<p>Really. Hmm. I would still just consider these things to be…recommendations, if you will. The only time placement tests have actually been kinda important is for the language courses. I would be quite surprised if they made a big fuss about it. And I would probably ignore that you can shop both courses, around a hundred people every year who take 31X drop down to 31A after the first midterm, so you can just start with X (1 midterm will not have that bad of an impact on your grade, unless you did just absolutely dismally).</p>
<p>If you’re really worried about this, and you’re pre-med, again, I would really think about just not taking 31 series. There’s no need to subject yourself to the first level of weeding out. 33 begins a whole new subject, so it’s unrelated.</p>