<p>I skipped Chemistry and I'm going straight to physics which is somehow allowed at my school. I know some chemistry, ie balancing, per. table, and the basic stuff.</p>
<p>Still, how much harder is physics going to be without a thorough understanding of chemistry? I can't imagine there to be too much chemistry in physics...</p>
<p>There’s not a lot of chemistry in Newtonian mechanics. You won’t encounter anything you can’t or learn quickly until you get into quantum mechanics or nuclear physics, where chemistry comes into play more.</p>
<p>What are you planning to do after high school? If you do science in college youwill 100 per cent need to take chemistry somewhere along the line.</p>
<p>I definitely would also suggest doing chemistry if you plan to do modern physics at any point chemistry is just applied physics and directly based on physics principles it helps show the importance of physical principles in quantum mechanics, like astronomy shows the importance of newtonian mechanics, and relativity.</p>
<p>As mentioned by ptontiger16, there’s really no use of chemistry concepts in most introductory Newtonian mechanics classes (i.e. the type of class you are likely to take in high school). However, if you plan on pursuing physics in college, chemistry will be necessary for upper level courses.</p>
<p>I was thinking business or computer science if I find that I enjoy it. I honestly don’t think that chemistry is going to be important in computer science.</p>
<p>As a former computer scientist, I agree that chemistry will probably not come up in your coursework too often. However, at least in my program, my college did require taking a college chemistry course as part of its engineering requirements. It all depends on your institution.</p>
<p>Further, if you find out in college that you want to transition into another field of science or engineering, chemistry might come into play. And, if you stick to computer science, you might be interested in the field of bioinformatics too.</p>
<p>Not to say that you absolutely need to take chemistry in high school, but keep in mind it still might show up in the future.</p>
<p>Well if your school required a college level chemistry course that would mean me taking AP Chem and that’s not something I plan to do. But if I am required I can just take it in college, right? Assuming the school(s) allow.</p>
<p>Very little chemistry in a regular high school physics class. If there is any, the teacher explains it thoroughly :)</p>