looking for advice

Take orgo first dude. The stuff you need to learn for the MCAT from physics and chem is very basic and it won't be hard to pick it up again. You really don't have a good base in orgo coming into college. I suggest that you take the MCAT at the earliest the summer after soph year.

 

Some things to think about...
1. When will you be applying? MCAT scores are only good for 3 years, so make sure they'll still be good with your application plans.
2. Since you have the time, I would take it! Take physiology, o-chem, biochem, etc. There's alot of that on the MCAT and it's better to have a course and then review for the test than to have to learn it all for the test. It doesn't sound like you'll lose your chem/physics since you had it so extensively (and are still taking physics and analytical chem now...)
3. Many schools WILL NOT accept AP classes for pre-requisites, so you might want to look into that. You might have to take a year of chem w/ lab, a year of calc, a year of bio w/ lab, etc in college anyway (talk to your pre-med advisor at your school and/or call the schools you are considering applying to.)
4. The MCAT is changing in 2007...do you want to just wait and take it on the computer? The test will be shorter, and it is likely that everyone you are applying with would have had the computerized test.
5. The science sections are only 2 parts of the MCAT...do you have the background needed to excel in the verbal section as well, because that score is really important to alot of schools. Definitely not cool to have an 8 on VR and 13's in the sciences...I've heard some schools weight the VR section the most.

Good luck!

 

While I agree with your post up to this point, a 13,13,8 is still a pretty competitive score.

 

You will be taking the CBT version. No way around it. Current Soph. are the earliest that would have Aug 2006 valid.

I think taking organic would be a good idea since it is a pretty tough subject much less teach it to yourself.

 

Every test is different. Depends on the form, the year, etc. Why chance it?

 

There are 77 questions on the bio section of the MCAT. Let's pretend only 20 of them are orgo, you get all 57 biology questions correct and by chance 8 orgo questions correct. Based on the numbers at e-mcat.com (old mcat tests and keys from AAMC), you'll get a 10 or an 11 MAX. That's it, and it's only if you get all the bio questions correct.
I would take organic chemistry were I in your position.

 

definitely wait until you have taken organic. it has been deemphasized from 5 yrs ago (according to my princeton review teacher) but it will be imposssible to do very well (11-12+) on bio without it. i took the mcat during my 2nd semester of orgo (in april) and there were still things on the test that we didnt get to until may. take the MCAT in spring of sophomore year if you want to apply as a junior and skip senior year. if you want to apply senior year, then take mcat the august after sophomore year and study all summer. that is what i would do. foremost, chill out. you are only a freshman. go get drunk be irresponsible for petes sake.

 

take it as soon as you get done with orgo and have had a summer to study...make sure you don't discount verbal either, since that can rape your score if you dont do well on it. I might worry more about gpa, research, volunteering, and extracurrics right now if I were you. Those will produce a greater return on your time than studying for the mcat as a freshman. -qm