I did Orgo 2 over summer. Best decision I made this semester. Orgo 2 during the regular semester is bloody hard for my friends.
Just to be clear I had an extremely hard professor for Orgo 2. and I took it over summer B. Our test average was 40% and no dropped test.
I failed the first one with a 55% and then got As from then on. A clean A was 88% (i.e., no minus), and thats what I ended up with.
during the regular semester my friends have to take the ACS (american chemical society) standardized test which counts as part of their grade. We didnt do this. also we sorta went did away with bad topics during the summer semester. Nothing was too in-depth, as we moved fast, and crunched as much general material as we could. It was extremely exhausting, thats all I would do all day long, but it paid off so much.
My friends are much smarter and struggling to get an A.
All this is coming from one university, so do more digging on yours need to be done. Overall I liked it. I feel biochem is something you take over a normal semester. Gives you time to ponder and is more representative on the MCAT. Orgo not as much, still present on MCAT, but loved getting it over and done with.