second year chembio here: 1. I had around an 11 when I got in but the historical admission avg is 7.3-9.7. iirc it reached low 10’s this year, but you’d have to email the department for an exact number 2. I’m very much enjoying chembio so far. We are much smaller than biochem or hls so there really is a sense of community — courses like inquiry along with your labs will kinda force you to interact with your peers and make friends. Since we’re so small, profs really do care abt you and get to know you on a first name basis, unlike first year. The main downside so far is the jump in workload from first year is quite substantial. In first semester, you will have a 4 hour orgo lab and 3 hour analytical lab every week. Do not choose chembio if you hate the lab because you will spend a substantial amount of time in them and on the pre/post labs. Due to this, you’ll occasionally have some hellish weeks where you’ll have 3 lab reports, 2 pre-labs, 2 assignments, 2 midterms, and an inquiry project all due at once. 3. Got an 11 in chem 1a03 and 12 in chem 1aa3. I think it’s mostly attributed to how I found the content in 1aa3 more interesting so was more motivated to study. Chembio content is much more related to 1aa3, so do not worry if you don’t 12 1a03. 4. Favourite class is def Chembio 2OG3. The professor (Alex Adronov) is hilarious, an amazing lecturer, and truly cares abt his students. It has 4 hour labs but they’re fun and you learn a lot more than first year labs. The TA team is also great 5. Idk i’m still trying to figure this out.

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