<p>So, I took a basically mandatory summer school class for AP Chemistry. We just did the first 6 chapters of the AP book, and we start on the 7th during the year. On the transcript the class will be called Chem 1/2 for the summer. Anyways 2/3 of the class got As 1/3 got Bs, 2 got Cs. I got a B and he gave us the option of either keeping our grade or auditing the class and not getting credit for the class, but also not getting a grade.</p>
<p>I'm looking at middle UCs.
I have about a 3.5 GPA.
I can still take AP Chem during the year if I audit.</p>
<p>So should I:</p>
<p>A. Keep the B and get the credit and have about a 3.47 GPA.</p>
<p>or</p>
<p>B. Audit the class and not get the B or credit and have a 3.5 GPA. I wouldn't feel bad for wasting hours because there is a test the first day of school on all the summer material.</p>
<p>I need to know in 24 hours, what would be the best bet for me?</p>
<p>What's better? Especially for the UC system.</p>
<p>Audit the class. GPA is most important for UCs. The fact that you are going to take AP Chemistry proves your rigor, this summer school class won't matter. That's my best guess.</p>
<p>An audit will not show your grade, so anyone reading your transcript could assume you had a lower grade- perhaps not even passing.</p>
<p>If you audit, then credit wouldn't go toward your total science credits and another assumption could be that you just went through the material without taking the tests or doing the homework.</p>
<p>I disagree that you should audit with a 3.00</p>
<p>^^Anyone reading a transcript with "audit" on it would assume the student audited the class. How in the world would that be a bad thing? Why does OP need the science credit, since OP is taking AP Chemistry during the regular school year? In the UC admission process, when do they "read your transcript"? Where on the UC application do you list courses you only audited, and did not receive credit for?</p>
<p>No, by auditing they won't even put AP Chem on the transcript i presume.</p>
<p>Given this is for UC's, I would say audit, but one worry - does he need the science credit for the UC requirements though? Probably not, if he's taking science during the school year, but this is something to double check.</p>
<p>i think i am gonna audit it, i took a year of bio, a year of physics honors, and now a year of ap chem next year so i think my uc science credits are fine. i will probably audit, can i have some more input?</p>
<p>Why don't you find out whether an indication that you audited the course will appear on your transcript or not? This varies from school district to school district, and it might have an impact on your decision. </p>
<p>If you are re-taking AP Chemistry in the fall, and it shows up on your transcript in the summer as an audit, it looks a little like grade-grubbing, to be blunt. If you are not re-taking it in the fall, and it shows up as an audit, it looks like the course was too difficult for you, so in effect you dropped it. On the other hand, if your school district does not list audits on the transcript, you're free to choose.</p>
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<p>This is irrelevant, since you do not submit a transcript when you apply to UC schools, you self-report your grades. The only relevant question is whether you are supposed to list courses on your application that you only audit; I doubt if it is necessary, but OP might want to double-check that.</p>
<p>The other question is whether there is anything bad about auditing a class. I can't see how spending extra time studying chemistry, which is what auditing a chemistry class in the summer amounts to, would be a mark against you.</p>
<p>For better or worse, UC admissions these days are very GPA-focused, so you want to get as high of a GPA as you can.</p>
<p>GPA grades 10-11 and the three summers before 10th, before 11th and before 12th are all considered in gpa. There are other factors to consider: the number of high school UC-approved courses taken grades 9-12 is one measurement used by all uc's and published by campus in terms of admissions and so is the number of semesters of ap/certified honors course taken. How many do you have? If you take an audit in this class, you are down 2 sems of a-g uc-approved high school courses that you could have had. If by taking the B on the chem course instead of the audit and counting those 2 semesters, what will you have in your schedule for next year to replace AP chem? Would it possibly be another AP that you are more likely to get an "A" in? Or are you likely to get an A in AP chem? Will you try to take the chem sat II.
Also, do you have any intention of majoring in any field related to sciences?</p>
<p>AP Chem is a really difficult class. How do you predict you'll do in that class? For some kids the degree of difficulty at d's school was such that it "cost" them in other classes. You should mull through that yourself and decide if you there might be an advantage with the class that would replace it in your schedule.</p>
<p>I reread the original post, and noticed that AP Chemistry at your school starts with Chap. 7 of the text, when you've covered 1-6 during the summer. So please ignore the comment about grade-grubbing. I thought you'd be retaking essentially the same material in the fall, assuming that you took AP Chem.</p>
<p>If Chem 1/2 doesn't count as honors or AP, then it seems as though "auditing" it would be fine.</p>
<p>The UC system only has people self-report their grades? I assume they do collect your transcript at some point?</p>
<p>I too missed it that the ap chem course starts in ch 7. I still wonder though if giving up those 2 sems of uc a-g course units is a good idea (which is what you are doing if you audit it). I think the 3.47 vs. 3.5 is not going to make a difference on admissions, its not that big a jump. I would think that the 2 extra sems of uc a-g course credits would be valuable too.....</p>