<p>okay i have a long term plan on my course which will ultimately prepare me well for the MCAT. Would talking bio and chem in my freshman year be too much? I come from a background of excelling in the sciences to say the least. My main issue is if they will be too much of a time drain and how the curves are set up. thank you so m uch</p>
<p>I took a really hard bio course and a “really hard” chem course my freshman year and didn’t have any trouble, but it would help if you were more specific since each class is different…</p>
<p>I know the advisors reccomended AGAINST Chem and Physics (and someone here reccomened against it as well but only against taking both labs and both classes at the same time).</p>
<p>isnt bio 171/172 and chem 125/126 the premed requirements for bio and inorganic chem? or is the inorganic class 130?</p>
<p>Inorganic is 130, 125/126 is the lab.</p>
<p>my friend that just graduated and is going to med school said i should retake the intro level chem class so i learn it so im prepared for orgo. I got a 4 on ap chem so i COULD skip chem 130. my question is:since im taking calc 3, engineering 100, bio 171. should i still take chem 130 and lab? i had planned on taking this intro class but should i take another inorganic class (if they have?) or what? please help lol</p>
<p>Well, I didn’t take the AP Chem test (pretty sure I would have gotten a 4 based off a practice test). Orginally I signed up for general Chem again, but switched it to orgo. I however have no intention of doing anything medical so I don’t know how that would change things. I figure it’s best to take something harder, and then drop down if you decide to later.</p>
<p>As for the lab and other class. If it’s not going to set you over 18 credits, I would think you should take the lab (you’ll be paying the same amount). I don’t know if there is a different inorganic class.</p>
<p>qwerty how is the orgo class? i heard its very difficult</p>
<p>side note: currently i have 17 credits. i put bio 172, chem 130, engineering 100 and calc 3. i put no labs yet. would i be worse off taking the labs in the winter semester?</p>
<p>Well, by taking I mean I will take in the fall. I don’t know how hard it is yet.</p>
<p>You should hold off on the lab for now I think. If you go over 18 (that’d put you at 19) you have to pay more. Probably best to lose that hour (I’m losing 2 hrs unless someone knows something good for 1 hr or 2 hrs I should take) and see how things go to determine if it’s best to go over next time if necessary. Lots of people were signing up for 13-14 hrs at my orientation.</p>
<p>thanks for all the posts guys. ill post again if i need any more help. thanks again</p>
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<p>I actually recommend you to take the intro level class. Mainly because even if you go chem classes like enzyme functions, they won’t be on the MCAT at all. MCAT only covers intro level chem, biochem, orgo. And the basics of them, nothing really higher than that. Also you have a 4 on the AP Chem test, that shows that you don’t necessarily have a total understanding of General Chem and even a 5 doesn’t either since you can miss a good percent and still get a 5, your AP scores are great but I just don’t think AP prepares you well for them. Plus you will take the MCAT a few years after AP Chem, you are going to forget some if not a lot of it and then you have to spend countless hours studying general chem again. But it is up to you, think it over.</p>
<p>Best of luck!!!</p>
<p>cdz512 i completely agree with you and that is why i plan on taking general chem again and learning it in college versus high school are two very different things. so i definitely need to take intro chem in college.</p>
<p>question: for the premed requirement of 1 year of biology. is that biology 171 then biology 172? or some other class?</p>
<p>You don’t need to take the intro classes. A lot of of people I know who did well on the MCAT took their AP credit. This is especially true for intro bio, which is supposed to be one of the weeder courses. Also, 17 credits of all engineering and science courses first semester isn’t worth it. It would be a good idea to take a lighter load, and then when comfortable and more acclimated to college, increase the load.</p>
<p>But don’t you need a year of inorganic chem for premed requirements? And it’s realy 15 credits I’m taking urop too which is 2 credits. So do you think that’ll still be a lot?</p>
<p>I thought you had AP credit for chem. Then you don’t need intro. In that case, most premeds take another level of chem, such as pchem (chem 230 or 260). If you feel shaky on your chem basics, then retake gen chem. Some freshman can pull off 15 credits and UROP but that’s very rare if they want to get a 3.8+ gpa. A lot of my friends freshman year took 12/13 class credits of science/math classes and 2 credits of UROP first semester, and we were all in the honors program. If you feel ready for it, I would do it, but chances are that you won’t be once fall rolls around and things really get busy after the first month.</p>
<p>What classes did you guys take?</p>
<p>great books, calc 3 (215/285), and orgo 1 and lab</p>
<p>Ford did you get a 5 on Ap chem? How was orgo? Like is it as difficult as people say? Personally I’m more of a math physics and bio guy. I find chem interesting but it’s not my favorite. I studied 2 days for the Ap chem exam and got a 4. I don’t know what to do. I basically have 3 options based on what I heard from this thread: take general chem take orgo or take pchem. I want to know what is best for my grades an for doing well cuz being premed is ultra competitive.</p>