<p>AP credit doesn’t help you much… almost all your peers are going to have sophomore standing coming in. You won’t really know if you’re going to get into the class winter quarter until enrollment comes around. It is generally an impacted class so there’s absolutely no certainty that you’ll get in (unless you have senior standing for some reason).</p>
<p>You’ll certainly learn Chem with Lavelle, who teaches in the fall, and if you try hard enough you can probably get an A but it won’t be easy. More people say that Scerri is easier and there’s more memorization than learning involved but I didn’t have him so I can’t attest to that. You should go look at reviews on bruinwalk.com </p>
<p>It doesn’t really matter if you’re a little late in taking any science classes, I know so many people at different stages in their pre-reqs and it honestly doesn’t affect you as long as you figure it all out and get the necessary courses done before you study for the MCAT or need them for your upper divs. If you try to squeeze them all in as soon as possible and aren’t adjusted/well-equipped enough to deal with them and get good grades, that is when it will be a problem.</p>