<p>Hi! So I'm a rising senior. I go to a small prep school. While many APs are offered at my school, students can only select a few because most meet only one class period and those periods conflict with each other. </p>
<p>Here is my junior year schedule:
AP Calc
AP Psych
APUSH
Hon English III
Hon Physics (School offers no AP Physics B)
Latin III
Theology
Health
Orchestra</p>
<p>Current senior year schedule:
AP Calc BC
AP Lit
AP Bio
AP Physics C
Hon Latin IV
Hon Comp Science
Theology
Health
Orchestra</p>
<p>Should I switch AP Physics C with AP Chemistry? Here are my pros/cons:</p>
<p>AP Physics: Had the teacher junior year and seemed to really like me- bribed me with doughnuts to take AP Physics C lol
Would definitely get a really good rec letter from this teacher if I continued with him
Notoriously hard class at school...shows rigor and students who take this class over AP Chem tend to go to top universities
Small class of 6 students..I would be the only girl</p>
<p>AP Chemistry: Took Hon. Chem soph year and got a 98 as a final grade
Bigger and easier class
*Could more easily get college credit for this class over AP Physics C
I don't know what I want to be yet- this class shows more variety in my schedule</p>
<p>Thanks for any input!</p>
<p>physics C, I don’t see how you would more easily get credit for chem. Schools that take chem will also take physics… unless you’re talking about ability to get a 4-5 on the exam. I think you’ll be fine. Do you have any idea of what you want to major in? Most colleges only require 1-2 semesters of ONE science as a gen ed, so it wouldn’t matter from that perspective.</p>
<p>Honors physics is nothing like AP Physics C in my opinion. I know people who did well in honors physics but did sub par in AP.</p>
<p>I enjoyed AP chemistry more than I did APC, the labs in AP chemistry are more advanced and more fun than the ones in honors chemistry but similar. The labs in APC were boring and the experimental error was terrible and it’s not uncommon to have high percent error in certain labs. You really need a good teacher in that class, because the concepts are crazy. In my class, the teacher only went over the math involved, no concepts/how stuff work he even said that on record. Maybe I just had a bad experience, but APC is not something to play around with. If you’re good with math and understanding twisted concepts, shoot for the moon and take APC. </p>
<p>In the end, it all boils down to what YOU enjoy the most and seeing yourself doing well in. If you’re bad at math, don’t do APC. That class expects you to know calculus/trig/advance algebra. The math in AP chemistry, which just had a curriculum change, is now only about algebra II with logarithms for the acid-base chemistry and equilibrium. Don’t pick a class and underestimate it. AP is difficult, so choose wisely. I’m a dare devil when it comes to things, I made myself take harder classes that I don’t like to force myself to become better in them, e.g. AP calc, AP physics, AP poly. lol.</p>
<p>Good Luck.</p>
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Source?</p>
<p>Flip a coin. Either/or will be equally challenging.</p>
<p>@FantasyVesperia what is AP poly?</p>
<p>OP - if you’re in Calc BC during physics C you should be fine mathematically, the calc isn’t that complex and the AB part of AP Calc is probably sufficient. I would say physics C is the more appreciated in terms of difficulty generally though, so if you want to tackle it, it’s definitely rewarding being able to take arguably the most difficult AP</p>
<p>@foolish My bads, it’s AP political science. Officially, it’s AP US govt.</p>
<p>I’m not sure…something in the sciences I know. I’m leaning toward engineering but I’m not completely sure.</p>
<p>Well if you aren’t sure then it doesn’t really matter which one you take, as stated above roll a die or flip a coin.</p>
<p>If you like this teacher and would get a good recommendation, it might just be best to take Physics C.</p>