how to survive the first 2-3 weeks of 140a: know electron dot structures, electronegativity principles and resonance. if you know that, great, you're good to go for half of the first midterm.
next five weeks: random stuff, sn2/sn1/e1/e2 reactions and the differences
last week or 2: 50 reactions for alcohols = you just got f'ed for the final (overexaggerating here)
in reality, if you got a 5 on the AP test, you shouldn't worry about being at a disadvantage for 140a. i got a 5, retook the chem6 series, and i don't find that it helped all too much for ochem. i should have just jumped into ochem freshman year and gotten it over with.
ugh last night i had a horrid dream that i actually hadn't completed the 140 series. horrible way to wake up in the middle of the summer.
too bad i still have the 143a lab to plow through in the fall. any tips, astrina? or old lab reports :P