<p>Hi! Last year organic chem was introduced as a new course in my school. I was wondering if it is worth taking when I hit junior year ( meaning I have to sacrifice AP environmental sci). I will be taking it along AP chem if I apply and will it look good for colleges? Also, will I get college credit?</p>
<p>In addition, will it be use full for a chemical engineering career?</p>
<p>Have you taken gen chem yet? I don’t recommend you take organic chem at the same time as AP chem. If you want college credit, the organic chem would need to be an AP course, or else take org chem as a dual enrollment course at a local college.</p>
<p>My D loves chemistry, and she took Org Chem as a college freshman, after taking dual enrollment college Gen Chem 1 and 2 her senior year of HS. Org chem is a very tough course and you will want to make sure you have enough math foundation to take on all the chem formulas.</p>
<p>Well, I am taking a Pre-AP chem course when school starts.</p>
<p>What are you trying to accomplish by taking so much chemistry so early in HS ? Do you want to pursue Chemistry major in college? Are you interested in pre-med? Are you shooting for an elite college admission?</p>
<p>I apologize, I just now see that this is posted in high school life. I am a parent and don’t want to intrude. </p>
<p>Actually, I am just very interested in the field of chemistry and chemical sciences. If you want to know, I aiming for MIT, planning on majoring in chemical engineering. </p>
<p>@powercropper oh its fine.</p>
<p>If you like AND are good at chemistry, fine go with it. But if not…then you don’t really want to know. It’s like walking into the gates of hell…(from college)</p>
<p>Its difficulty is really overrated (this doesn’t mean you shouldn’t take it seriously, however). You don’t really need to take a full blown general chemistry sequence in order to understand organic chemistry - the application of general chemistry concepts in organic chemistry focuses more on conceptual understanding and most of the time you don’t need to know the details of various calculations. Your textbook should have a review of all the concepts you’ll need in the first few chapters.</p>
<p>If you’re really interested then go right ahead - it’s much easier to follow lectures in college if you’ve been exposed to the concepts before. Don’t neglect physics and math classes - they are arguably more important for chemical engineering majors than chemistry classes.</p>