<p>I’m not premed, so somebody please correct me if necessary, but the basic mandatory classes for premeds are probably going to be:</p>
<p>general chemistry
organic chemistry
biology
general physics
Calculus (1,2, or 3, it depends)
Writing 1</p>
<p>That’s the gist of the mandatory classes, at least for your first two years. Writing 1 takes one semester, the others are generally “paired” classes that take two semesters total. I don’t think your APs will allow you to skip either of those classes - that’s a general rule for major-coursework at any college, really… if it’s part of your major, you can’t skip out of it with AP credit. And even if you could, it wouldn’t look so great for your med school applications I don’t imagine.</p>
<p>Other than that, along with any premed courses at higher levels, I don’t think there are really any mandatory classes. No mandatory general requirements, anyway. You’ll still have to flesh your schedule out with some social sciences, textual/historical studies, etc., but with the cluster system out of the picture you should find things pretty manageable, all things considered.</p>
<p>EDIT: Glad you like your first impressions of the school though! If you have time and want to get more official answers on things, I’d definitely recommend trying to make it to St. Louis for a visit. Academically it definitely is a very solid school, especially in pre-med oriented fields. </p>
<p>So I was totally about to paste in a link to one of the wustl college life threads, but apparently our threads disappear after 3-4 weeks of disuse? That’s kind of sad… 
Well yeah fire away if you had any other questions though :)</p>