<p>ald, I’m not denying it can be done. Trust me. I’m also speaking for personal experience. </p>
<p>AS A WHOLE a freshmen should NOT do this to him/herself. It’s just not worth it.</p>
<p>And yes, in general, AP classes are much different (easier and slower-paced) than intro courses in college. The OP should drop a physics course.</p>
<p>I agree that such the OP should drop a physics class (why have 2?), but I do think that if the OP paid attention in high school bio and chem should be pretty much a review and it would not be as difficult as if he/she were to learn everything for the first time.</p>
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<p>No and yes. </p>
<p>It’s not going to be “pretty much review” at most colleges. However, yes it won’t be as difficult as going in without AP bio/chem background.</p>
<p>I took AP Physics and then community college University Physics for credit. AP is very exam focused and doesn’t go much beyond that. College is more in-depth and covers more topics, though yes, many of the topics overlap and I can recall that info. The labs are a LOT longer and more difficult. Ultimately, I had no problem in the college physics class, but that’s most likely because it was community college. I know physics in my actual university is a weed-out course.</p>
<p>As a science major who has taken all of those classes- I say no.</p>
<p>It’s not that it’s impossible to take them together, and I know several premeds who have. It’s that your stress level will be through the roof. For a first semester freshman, this isn’t a great idea. College is more than learning, and you’ll need some time to adapt and make friends. Please don’t become one of THOSE premeds. You’ll be perfectly fine if you take your physics sequence as a sophomore.</p>
<p>Also- is astronomy of non-western cultures a “fun” physics class, or do you actually have to do work?</p>
<p>I don’t understand why you’d want to.take 19 credits your first semester. It’s ridiculously ridiculous. This is coming from a bio major. It will come back to bite you in the tush. Especially during finals week.
If it were me, I’d drop BOTH physics classes and take them in the summer. Intro chem and bio classes are weeder classes at most schools. So is physics. What’s your hurry to get them done so fast?</p>
<p>sparkles yea its just really a “fun” class. From what i understand, its studying how diffrent indian tribes viewed the sky. </p>
<p>ladeeda- what do you mean weeder classes? Also I want to try to just hit the ground running when i start college and not pussyfoot around by taking a schedule thats too easy.</p>
<p>There is a difference between too easy and reasonable. Dropping one class would be reasonable.</p>
<p>yeah im going to get rid of one of the physics classes</p>
<p>A “weeder class” is a class low on a major’s prerequisite chain that is intentionally made extremely hard in order to deter anyone who isn’t talented in that area from going further with that major. Intro level Bio and Chem (and sometimes Org Chem) tend to be the weeder courses for premed.</p>
<p>haha seems kinda ass backwards to make an entry level class extremely hard</p>
<p>Not really. You cover a broad range of topics in a short period of time in a large lecture since a lot of people need that course.
The higher up you get, the more “focused” and specialized the classes get.
You can’t have a 400-level class with 200+ people in it.
This is the case for the entire intro session for Bio 101 and Gen Chem. The intro labs for bio aren’t typically too intense, but chemistry is another story. Ochem (oh joy) is so much worse.</p>
<p>Yeah, my premed friends all tremble at the mention of Ochem.</p>
<p>o chems that bad eh? oh joy i’ll have something to look forward to</p>
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How is it backwards? If you put the easy classes first, everybody gets through then in the later years they get to the hard courses, can’t handle it, drop their major and are stuck…
Not knowing this is almost enough to make the point that you aren’t exactly seeing how much different college will be. College isn’t like high school, whether it’s AP or not. There is always a level of being babied in high school and that just doesn’t exist in college at all (unless maybe it’s a community college) and it makes a tremendous difference.</p>
<p>how does the fact that i wasn’t aware organic chem was that difficult make a point that i don’t see how diffrent college will be? I know college will be far more difficult overall</p>
<p>One would think that if you’ve done your research as to what college is like and what will be expected of you, ESPECIALLY as a premed student, you’d know that ochem generally warrants a bit of horror just at the sound of it. I wasn’t trying to criticize you or anything, just making an observation.</p>
<p>wow college classes are tougher? i had noooo idea</p>
<p>As an incoming computer science freshman I had no idea which CS/Math classes would be the most difficult. I’ve learned that though experience and from my fellow students. The whole reason why it’s wise to take a lighter courseload during your first semester is that it gives you time to figure these things out.</p>
<p>I knew ochem would be tough so I took an introductory course last year. Didn’t do a damn thing.</p>
<p>I didn’t take APs in high school but did really well in high school chemistry. Took Gen Chem 1 and what took a year to do in high school, we breezed through in about a month with much more depth. And I only had that class once a week. </p>
<p>Organic chemistry is a whole new type of torture. The material puts a completely different spin on high school stuff. It’s basically “Remember all that crap you learned in Gen Chem and in the first month of this class? Well most of that doesn’t really happen in real life so let’s relearn it.” So much hate for that class. </p>
<p>You’ll see eventually. Most freshmen are eager beavers. I took most of my gen eds early on with a few exceptions and it was def the right call for me.</p>