<p>I hate AP Chemistry. It's immensely boring and mundane and the class moves at an incredibly fast pace, leaving me struggling to catch up.</p>
<p>My problem is, though, that in dropping it, I would be left with 6 periods of classes (out of a total of 8 periods) and no science class at all this year. I currently have 3 credits.</p>
<p>So what do you guys think? Should I suck it up and take the class?</p>
<p>Do you want to get into HYPSM? If so, you should definitely take chem...unless you think you're going to get a really bad grade in it.</p>
<p>depends on your future aspirations. if you are thinking about a math/science field.. bad idea, but if you're into humanities, it won't be as a big a deal (although i suggest filling it with something science related so you have 4 years)</p>
<p>Most four year schools want to see science at least three years and not a drop in your junior year. You need to discuss this with your guidance counselor and see if there is another class you can take in it's place.</p>
<p>It's looking like I'll most likely get a low B in it. I'm considering taking a summer course or doubling up on it next year. Would that work? I've talked it over with my counselor, and he said that it wasn't a problem because I doubled up on science last year and I already have fulfilled the school's graduation requirements. But... I don't think he's had much experience with getting students into ivies, so I figured I was better off asking the people here.</p>
<p>And I'm definitely not looking to go into science related fields; my interests are in languages and politics.</p>
<p>low B? i think you're fine, but what schools r u looking at?</p>
<p>Ideally, I'm looking into Stanford and the Claremont colleges, but I'm also considering ivies and other top schools.</p>
<p>Some schools require chemistry (the UCs, for example). I'm assuming that if you're in AP Chem, you've already taken Gen Chem, but juuuust in case that isn't so, make sure to check all your schools for this req.</p>
<p>Yeah, I already have 3 science credits - general, biology and chemistry. I intend on taking physics next year... I'm just concerned that going a year without any science classes will be a weakness...</p>
<p>low B in an AP isn't that bad, especially if it gets weighted up</p>
<p>There's no weighting... and they grade out of 100 pts. =/</p>
<p>The weighting of your own school won't matter much, if at all...by and large, colleges will recalculate your GPA by their own standards. But I would never recommend that a student drop a course because of the possibility of a low grade (unless we were literally talking about a D or an F). I know from the original post that that isn't your only reason...still, just my two [more] cents.</p>