I hang out.
Posted on 3/19/26 at 2:53 pm to Jake88
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Organic chemistry was a biotch and I swear I have not used anything that I learned in that class since
Nothing as far as pharmacology? There are meds that are S-enantiomers of a previous med that was a racemic mixture, etc.
Not really. It could be that memory is faulty because that was over 10 years ago but the last time I recall using anything from organic chemistry was on the MCAT.
Posted on 3/19/26 at 2:54 pm to CatfishJohn
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I think organic chemistry is there to weed out those that don’t have what it takes or don’t have the passion for that route.
I took and finished it and switched majors
Hardest class I ever took in college.
Physics was harder than organic chemistry for me in college.
Posted on 3/19/26 at 2:55 pm to WeeWee
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Organic chemistry was a biotch and I swear I have not used anything
Yes, those of us in the medical fields recognize this as an early weed class and nothing else. If you are too dumb to get organic chem, you are too dumb to practice medicine.
Physics is another useless one. I loved physics though, aced them both with 100s.
This post was edited on 3/19/26 at 2:59 pm
Posted on 3/19/26 at 2:55 pm to WeeWee
What's your specialty, if I might ask?
quote:Wut?
Physics was harder than organic chemistry for me in college.
This post was edited on 3/19/26 at 2:56 pm
Posted on 3/19/26 at 2:56 pm to WeeWee
Nicholls Nursing 360...Human Sexuality
Posted on 3/19/26 at 2:57 pm to Tigris
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f 4 semesters of straight Calculus
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