<p>Incoming Freshman. My AP Chemistry score of 5 exempts me from 6A,B,C, and as a Human Biology major, I can continue with 7L and/or 140A ochem to fulfill my major requirements. However, I've been told that most med schools require a year of general chemistry in college, which for me would be 6AH,BH,CH. I cannot get credit for 6A,B,C.</p>
<p>Is there a better route to satisfying the general chemistry requirement for medical schools than taking the Honors Chem 6 series? I've heard that it is potentially detrimental to my GPA.</p>
<p>You can take CHEM 6A,B,C and just not recieve credit for them. Med schools don’t require that you recieved credit for them, they just need to see that you took them and what grades you got.</p>
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<li>Take the honors series. I heard it’s pretty difficult but if you are above avg, you get an A. If you are below avg, you get a B. One of my friends in CHEM6BH last year told me. You’ll learn the materials you don’t usually see in regular gen. chem.</li>
<li>Take gen. chem without getting credits. But I’m pretty sure it still counts toward your GPA.</li>
<li>Take gen chem in a community college for a better GPA. Not sure how it would look in med school application though.</li>
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<p>Keep in mind that since you already have the AP credits that satisfy CHEM6ABC, you can move on right now to take more advanced courses and you can always come back any time when you feel like to take gen. chem or honors chem again.</p>
<p>I also came in with a 5 on my AP chem. Didn’t take general chemistry courses here because idt I would want to be a premed, so I went straight into CHEM140A.
Oh and if you are lazy like me, you can use your lab notebook from high school and submit it for a petition out of CHEM7L. But your case is different since med school also requires chem lab.</p>
<p>Thanks to both of you! I’ve decided to take 6AH on the basis that I can learn more. If I find it more difficult than it is worth, I’ll drop down to 6B in the next quarter even though it gives me no credits.</p>