<p>It’s tough. Just going from personal experience, I took AP Biology and AP Physics in high school, got As and 5s on the exam, and still had a tough time in the gateway courses Principles of Biology II and General Physics II. Lots of stressing and late nights. The classes are usually curved. I think you can take them pass/fail but if you want to go to med school, then you probably won’t want to do that.</p>
<p>There is minimal grade inflation. It isn’t like some of the humanities classes, where you can just slap together a 5 page paper the night before without much thought into it and still get a B. You earn what you get in these classes. I think the average grade for each class is around a B-/C+ (2.3/2.7), even with the curve. At least it was for BIO 182 and PHYS 116. So if you can maintain a 3.7, then that is pretty impressive.</p>