<p>@Parentof2014grad Nice to include the bit about Marching Band. =D> </p>
<p>We were looking at one H.S. when she took chemistry in the eight grade and aced it… That school had a progressive track beginning freshman taking Chemistry Honors then Biology. Oops, she is in a different H.S. and AP chemistry as a freshman was highly discouraged, not an option. D enrolled in biology honors, then finding AP biology teacher received many poor reviews and has been replaced by a first time AP instructor in the upcoming semester. Thus, I encouraged her to take Anatomy & Physiology honors which my reasoning is it will be very helpful by the time AP biology rolls around in junior year and the new teacher has a year under their belt.</p>
<p>Always looking toward a Mechanical Engineering program, we can’t omit physics. School has Physics Honors and AP Physics B, but Physics C is some independent study group. Weird, heck middle schoolers are graduating feeder schools with Geometry 1, and we are only now demanding Calc BC be included. This environment you can understand why AP Chem was denied her.</p>
<p>If we were to drop engineering we could move up physics honors, and get to AP Physics B in junior year. I am hearing others here say skip AP Physics B and go to AP Physics C.</p>
<p>Now AP Chem, if we conclude that AP Chem is to be treated as any other class for rigor, then we go for it in junior year instead of engineering for example. However, if we conclude going into AP Chem cold is a risky proposition then if we must take it, lets do it in the senior year where only the first semester will reflect on GPA reporting on applications. </p>
<p>Thanks for your attentive response earlier.</p>