<p>FWIW my son just declared himself officially as a biochem major, and is hoping to apply to med school. He opted for chem 11 and 12. He reports that the honors classes have less grunt work (problem sets) for homework than 1 & 2, but 11 and 12 are certainly quite challenging and those taking it do indeed "complain" about it, not due to the workload but the difficulty of the material they have to master. And yeah, he had chem ap experience and got an 5 on the test.</p>
<p>I would think if one were going to apply to med school it would appear pretty impressive that one opted for and aced the honors level chem classes vs. the "regular" chemistry classes. But then again I'm just surmising... I don't know if med school adcoms even look at stuff like that. </p>
<p>Regarding languages, don't forget that you may easily test out of at least some of the language requirements. They give the tests during freshman orientation.</p>