<p>I am currently high school sophomore, and I am planning to go to the Harvard summer program this summer. I am planning on going into medical school, hopefully, so I was wondering which class would be better to take for college credit over the summer, Introductory Biology or Organic Chemistry? The main reason I would take Organic Chemistry would be to complete the requirement, but I would take the bio class so that I could delve into more advanced topics in biology earlier than I would have otherwise.
Also, I have two other question. I am currently taking AP Chemistry, which my teacher said is equivalent to general/inorganic chemistry in college, is that true? Is the introductory bio course over the summer equivalent to, better than, or worse than an AP Bio class?</p>
<p>I would take organic chem, it’s as related to the medical field as introductory biology. You need a teacher more for chem than bio anyways. Intro to Bio = AP Bio, more or less, while Organic chem is more advanced than AP chem.</p>
<p>My D, currently sophomore at NU, took Biology this summer at Harvard primarily because she has to finish Bio and Orgo by the end of her sophomore year, and Orgo had a reputation of being a killer. She had rented an apartment with other students, of whom one had taken Orgo. </p>
<p>Her opinion was that the Harvard course that crammed a year’s worth of material within two months was a bit too much, and probably didn’t give her the same experience as a course spread over a year. She had already taken AP Bio in HS, and this was a more advanced course, but I don’t know if the HS students take the same course as the college kids. I believe Orgo was was intense too.</p>