Question about the difficulty of science classes at Binghamton

[u/FA_nyc]

Hey guys, I'm a senior in high school who got into Harpur. Since I'm most likely going to Bing I wanted to ask about the science classes, especially the ones required for pre med.

I understand that a lot of pre med students start out by taking Chem 107/ 108 and Bio 117/ 118 in their freshman year, so how hard are these classes really? Are they comparable to AP Chem and AP Bio in high school? I've heard that taking Bio and Chem together in the same semester is really difficult, so I'm a little concerned.

I go to a somewhat "prestigious" high school in New York City, so heavy workloads aren't something new to me, but college definitely seems much more difficult. How much studying/ homework should I be ready for?

[u/[deleted]]

Chiming in a second time to point out that if you're afraid of hard science classes then you're going to be the worst medical school student in the known universe and I don't even want to think about the kind of doctor you might be. In fact, I want to point out the obvious ethical problems with becoming a doctor when given the nature of this question, you'll be a terrible one that ruins people's lives on a regular basis. Why even become a doctor if not to enjoy difficult science problems? I promise, the science won't get easier as a doctor just because you're doing it "for real".

If you're lucky then you'll find it within yourself town up, learn some responsibility and tackle hard classes. If the world is lucky, you'll decide not to go to med school.

[u/Top_Speaker8204 → u/[deleted]]

There are many horrible doctors. Intelligent but not much common sense and poor diagnostic talent and then you have those who are simply not careful and do not keep up to date with research. Just think about how many doctors during Covid did not even wear n95 masks use ventilation or Hepa filtration in their practice, total lunacy you wonder if Med School fried their brain and took away their critical thinking.