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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No skipping chem at kid's ivy, freshmen premeds start there, take orgo as soph. One semester of Bio can be skipped with AP of 5. Most skip and take Cell bio, biochem, physiology, genetics as upper levels. That is not typically freshman year but could be. freshmen tend to knock out genchem x2, maths x 2, most place out of at least one if not 2 semesters calc ie some take multivariable plus stats as the 2 maths. Psych is common freshman too. Sophomore is orgo x2, physics x2, Bios if needed, junior is phyiscs x2 if not done and biochem/UL Bios
That is the standard for premed non-engineers who plan no gap year or want to do a masters as a gap year (4+1) which is common for MD-phD chasers. 
BMEs move moreintros to first year to have room for the E courses though a lot of BME courses overlap with premed req.
There are a few juniors who are in orgo usually people who came in behind or slowed down the pace/spread out the stem or did a withdraw early as a soph and are retrying orgo.
There is no "easy A" redo intro commonality, most prefer to want to get the coursework done so they can take mcat may-june after junior and apply or at least have it out of the way. However this ivy has medians of B+ for intros as well as for orgo and C grades are rare. Upper level bios often have medians of A- so it is honestly better to skip intros if placement test/AP credit lets you. There are adv/honors versions of some intros (genChem honors requires 5 on the APChem) with "high" medians and very small cohorts of under 40 yet the workload is onerous for these classes [/quote]

Thanks for answering the question! I probably worded it poorly and should have made more clear this wasn’t about choosing courses. At their Ivy you skip bio 1/2 and they tend to take cell-mo and genetics instead. Only chem 1 can be skipped and they take orgo 1 spring freshman year.[/quote]

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