<p>Disclaimer: I am not, nor have I ever been premed. But I go to a school that has an absurd number of premeds, and the medschool is the most selective med school in the country.
The difference here is that orgo is also a requirement, while second year physics (quantum) is not.
From all I’ve heard, at my school at least, if you skip out of gen chem with ap (only an option for engineers), you better take a year of p-chem to make up for it.</p>
<p>Mind you, this is all told to WUSTL premeds who want a chance of getting into WUSTL med school.
Also of note, I know Harvard med will not accept AP as a substitute for writing.</p>
<p>(But if you’re not trying to be a lunatic overachiever by getting into WUSTL, Harvard, or JHU med, it’s entirely a different story)</p>