@worrymole007 no. Most Chem majors at most colleges do not have to take Calc 3.
Almost all require 1 and 2 and many require or strongly recommend linear algebra particularly for students focusing on physical or inorganic chem.
Chem E, yes they will take more math, and students who intend to go in to heavy theory areas in grad school.
I don’t think it’s absolutely necessary. Based on my D’s (and her classmates’) experiences–they are IB students who sometimes add in some AP’s if interested or they have space in their schedules, they were admitted to great schools without it. I’m talking Virginia, Wake Forest, William and Mary, Columbia. Most of the ones who chose not to take Calc felt that it wasn’t their strong suit, so took AP stats instead (in addition to IB math studies-required), since it’s a little more straightforward to understand.
However as other posted have stated, check into the schools you want to apply to, and what they require. I definitely wouldn’t put financial strain on the family for something that may not be necessary especially if you have the rest of the things that are required (test scores, gpa, EC, the ability to write a good essay). As is repeated often on this site, most everyone who applies to those schools will have the best of everything, and one class missing won’t make a difference if the rest of your transcript was rigorous.
My D’s good friend is interested in global health policy and social sciences. She took AP Stats as a Junior and then took a more advanced college level stats class at UNC over the summer b4 Senior year. She did not take Calc in HS.
She is overall very high achieving student and was admitted ED to Northwestern. So it didn’t hurt her!
Calculus might not be required to get into a good college, but I remember taking 3 quarters of calculus at the UCs (about 20 years ago), and my daughter is majoring in Biochem at Univ of South Carolina where not only is Calculus required, but she also has to take vector calculus/calculus of multiple variables. So, if you are looking at science majors, then calculus is necessary. I’d take out Physics 1 and 2. Both turned out to be useless for my daughter as they only count as an elective and she’ll have to take a full year of calculus based physics. Some science major like Biochem require one stat class, so AP physics 1 or 2 should be replaced with AP stat.