<p>Which one should I take? Right now i'm signed up for physics but I think AP Chem will help me in the long run, since I want to do medicine.</p>
<p>The problem is though that im taking normal chem along with either AP Chem or AP Phys. Will I be able to understand what's going on in AP Chem? In my freshman year, I took Chem Apps in the Community which is like prep for Chemistry. We did things like balance equations, find the compounds, chemical bonds and a little bit of finding the mass of chemicals in moles.</p>
<p>I think AP Chem would probably help you more in medicine, but in the long run it probably won't matter too much. Also, I think it would be a waste of time to take regular Chem at the same time as AP Chem, especially seeing as you took a Chem prep course already. I took AP Chem without taking any chem before it and I did fine.</p>
<p>both AP chem and AP physics will help you because both subjects are tested on the MCAT ( medical college admission test). so take which ever subject you like best. I personally enjoy chemistry much more ( i also want to go into medicine).</p>
<p>Ok, I think im gonna go change over to Chem. Now i'm wondering if I can take both AP classes. I'm not sure of the graduation requirements in pub. HS in California. My old school required us to take either one year of regular Chem and/or one year of regular Physics. Can I graduate without taking regular Chem or Physics? Those AP classes should complete my science requirements in California, right?</p>
<p>I'm also wondering if 4 AP classes in my junior year will be too much (Eng, US History, Chem, Phys B). I'm also planning to do around 2-3 EC's. I'm thinking that it will be too much but I wanna know what you guys think who have taken the class.</p>
<p>Actually, I'm taking the exact same AP's that acoolname is, with world history in exchange of us. Our school isn't that hard, and I'm pretty sure I can handle it. In my program (a special science program for really smart kids), I'd say about 100 kids are taking those 4 AP's, and even 5 if they're in a high level of languages. But only you know what you can handle.</p>
<p>I'm taking both AP Bio and AP Physics, which is kind of the same thing. AP Chem and AP Physics might be easier, though, because Chem and Physics are more closely related than Bio and Physics.</p>
<p>It depends on the intensity of the programs at your school, though. You might as well try it, though, and then drop out of one if the workload is too heavy. One girl was taking Chem and Bio together at the beginning of the year, and dropped out of Chem because there was so much reading in Bio.</p>
<p>Take AP Chemistry. I took the course without any background in chemistry as a sophomore and I breezed through it (95 class grade, 5 ap, 790 SAT II). It was a lot of work though because I had to learn a lot of basic chemistry not covered in the class.</p>