<p>So I was browsing through an older thread and noticed several recommendations against taking A-Chem.</p>
<p>At my college, pre-med students are recommended to take a semester of Gen Chem, then two semesters of Organic, then finish off spring of junior year with a semester of A-Chem. The reasoning behind this is because most med schools recommend a year of inorganic, and a year of organic, so the A-chem is supposed to fulfill the second half of the inorganic requirement seeing as we have to Gen Chem II.</p>
<p>Should I follow my school's advice and fulfill the med school core requirements, or is a-chem simply overkill for the requirements/MCAT?</p>
<p>I think some schools just divide up the chemistry sequences differently. My son's first school did one semester inorganic, two of organic, one of biochem. He transferred and new school does have two of inorganic, so he needs to go back and pick that one up now for graduation requirement for his major.</p>
<p>I made a mistake in my original post...it should be "seeing as we have NO Gen Chem II." Instead we just have a-chem for 2nd semester sophomores.</p>
<p>The argument against A-Chem is that it's unnecessary when you could just take two semesters of Gen Chem. Since you can't take 2 semesters of Gen Chem, A-Chem is going to be overkill for the MCAT, but you have to satisfy that year somehow.</p>