<p>I wanna major in biomedical engineering. In my senior year, I only have room for one AP science. So what will help me the most during college in the future: AP physics C or AP chem?</p>
<p>I'm doing Physics B right now, and physics C is highly recommended for students who are looking at a future in engineering. However, this also poses a problem for me: I will have had minimal/absolutely no instruction on chemistry during high school. >.<</p>
<p>You should probably do chemistry as it's pretty much a required course for high school students. Physics may help you in the future, but you should also think: if you ace the AP Chem exam, you place out of freshman Chem, which is notorious for being a "weed out" course. Anyone correct me if I'm wrong here.</p>
<p>though i'm not sure if chem is REQUIRED for high school students, i have to agree to your point about weed out classes... </p>
<p>thanks for the reply!</p>
<p>That's a tough one. In biomedical engineering, you'd need extensive knowledge from both Physics and Chemistry, I guess it all depends on which you want taught to you by a high school teacher and which one you want to learn from a university professor. Personally I'd take AP Chem in high school because I've had a bad experience with inept high school Physics teachers... maybe consider whether the Chem or Physics teacher offers a better quality of education at your HS?</p>
<p>You could maybe even email the admissions office, they were helpful to me in my Junior year on a matter similar to yours.</p>
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I wanna major in biomedical engineering. In my senior year, I only have room for one AP science. So what will help me the most during college in the future: AP physics C or AP chem?</p>
<p>I'm doing Physics B right now, and physics C is highly recommended for students who are looking at a future in engineering. However, this also poses a problem for me: I will have had minimal/absolutely no instruction on chemistry during high school. >.<
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<p>IMO, the clear answer is AP Chem. I don't think it matters what you're intending to major in-- if you want to be an engineer at ANY university, you're going to need to take the engineering/science major versions of chem and physics. If you haven't taken AP Chem, college chemistry might be hard for you (unless you had a really challenging non-AP introductory chem class in HS). If you've taken Phys B, I think you'll be adequately prepared to pick up the calculus-based concepts in a college physics class.</p>
<p>sorry, what are weed out classes?</p>
<p>^ They are classes that are purposely hard so that cuts the number of students in a particular major.</p>
<p>You can always do a summer course in one of them.</p>
<p>Chemistry requires less advanced math (calc) than physics. Take Chemistry first in HS.</p>
<p>Sorry but bio is the weed-out course here, not chem...just throwin that out there</p>
<p>Tho you should definitely still take AP Chem, it will make your freshman year so much easier.</p>
<p>Hmm. There seems to be a general consensus for chem...I definitely should learn more chem before I get to college. But I also really really really want to take physics c.</p>
<p>This is irrelevant, but: what if I did both and dropped ap euro? then my ap sched would amount to: chem, physics c, calc BC, spanish, and maybe english lit. Athough I know that I'm a slightly slow reader and english would probably be overkill..what with the 3 demanding math/sci ap classes >_< </p>
<p>and it would not be a fun senior year schedule...not at all.....</p>
<p>European history (or 4 years of history) is strongly recommended for a lot of selective colleges.</p>
<p>AP euro was my favorite AP, by far. you learn a LOT in that class, I would recommend taking it, it will make you more well-rounded :)</p>
<p>^I agree. It takes a much more global approach to history than AP US, which was interesting in its own way. Furthermore, the course is more rigorous in regards to analysis rather than fact-recall (especially evident in its unique DBQ grading format).</p>
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European history (or 4 years of history) is strongly recommended for a lot of selective colleges.
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<p>Did you just make that up? Probably, because the statement is quite inconsistent and doesn't make a whole lot of sense.</p>
<p>What is true is that most competitive high schools require some sort of world/european history... and that taking 4 years of all the subjects is strongly recommended.</p>
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It takes a much more global approach to history than AP US
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<p>This gets the "duh" award. Which of the following courses would you expect to take "a much more global approach to history": (1) a history course about one nation that is ~225 years old, (2) a history course about dozens of empires / nations spanning a couple thousand years?</p>