AP Scheduling Problem

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<p>Hey Guys, (:</p>

<p>Basically, I want to go into the field of engineering. However, band and Latin classes have always caused my scheduling problems in my freshman, sophomore, and junior year, but because I have dedicated a lot of time to these courses (such as outside activities and several prominent leadership positions), I'm not willing to drop them.</p>

<p>Long story short, I'm going to be a senior next year, and I haven't taken an AP science course yet. .__. But I've taken AP Computer Science AB (self-studied the AB material) and AP Calculus BC (and did very well on them). I couldn't take AP Chem this year because there's a prerequisite to it (you must take Honors Chem, which I did this past junior year). </p>

<p>Basically next year is finally when I'll have time. However, I only have room for two science courses. I decided to take General Chem 1A and 1B over the summer (right now) at my local community college, because I know that's the equivalent of AP Chemistry. Also, I plan on taking AP Chemistry in May. So in my senior year, I'm taking AP Physics and Biology. </p>

<p>Problem: I did not have a great experience in my Honors Chemistry class, so I disliked chemistry. However, my teacher at my community college kind of unlocked my talents in chemistry, and now I'm pretty passionate about the subject. So much, that I'm looking into majoring in the field of Chem Engineering.</p>

<p>Question: If I'm majoring in Chem Engineering, will the colleges look down upon the fact that I did not take AP Chemistry at my school, but the equivalent at my local community college? And IF I major in Chem Engineering, would AP Bio be that important? I kind of doubt I'm going to into any field related to biology, but as a math/science guy I want to take all the AP sciences. Haha.</p>

<p>Thanks for reading my wall of text guys...I just kinda need a solution soon.</p>

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<p>Since AP classes are supposed to be the equivalent of college courses, and you’re taking a college course (albeit community), there should be no reason for them to look down on you. If anything, they’ll applaud your initiative to go above and beyond your school curriculum.</p>

<p>I applaud someone taking three science classes concurrently- I’m a rising college freshman in engineering and I definitely never did that.</p>

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<p>I took AP bio and chem together. (No AP physics though. Never ever!)
I didn’t have a hard time. Bio is just a lot of memorization and details.
Chem is a lot of memorization too, but it requires a certain level of thinking because you have to learn the concepts and then apply them (unlike bio). When you get to the problems, they can get really tough.</p>

<p>My dad’s a chemist and he told me that chem and bio are kind of connected, but he doesn’t know ANYTHING about bio. </p>

<p>In my experience, chem helps in bio but not really vice versa.</p>

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<p>annieface, thanks for the response. Right now, I’m not really have a problem in deciding which sciences to take. I plan on taking all three. I’m just questioning whether colleges will consider AP Chemistry, taken at a community college as opposed to my high school, will seem less prestigious/rigorous. </p>

<p>However, thank you for taking the time to respond, and thanks for letting me know that chemistry helps biology! :D</p>

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<p>Anybody else have a clue about my predicament?</p>

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<p>u should be fine, dont worry
ap class=dual enrollment class
technically…</p>