<p>I haven't taken regular chemistry at my high school, but I have taken a preparatory course over the summer at a local private school. We covered several topics, but few were in-depth. </p>
<p>My high school AP Chem teacher has been teaching the class for over a decade. When approached, she said that students often do well in her class. The Masterton and Hurley textbook is used.</p>
<p>I was wondering how rigorous this course would be in my situation, as often times I don't recall or I don't have the prior knowledge of some of the things she references. I will be taking two other weighted courses this year. Both my counselor and teacher strongly recommend my pursuit of this challenge, but I'm still a bit unsure. This is my sophomore year, should it be needed to take into consideration.</p>
<p>I’m in AP chem right now (week 4 or so) and I’m realizing that everything they taught me in Chem 1 was a lie. Well, not that it was a lie, just that it was nearly, almost, always wrong. The truths we learned turn out to be true only in very select situations. we are learning all the exceptions to the general rules and it seems there are so many exceptions to nearly every general rule that the general rules should practically not be considered general. this is definitely the hardest class at our school (along with APUSH). But, at your school, it might be a much easier course. Maybe you could talk to someone who took it last year and get a sense from a student perspective from someone who actually had your teacher??</p>
<p>I think it depends on who you are. I was pretty good at chem and I found that my homework usually took about half an hour, and I always got As on my tests; however, there was a girl in my class who said she would spend hours just on AP chem homework, and she didn’t do too hot on a lot of the tests. I think some people are just more inclined to classes like chemistry and physics. I don’t know.</p>