<p>I only have room for one in my schedule, and I can't seem to decide. Junior year, I'll be taking AP Calc BC so I'm not sure which one to do. Senior year, I am going to do AP Bio and whichever one I don't do Junior year.</p>
<p>Help?</p>
<p>Are you a sophomore? I would suggest taking Calc BC with calc because they are side by side and you would have double the practice for essentially classes that have similar math stuff.</p>
<p>@master1006 Next year, I will be taking Calc BC (I’m in honors Precalc currently). Right now, I am a sophomore. I’m looking for my junior year schedule though. Which science should I take next year?</p>
<p>I took AP Chem as a sophomore and currently take AP Physics C. My recommendation would be to take what you think you will do better on (Chem was definitely much easier for me). Junior year is critical for college applications.
Also, if you have a college major in mind, that might be a path to go down through as well. For example, if you want to go into mechanical/industrial/electrical engineering, physics will be the more enjoyable class. On the other hand, if Chemical Engineering or Chemistry interests you, take Chemistry.</p>
<p>@TheDesiBoy All I know is that I want to go into pre-med (and become a surgeon). My choices for majors are either biomedical engineering/bioengineering or biochemistry. As you can see, it can go both ways. I’m drifting to AP Chem, but I really love AP Physics too. GAH! IDK WHAT TO DO.</p>
<p>If you’ve got chem background or are in chem this year, then AP Chem might be better with AP Physics your senior year. It’s up to you though, and I’m sure you’ll do well with whichever you go with :)</p>
<p>Take AP Physics C senior year, taking Calc BC junior year should make that class a lot easier for you. Plus since it seems that you’ll need to take the Chem Subject test(assuming that you’re aiming for schools that require them), it’d be wise to have taken a college-level chemistry class.</p>
<p>@ThatPurpleKoala I have an honors chem background and an honors physics background, both being solid As. I’m taking them both this year.</p>
<p>@QuadMaster What schools require a chem subject test? Couldn’t I take a Physics subject test instead? Right now, I would LOVE to go to MIT and be an (bio or chem) engineering major. </p>
<p>I’m super confused. I really want to take both but its the stupid PE requirement that won’t let fit it in!</p>
<p>Apologies for the confusion, I meant that since you plan on going into a field that requires both physics and chemistry, but that leans more towards chem than physics, I believe it’d be more beneficial for you to take and ace the Chem subject test rather than the physics test. </p>
<p>Take AP Chemistry right after you take Chemistry, you’ll regret it if you take it later as my instructor repeated several times to those students considering AP Chemistry. You just forget everything.</p>
<p>As for AP Physics C, all it does is that it advances your mathematical practices assuming you have AP Calculus (either one) with you. This is optional. </p>
<p>IF you are deciding to major in architecture, engineering, astronomy, computer science, mathematics (applied or pure), statistics, or physics, take AP Physics C. Otherwise, go AP Chemistry.</p>
<p>Take the one with the better teacher–more engaging, inspiring, and with the best test results.</p>
<p>@QuadMaster Oh, I wasn’t saying I was confused with what you were saying. I’m confused in general because they changed the requirements at my school and I had the perfect schedule that had both classes concurrently and now I have to choose only one. Its quite frustrating actually.</p>
<p>@redpoodles They both have amazing teachers. The AP Physics C teacher is also my Science Olympiad coach. The AP Chem teacher is known to be a very good teacher and the class is known to be fun in general.</p>
<p>There is another option. Sacrifice Honors Spanish 4, and I would be able to take both. I am pretty sure this isn’t an optimal choice however. </p>
<p>Guys, I’m going to be taking both of them anyhow. I just want to know which one to take Junior year and which one to take Senior year!</p>
<p>Take AP Chem Junior year, and then take AP Physics C Senior year. It’ll show that you didn’t wuss out and get senioritis as bad.</p>
<p>Since you plan on taking both eventually, it really does not matter in which order you take them. Personally, I would take AP Chem first. For me, many of the concepts from Chem I suddenly “clicked” when I took AP Chem. I would avoid taking them both together at the expense of Spanish IV, though.
I don’t understand why taking AP Chem senior year is “wuss[ing] out.”</p>