<p>I have AP credit for general chem and my college won't allow someone to retake classes that they have credit for. And since med schools usually require 2 years of chem(I guess some will allow ap credit for 1 semester) I need to take two higher level chem classes but I don't know what I should take and when. I hear p chem is hard and unnecessary so I dont know if I should do that. There is a physical chem/biol sciences class and a survey p chem class which I don't think are the ones for chem majors so they might be easier. I could do biochem but that is kind of under the umbrella of organic, right, and med schools want 1 year of inorganic? Theres also an atmospheric chem class but I don't know if that would fill the requirement. And then theres intro analytical chem which I don't know anything about. BTW I thought I would do organic soph year. Should i even take chem freshman year if i have to take a hard class like p chem or put it off till later? Im kinda thinking I would have been better off not sending in my ap scores right now...</p>
<p>Its two semesters of gen chem and 2 semesters of orgo. Most med schools let you substitute a class with AP credit, so as long as you do orgo sophomore year you should be fine. Here’s a list of medschools that do not take AP credit: <a href=“http://wolfweb.unr.edu/~waites/Documents/MedSchAP08.pdf[/url]”>http://wolfweb.unr.edu/~waites/Documents/MedSchAP08.pdf</a> </p>
<p>Its 3 years old though, and biochem would be sufficient for the chem requirement. And some medschools require one semester of biochem anyways.</p>
<p>so most med schools would let me substitute one semester of general chem for ap credit, but I would still have to take another semester of some type of chem right? I would take biochem but the most basic biochem class I see (bioc 212 in the biochemistry department) has an extra biology prerequisite I would have to take (molecular bio) and also it states that bioc 212 is “A non-terminal course intended to be followed by BIOC 311; BIOC 312 in the U2 year”. Im going to mcgill btw.</p>