<p>My D is in Orgo II and will be very glad to be done. She also found the genetics core course challenging since it was so math and statistics based where as she has loved her other bio classes. I don’t think Orgo is easy anywhere though and I’ve heard Physics can also be tough.
I think the great advantage of the house system is that it mixes women from all classes - my D really liked having seniors and juniors in her house who could give her advice her first year and already had connectioms to the greater Smith community which I think is very different from being placed in an all freshman dorm like so mayny other colleges.</p>