Chemistry major, first year at UF. What to take?

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<p>I'm enrolled in Summer B, and with my Preview date about next week, I'm worrying a bit about which classes I should take. I'm planning on majoring in Chemistry, with the ultimate goal of going to med school after UF. </p>

<p>I'm currently in IB, and after all these IB and AP tests are said and done, I'll likely have amassed a lot of credits, so with that in mind, here's what I have for my Summer and Fall schedules:</p>

<p>Summer B:
Intermediate Spanish II
Ximena Moors</p>

<p>Plants, Plagues, and People
Brantlee Richter</p>

<p>Fall:
Beginning Japanese I
Yukari Nakamura</p>

<p>Organic Chemistry I
Kirk Schanze</p>

<p>Enriched Physics with Calculus I
Tarek Saab</p>

<p>Calculus II
No teachers are actually listed for this one.</p>

<p>I decided on relatively easy classes for my Summer term, just because it's only about 6 weeks and I didn't want to overwhelm myself so early.
For fall, I chose somewhat harder classes. AP Chemistry will probably let me into Organic, and I could go to Calc III with Calc BC credits but I chose to retake Calc II instead.
The physics course is an Honours class, and I have to take Physics with Calculus for my major, anyway.<br>
Japanese because I just want to learn it.</p>

<p>I'm mainly concerned about my Fall schedule; I don't want teachers that are unfair. Mainly this is a concern with Organic, as I've read the reviews on RateMyProfessors and none of them seem very great. </p>

<p>Any thoughts?</p>

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<p>I’m taking Orgo 1 in the fall too. I think there’s like 4 professors offering it, and Kirk Schanze has the worst ratings.</p>

<p>None of them seem stellar but Aponick and McElwee have the “best” ratings. The thing is there’s only one seat left in the Aponick class and like 5 left fot the McElwee :/</p>

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<p>If you want to go to med school, you may want to bite the bullet and retake chemistry 1 and 2, just because med schools want to see grades for those classes… This is what most people end up doing.</p>

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<p>^agreed. Some, if not all, med schools do not accept AP/high school credits for the Pre reqs. Most schools even frown upon completing the majority of your pre reqs at a community college.</p>