<p>I am making my schedule for senior year and don't know if I should take AP chem or AP physics. I am looking into Stevens Institue, Rutgers, TCNJ, Penn State, Univ of Maryland and Delaware. Can anyone let me know which class they took better prepared them for their college classes. I have been getting such a mixed answers, so I would like to hear from some students.</p>
<p>AP Physics, hands down, esp. if it’s C , calculus based</p>
<p>Have you had regular high school courses in physics and chemistry yet?</p>
<p>If you have not had any high school physics course, take at least one, whether AP or otherwise.</p>
<p>If you have, then AP physics C may be useful preparation for college, though subject credit may or may not be given (check the AP credit lists for each college). Even if subject credit is given, you may want to review the college’s old physics final exams before deciding whether to skip the intro courses. AP physics B will not be useful for subject credit for an engineering major.</p>
<p>AP chemistry is more likely to be given useful subject credit, and since it is only a peripheral requirement or science option for non-chemical/biomedical engineering majors, it should be safe to skip if allowed by your college.</p>
<p>ucb, I second your thoughts. Engineering dean at S’s state flagship had accepted engineering students stand if they were in AP Physics, then had those in B sit down, and complemented those remaining standing for taking C, as that would help them way more in college.</p>
<p>S chose to take physics in college anyway, and in hindsight realizes that there was no need–AP Physics C (both courses) prepared him very well.</p>
<p>I have taken Honors Chemistry and I am now taking Honors Physics. I don’t know if my AP class is B or C. this is what it says in course catalog</p>
<p>Advanced Placement Physics is a course offered to seniors who have successfully completed Biology, Chemistry, and first-year Physics and who are competent in mathematics. The course is a college-level science class. It is a continuation and intensification of the work begun in first-year physics. Laboratory work and mathematical applications are emphasized. Students taking this course are expected to take the Advanced Placement test. The student may be able to receive college credit upon successful completion of the course and the examination. The awarding of such credit is based on the decision of the college. </p>
<p>How can you tell?</p>
<p>UCB: how can you see old college exams to see if you have covered the material?</p>
<p>If the AP physics course requires calculus, it is the C version. If not, it is the B (or 1 or 2) version.</p>
<p>Sometimes, you can find old exams on the college web sites. For example:
<a href=“Rutgers University Department of Physics and Astronomy”>Rutgers University Department of Physics and Astronomy;
<a href=“Rutgers University Department of Physics and Astronomy”>Rutgers University Department of Physics and Astronomy;
<a href=“Exams - Tau Beta Pi, California Alpha Chapter”>https://tbp.berkeley.edu/students/exams/</a></p>
<p>Thank you, it only needs a prerequisite in Chemistry Honors or Physics Honors and since I will be taking Calculus senior year I guess its B.
So If I understand correctly. If I want to get credit for a science I should take AP chemistry. However, AP physics will help me when I go to college so I should take that class instead?</p>
<p>An engineering program won’t give you credit for AP Physics unless it’s C. B is algebra-based and nothing like college, calculus-based physics</p>
<p>Most won’t give you credit for C either.</p>
<p>So even if I could not get credits for either class…I still want to know which willl have me better prepared for my first semester in college</p>