<p>i took chemistry A this semester but next semester i have to start the 3 course physics classes and also am going to take calc 3 and c++ programming. So taking chemistry B would be too much. Does it look bad if i were to not take chem b in the spring, but instead taking it during the summer. Please let me know. Thanks </p>
<p>Hi there! </p>
<p>First, a disclaimer: I’m a college freshman, so take my advice with a grain of salt. If by colleges you mean graduate school or admission to a certain major within your college, I don’t think they’d care very much as long as you finish the sequence eventually (if it’s required). Ideally, you wouldn’t take too long between them, but a semester-long gap shouldn’t be a big deal. </p>
<p>I wouldn’t suggest taking it over the summer, though. Summer classes are usually structured a little differently because of the amount of material they have to cram into a couple weeks. But if you’re hoping to take the class just for personal enrichment, then I say go for it. Would you be able to take Chem B next fall? I agree that your spring semester courseload would be a bit overwhelming if you were to take all those at once. </p>
<p>Best of luck!</p>
<p>No, colleges don’t care. As long as you have taken all the necessary prerequisites, you can take whatever you like. Problems arise, however, in that many A/B classes are only offered in the fall or spring, so if you don’t take the B right away you might have to wait a year and risk losing some of what you’ve learned in A.</p>
<p>I also agree with @Coriander23 in that you shouldn’t take math or science classes during the summer because you’re cramming an already difficult subject into less time.</p>
<p>That’s not going to matter for admissions. It may be important that you have taken the course but whether or not you ended up taking it in the spring immediately after taking the first version in the fall or choosing to take it the upcoming summer doesn’t matter for admissions. Make sure you are looking into all of the implications that taking this course has over the summer in terms of housing, whether or not it will even be offered in the summer, liklihood of you being able to register for the class before it closes, etc. </p>
<p>I assumed that wherever you apply to is going to be after you have already completed that course. If you are instead going to be sending in an application at a point in time in which you haven’t completed the course (this means you’d either be currently taking it at the time or you are signed up to take it at a future time), then that may have different implications than sending in an application and already having the course successfully completed on your transcript. This is only true if that chemistry course is a pre-req or of some importance for your specific admissions. If that is the case and you are applying at a time in which you haven’t successfully completed the course but are already signed up for it, then you’d just have to ask the specific place(s) you are applying to for their rule on that. </p>
<p>The only issue is that you will forget some chemistry by the time you take it!</p>
<p>Yeah, as bopper said the main issue will be what you remember. Make sure to review the notes from the first class before starting the second class; the longer the gap, the more you should review to make sure you’re not behind.</p>
<p>Regarding taking chemistry over the summer, I did it with the last gen chem class I had to take this past summer. It honestly wasn’t nearly as bad as it’s made out to be, provided you keep up on stuff. Preferably, you want to stay ahead a little. I will say this though: If you do take it over the summer, either have that as your only class or only take a class with a small workload with it. The workload is way too intensive to do much else and still keep up with everything.</p>
<p>It’s typically not an issue. With something like General Chemistry though, it’s important to realize that a lot of the stuff from General Chemistry II is going to rely on concepts learned in General Chemistry I. If you take a long enough break between the two, it would be a good idea to do a cursory review of the basics before starting the second part of the sequence. </p>