<p>While in highschool, I only took one regular chemistry class, and now I'm planning to brush up on my chemistry and take the placement exam. I talked to my friend the other day, and he said that it's better to start chemistry in college from the introductory courses instead of trying to place out of them. That way he said, I would have a better foundation in higher chemistry levels.</p>
<p>To do or not to do, that is the question. </p>
<p>I posted this here because, I'm planning to pursue the Pre-med path.</p>
<p>Well, do you plan to take two additional semesters of chemistry besides orgo and biochem regardless of whether you place out or not? Because you’re going to need four semesters of chemistry at almost all medical schools.</p>
<p>Unless you took AP Chem and aced the test, I wouldn’t waste your summer by “brushing up” to take a placement test. It will be impossible to pass out of college chem with just a background in ‘regular’ HS chem.</p>
<p>But if one had AP Credit in Chem, what would he or she take for the gen chem requirement? Inorganic chemistry? Qualitative analysis? Astro or physical chemistry?</p>
<p>Hard stuff.</p>
<p>They’d take P-Chem.</p>
<p>P-chem and something else, actually.</p>
<p>Depends on your school. I have both semester-long and year-long P-Chem courses, one more related to bio, the other pure chem.</p>
<p>Ah, interesting. I remember now that my school has a full year of pchem too, but only in the chemistry department. Pchem 2 is not required for either the biochemistry major or the chemical engineering major (it’s an elective for at least the latter), but I don’t think too many people take it.</p>