<p>Hey guys. I just finished up my freshman year with pretty good grades and I was just wondering how I would fare in community college classes this summer.</p>
<p>More specifically I'm taking General College Physics I/II, each over a 5.5-week period, Introductory Chemistry over an 11-week period, and Computer Science over a 9-week period. This is all for dual-credit in high school (Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science).</p>
<p>I'm doing all of this because I have nothing else to do this summer (besides read my diff eq book for the fall), and I really want to take AP Physics C, AP Biology, and AP Comp Sci this year as a sophomore. I prefer taking these classes at a community college as opposed to self-studying them (like I did with math several times), because I've heard the lab work in science is really important to do well in more advanced stuff.</p>
<p>My classes all start tomorrow, so weighing in would help pretty soon!</p>
<p>How do I communicate with adults? I've been assuming that it's just like communicating with the seniors in my AP Calc class last semester (which means I am very, very quiet and only speak when spoken to, haha)</p>
<p>Way to be ridiculously advanced…</p>
<p>If you’re through Calc BC, take Analytical (or whatever the Calc based Physics is), don’t take AP Physics or AP CS in high school, and instead of taking all four during the summer (trust me, I’m taking a schedule only a little busier than that, and it really is full time), take 3 in the summer (I’d recommend the Physics and Computer Science) and 1 in the fall.</p>
<p>I say that because Analytical Physics will cover AP Physics, and it’s silly to take algebra-based Physics and then Calc-based Physics, unless they make you and there’s no way to get around it. </p>
<p>AP Comp Sci won’t likely get you credit for any CS class in college. AP CS AB might have back when they had it, but they don’t anymore. AP CS A generally isn’t equivalent to a semester of college CS. Take the semester of CS at the CC, and don’t bother with AP CS.</p>
<p>If you can’t take a calc-based Physics, I’d recommend just not taking Physics. Take something else. Calc III, DiffEQ, Econ, just something else. Don’t bother with algebra-based Physics, you’ll be wasting your time.</p>
<p>As for communicating with adults, I don’t know. Just say hello to someone before class starts on the first day and they’ll probably start a conversation around how you’re so young and in that class. Good way to meet someone.</p>