<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I'm a rising sophomore and I was wondering how difficult and rigorous Chemistry Honors is. Is it that hard of a course if you study, study, study? I normally wouldn't ask these type of questions but a couple of people told me Chemistry Honors was hard. </p>
<p>In addition, I'm also taking Algebra 2/Trigonometry and I'm also curious about the level of difficultly this course.</p>
<p>It differs from school to school and depends on the teacher as well. It wasn’t too bad when I took it if you just pay attention and don’t fall behind because it’s just like math, you need to know the basics to be able to do stuff later on so if you’re having trouble with something always make sure to get help. And I’m a math nerd so I’m a bit biased but Algebra 2/Trig was a piece of cake but I also know a lot of kids who didn’t do so hot (only 2 A’s on the midterm out of 5 honors classes and I was one of them!) but I think it’s pretty basic too. I’d say it’s easier than chem will be. Good luck!</p>
<p>Chem is a lot more difficult than Bio and I was surprised at how ‘mathy’ it was when I first took it this summer. It’s not hard, but some people just can’t grasp the concepts and they flounder. </p>
<p>You should be fine. We went through a chapter a day in summer school and it wasn’t difficult to pick the stuff up. A week is more than enough time to absorb all the material in. </p>
<p>Now Chem AP is another matter…</p>
<p>I LOVED chemistry honors (not so much in the beginning but my opinion changed of it greatly). A lot of students in my class (in the ones that aren’t as open-minded as science) changed their opinion about Chem. Because everything made more logical sense.</p>
<p>The thing about chemistry is that it’s more math intensive than other sciences (actually, only biology). So, a lot of it is really conceptual-based (or at least that was my teacher’s way of breaking it down), so there wasn’t exactly a lot of rote memorization. As along you understand the calculations and how to get from one place to another and more importantly, make sure you look every as a whole - from start to finish – you’ll be good. Of course, there are parts that killed me (the atomic theory and quantum physics) - but in the end it made sense (somewhat). The math isn’t too bad - helps if you good in math, but you get the hang of it if you are motivated.</p>
<p>As far as studying goes, I studied a lot (mainly because of my teacher - I guess I had a fear of her lol). I don’t know why - but she grilled us and made it more fun at the same time. But we didn’t have as many tests as other subjects as we did in Chemistry. So, the tests covered a lot of material.</p>
<p>It depends on the school. At mine us history honors and chem honors are harder than their respective AP classes.</p>
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<p>It’s not that hard even if you don’t study.</p>
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<p>These people are morons. </p>
<p>All “jokes” aside, some people are more innate at chem than others, from what I’ve found. Some people get it. Others think it’s the hardest class in high school. The difficulty will also depend on the teacher and curriculum. If you have a difficult teacher, there is no limit to how hard introductory chem can get. It’s not like bio where the curriculum is almost the same everywhere. With intro chem, teachers have a lot more freedom to skim over some topics and go hugely in-depth into others.</p>
<p>Not too hard of class.</p>
<p>It’s important to make yourself LOVE chem while you’re taking it. Makes the class more enjoyable for you and actually makes it feel easier. the satii for that course is quite easy</p>
<p>The difference between chemistry and biology is that biology is all memorization, whereas chemistry involves memorization as well as interpretation and applying knowledge.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone. I’m getting mixed answers but there’s one thing I believe to be true from all these answers; some people are innately good at chemistry while some are not.</p>
<p>Let’s just hope I’m in the middle of those two types and studies his way to the top. :)</p>
<p>Just think about it: it’s an “honors” course that almost anyone with a non-hollow head can take.</p>
<p>it depends on your school, but my honors chem class was not that difficult. the only difficult part for me was the concepts. the math part was easy. plug and chug. the most “difficult” math section to me was half lifes and rate of decay, but they weren’t that bad.</p>
<p>As everyone has said it kinda depends on your class and yourself.</p>
<p>In general, trust people at your school. People here may tell you otherwise, but I’d say the people who have actually had your teacher are going to be best able to tell you how hard it is. The subject material might not be too bad, but the grading might be.</p>
<p>Either way, take the harder class because it’s good for you, and do your best.</p>
<p>Thanks guys.</p>
<p>I’m sure it depends upon your school, the teacher, and you. But, in my school, it is supposedly a very difficult course with hours of homework each night. Of course if it is a class you would like to take I would say accept the challenge or lack thereof and do it anyway.</p>