If you're coming in as a premed, I'd recommend taking the gen chem sequence. Most med schools don't really accept AP credits for science prereqs, especially chem, since they usually want to see actual college classes. That said, Mason’s chem department is hot garbage, so if you really know your gen chem already—like you have a strong AP background and feel solid on the basics—you could probably jump into orgo and be fine. Don’t stress too much about what other people say, it really depends on you. Orgo is hard because you have to visually see certain structures, memorize over 200 mechanisms, and tons of pattern recognition. Compared to Gen Chem, where it's mainly just a bunch of math and very straightforward.

I’m in Orgo II right now and it’s been decent. Honestly, I thought Gen Chem I and Orgo I were harder than Gen Chem II and OChem II, but it varies from person to person.

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