<p>Two posts in a five minute time period! I guess I just have a lot of questions and i'm avoiding the work I need to get done tonight.</p>
<p>My school requires I take regular chemistry as a pre-req to AP Chem because of the difficulty and amount of material covered in AP. Due to my schedule (i'm a junior) I can't take regular chemistry in order to take AP next year. I'm wondering if I took a chemistry class at a community college if (A) I could even do it without taking a previous high school course, and (B) if I could successfully take the AP exam if I completed the course? </p>
<p>Another course of action is to take Chem over the summer at a comm. college and then take AP chem? Basically I just need to cram a year's worth of regular high school level chemistry into a summer and be successful in AP chemistry. Any opinions?</p>
<p>What would the point of taking AP chem after the community college course? AP chem is a first year college course. As is the community college course. Both courses would yeild the same credit. I don’t see the point in taking the AP exam after already getting the college credit…</p>
<p>Im a sophomore and I haven’t taken regular Chemistry, but I’m taking AP Chemistry. But I’m doing pretty good, even better than some seniors in the class.If you want to challenge or you are ex-stuednt, I would recommend you to take AP chem. If you are not ex-student or don’t have time to study a lot, just take regular or honors. But I wouldn’t recommend you to take chemistry in summer</p>
<p>There isn’t a lot of information in chemistry, just alot of “algorithms”. If you are strong in math and have an above average understanding of your regular chemistry class you could even self-study it. I’m sure the AP teacher would be willing to help you as well if you just told them that you were unable to take their class due to scheduling conflicts.</p>