<p>I really want to go to Johns Hopkins and major in Neuroscience and Psychology. I've been trying to fit a chemistry class in my schedule, but I'll have to drop AP Statistics for it (taking 3 AP's currently). Does JHU require a year of chemistry in high school? </p>
<p>I'm not sure what I should do at all :/. Drop down to 2 AP's and take the chemistry, or keep the 3 AP's and fit another science class instead? I've taken Physics, Honors Biology and AP Biology</p>
<p>It seems to me that Chemistry is pretty important to all of this (if nothing else, my D found it harder than heck to make sense of molecular bio before she took Chem!). Although you have clearly made it thru at least the intro to it if you already took AP Bio. </p>
<p>To me it seems much more important to have Chem (and Calc if possible) than Statistics purely as a preparation for science at a school like JHU. You would be competing in classes at JHU (if you get in) against students who have pretty much all had at least one year of HS Chem.</p>
<p>However, unless your school is on some kind of quarter by quarter block scheduling, I am wondering how you would accomplish this (already a month into the school year at most places). So you would be behind in Chem… </p>
<p>Just one opinion, others may have different thoughts.</p>
<p>Although JHU does not appear to list high school chemistry as a prerequisite for its chemistry courses (as some other colleges do), it is likely that having at least a high school chemistry background will help when taking its college chemistry course (or a college chemistry course elsewhere).</p>
<p>[Undergraduate</a> Courses](<a href=“http://www.chemistry.jhu.edu/Undergraduate/courses.html]Undergraduate”>http://www.chemistry.jhu.edu/Undergraduate/courses.html)</p>
<p>Note that the JHU neuroscience major does require chemistry courses:</p>
<p><a href=“http://krieger.jhu.edu/neuroscience/undergraduate/major_req.html[/url]”>http://krieger.jhu.edu/neuroscience/undergraduate/major_req.html</a></p>
<p>Also, completing courses in all three of the sciences tends to look favorable generally for college admissions.</p>