<p>My guess is that freshmen who have a stronger chem background can choose to take General Chem Intensive (since there are fewer spots and its a semester long). You’d probably have to do well on the proficiency quiz and maybe take another placement test. This is a new course because in the past we rotated through modules every half semester.</p>
<p>It does appear that you’ll take chem lab one semester and physics lab the other.</p>
<p>CS labs are once a week. How they worked in the past was that, although optional, going to labs would get you full credit for the lab problems even if you didn’t finish in time. Plus, there are professors and tutors there to help you.</p>