<p>Applying to med school after one year simply is not possible (finishing college in two years then starting med school in year 3). There's pretty much no way to get it done. Med schools don't accept AP credit, so you'll need to at least take the year of bio, general chem, organic chem and physics all with lab...Because of prerequisite policies most schools won't allow you to alter the chemistry sequencing, there's also the issue of taking more than 2 labs a week which burns out a lot of people as well as messes up their other opportunities. Throw in the other courses most med schools require for admission - semester or two of english, at least a semester of calc, and then the "suggested" courses - stats, genetics, biochem, physiology, and you can start to see how much time is needed to get through it all. Tack on courses in your major (which most undergrad schools don't allow you to AP or CLEP out of) as well as volunteer work, clinical experience, campus involvement, leadership experience, and studying/taking the MCAT, and there's simply just not enough time. </p>
<p>A bit more specific on the AP stuff, b/c I'm sure that's where you got this idea b/c you have so many credits. The overwhelming majority of med schools simply won't accept AP credit as fulfilling their entrance requirements. So that means if you happened to get a 5 on the AP Chem exam, your undergrad school will probably give you credit (and some will even give you grades for that credit - not all undergrads will) for intro general Chemistry 1&2 and you'd be allowed to start Organic Chem 1 as a frosh. If you finish OChem 1&2, you're thinking you've completed your pre-med requirements b/c you have credit for a year of gen chem and a year of organic. But med schools don't see it that way. They'd only see you as having fulfilled the Organic requirement. If you were to apply, your application would be rejected because you haven't fulfilled their requirements, they have a huge task of figuring out how to fill their class from an applicant pool full of outstanding/accomplished individuals and not meeting requirements is an easy way to start limiting the size.
So what are your options then. I hope you're seeing that you have to actually complete the two years. You can either retake gen chem, or your other option is take the two courses that are above organic chem to fulfill your year of chem requirement - but these two courses are likely analytical chem and physical chem, both well known (almost legendary) ball-busters that have killed many a chem majors GPA.
My point here is that regardless of what you choose, it's still going to take two years just for the pre-med requirements. Throw in all the other stuff required to get into med school and the things you need to do to graduate, and it's impossible.</p>
<p>Furthermore, even applying after two years (graduating in 3, starting med school in year 4) puts you at a disadvantage because you have a smaller record of achievement on your application. All the stuff you did in HS is irrelevant and can't be put on your AMCAS application, and so you're only working with your post-secondary experiences - that's all med schools will consider. It simply is a big disadvantage to only have 2/3 or a 1/2 or less of what your competition has in aggregated time to accrue accomplishments.</p>
<p>The final thing is to follow up on what ucsd<em>ucla</em>dad said, not only in the classroom but also just the college experience. I never have understood the rush to get out. College can be the greatest 4 years of your life if you do it right - why rush through. Take the time to grow intellectually like he's suggested, but also as a person - take the random road trip on a tuesday night, go to all the crazy parties, enjoy football or basketball season because your school is awesome in one of those, play crazy pranks in the dorms, all that sort of stuff. Yes academics are important, but they aren't the end all and be all of college life.</p>