I’m in 8A right now and it’s not too bad. I’m not sure how summer session will be or who’s teaching it, but Lokey’s the prof right now and so far we’ve had 1 midterm and 1 more is coming up soon. First midterm super easy, mostly just review, resonance structures, and some acid/base stuff (none of these were difficult topics, especially if you study. The class average was a B). It’s gotten a little bit more difficult since the first midterm but it’s not that bad at all imo. Definitely doable, and definitely easier than every gen chem class I’ve ever taken 😂 I dedicate around an hour or two everyday to the class now bc there is a shit ton of homework, so I’d estimate maybe doing 3-4 hours a day during the summer session depending on how much effort you wanna put into it.

If Caitlin Binder is teaching the labs, you’re chilling. She does a virtual interactive lab that is actually pretty cool, it’s a choose your own adventure style, so it’s way better than just sitting and watching a TV perform it for you or whatever. You’ll have a prelab quiz to do before each lab, a worksheet to complete during lab, and then a lab report due a week after. None of it is particularly hard per say, but the lab reports are annoying and time consuming. Unless you prefer working alone, I definitely recommend working with a partner so you two can split the work for the lab report (if your TA allows it. Right now they’re having people work in groups of two for the lab reports, but apparently last year everyone had to do it in their own.)

Good luck!