<p>I will be taking Orgo as a freshman because of AP credits. What are good chemistry courses to take after that to fulfill the general chemistry requirement?</p>
<p>I'm sort of in the same boat as you are, slightly differently.</p>
<p>I tested out of Intro Bio and am planning to take higher level bio courses including biochem and microbio. Maybe then taking AP credit won't look so bad to med schools.</p>
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<p>Didn't you fulfill the gen chem req when they accept you ap chem credits? Are you asking whats another good chem class to take? If so, then analytical chemistry. Every other chem class after gen, orgo, and analytical chem gets into the very harder area.</p>
<p>At freshman orientation at My Ds college they recommended that, even if students could get AP credit for chem 1 & chem 2, they start with chem 2. They have found that students taking credit for both and taking orgo 1st semester do not generally get a good grade which is frowned upon by med schools. Might be something to check with your school. Better to retake a class than knock yourself out of contention for med school your 1st semester.</p>
<p>In my Ds case she decided that credits not in her major she would take the credit (history, calculus etc) but anything related to her major (sciences basically) she would take the college class.</p>
<p>ASMAJ - the OP is referring to the non Organic Chem requirement. The AP credit won't be accepted by medical schools and so the OP will need another year of chemistry (taken while in college) for medical school pre-reqs.</p>
<p>Pretty much your only choices are analytical and physical chemistry and their associated labs. Both of which are extremely difficult. This is why we tell people that AP Chem is not good for pre-meds.</p>
<p>swimcat - not all schools will allow individuals to take college course in which they already have AP credit.</p>
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ASMAJ - the OP is referring to the non Organic Chem requirement. The AP credit won't be accepted by medical schools and so the OP will need another year of chemistry (taken while in college) for medical school pre-reqs.
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<p>I vote for analytical chemistry then; its not that bad. Inorganic chem, physical chem (for bio majors), physical chem (for chem majors), and instrumental analysis are the harder ones, at least at my school. As I said before, analytical can be beneficial in some ways for the MCAT, but not enough to take it if you don't have to.</p>
<p>I checked out the premed advising site at my school and it says that one semester of biochem will do the job. That doesn't seem too bad, considering I will take it whether I major in chemistry or not.</p>
<p>Sorry, I forgot about biochem. Biochem would be more useful and practical.</p>
<p>I am not sure if your school is like mine, but they offer two different biochemistry classes here. One is offered by the medical school and the other is offered by the chem dept. The one through the medical school is just like what a medical student would be taking. They have the same teachers for UG and med school biochem. The chem dept one is more about pushing electrons and reactions. If you your school has that option, take the medically oriented one.</p>
<p>Well my school only offers one course, so I guess that's the one that I will take. ;)</p>