Deferring First-Year Chemistry

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>I'm going to be a freshman at Duke in the fall, and I'm considering pre-med. My fall semester I was planning on taking a first year seminar (required), Econ (a freshman course, supposedly really good, so I consider it a good idea since Econ is another major option), Spanish, and Math 32L, which is Laboratory Calc 2.</p>

<p>My question is what kind of affect would it have if I took Chemistry my sophomore year, and did orgo the summer after my sophomore year? I just don't feel comfortable taking time-intensive lab calc, as well as Chemistry my first semester...and I haven't taken AP Chem. Is fitting in all the pre-med reqs still do-able?</p>

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<p>I advise against it. Take them one at a time and start now. If chem scares you, start with bio. If you don't like bio, don't stay premed.</p>

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<p>Aight. I'm thinking I'll just hold off on the calculus then, since I feel pretty strong about my math skills. Duke just suggests you do Chem before or during bio, because I was all set to take bio my freshman year, but that kind of screwed things up. Thanks for your help.</p>