<p>So, I received a 5 on the AP Chem exam allowing me to take Organic Chemistry in my fall freshman quarter.
However, I took the exam as a junior, meaning basically everything I've retained has been flushed out from senioritis.
With that said, I want to know if I should worry about that if I take Organic Chemistry or if I should just do Accelerated Inorganic Chemistry?</p>
<p>BTW, I am on the Pre-Med track and med schools like to see students take Inorganic Chem but I already fulfilled the req.</p>
<p>HELP ME.
Thanks.</p>
<p>Unless Northwestern puts down a grade on your transcript for an equivalent chemistry class, getting a waiver simply means you should take the next level chemistry class in order to have 1 year of inorganic chemistry on your college transcript to meet the medical school requirements.</p>
<p>I hadn’t known that! Thanks @texaspg!
I want to know though if I should worry about not remembering content from my junior year if I take Orgo at NU?</p>
<p>Personally I don’t think you should jump into organic chemistry in your first semester. Most premeds I know take inorganic chemistry by either repeating or taking next level chemistry to fulfill AAMC requirements.</p>
<p>Our S took Orgo at NU his freshman year after getting a 5 on AP Chem in his junior year of high school, and I don’t think having a year “off” from Chem made any real difference. </p>
<p>He is ISP versus pre-med, so his freshman course load was about as challenging as it gets, but he still had time for the Jazz Orchestra, being active in a frat and playing club soccer, so apparently Orgo during freshman year can be survived (I won’t comment on the sanity of ISP kids, though). ;)</p>
<p>I do think most of D’s older pre-med friends at NU waited to take Orgo their sophomore or even junior years, though, for what that’s worth.</p>
<p>Based off of your guy’s words, I think I will take accelerated Inorganic Chemistry just to refresh myself for the second quarter. ISP gets more intense students so I will take the relatively easier course for my first schedule. Thanks!</p>
<p>FWIW, all the sophomores who took Organic Chemistry that I talked to said it’s quite different from Inorganic Chemistry, and the only concepts from Inorganic that will appear again are things like VESPR, trends, and a little more of the first semester of Gen. Chem 1. </p>
<p>What makes the learning curve of Organic so steep is the novelty of the material. </p>
<p>Hmmm, makes sense, @Juvenis. I emailed the office and they too said the same thing. I’m now flip flopping but I think I may try Orgo just because I will end facing the class along with Bio sequences and my AP credit will be virtually pointless. Thanks!</p>
<p>Np. Also, it might be worth it looking at this: <a href=“Undergraduate Resources | Rice University”>Undergraduate Resources | Rice University;
<p>It shows the AP credit policies of med. schools. Anyways, point is there are students who do very well in Gen. Chem but do very poorly in Organic Chem and vice versa.</p>
<p>Just bookmarked the link, it’s like a gold mine of information!
And that’s interesting. Someone told me that going from Gen Chem to Orgo is like going from US History to AP Euro in terms of how content connects. Seems like it runs true with your point!</p>