CH 111

I am wanting to CODA into Mechanical Engineering and I need to take CH 101. My chem background is kinda bad, I only know balancing equations, conversions and ionic and covalent bonds but I learn fairly quick. Should I enroll in CH 111 or just try to get out of it. I need to get a really high grade in CH 101 because I heard the CODA is competitive so I want to make it the easiest as possible.