<p>I don’t know if she can avoid the classes, but taking them at a less selective school might help with grades. Also, before taking any community college classes, check if grad programs will accept those for their requirements–many will not accept any community college credits.
Since your D is still in high school she should take AP biology and AP chemistry in order to prepare herself for those weedout classes. Most of the students who pass those weedout classes have had the material before. (I’ve seen some top students who got 5’s in AP biology struggle to get B’s in the pre-med intro biology. I think colleges like to brag that “85% of our med school applicants get into their top choice med school”–That may be true, but it is only about 5-10% of the folks who started out in pre-med who actually get to the point of applying to med school. . .)</p>