PSYC001 v. PSYC109... to take the AP waiver, or not to take it?

<p>I got a 5 on AP Psychology... but I self-studied. In fact, I crammed in late April. I've found that I don't really remember all of the material anymore, although it's kind of basic material anyway and I've just forgotten specific terms for certain things etc.</p>

<p>---> Is PSYC001 a course to be taken very seriously, or is it kind of a joke that I should be glad I can waive? <---</p>

<p>The other psychology course that fulfills the Living World Sector is PSYC109, which I can take if I let Penn know about my 5 on the AP. The course description mentions that a background in chemistry will be helpful, and I haven't taken chem since sophomore year, so, bleh... I'm a little nervous about it. Anyone taken it?</p>

<p>Psyc 1 with Rozen has open book tests. I took it last semester with Ali. Very easy class with lots of memorization and vocabulary. Multiple choice tests. Lots of reading. </p>

<p>If you are interested in a Psyc major talk to the department to see if you need to retake the course. Some of my friends had to after getting AP credit.</p>

<p>Psyc 109 is crosslisted with BBB so it’ll be a lot of premeds and science majors who have already taken chem 101 or bio 101. I’ve heard it’s an easy course, but it might be tough without the science background.</p>

<p>I don’t need to retake it for the major… majors who use their AP score just take an additional class elsewhere, blah blah etc. I found it on their website.</p>

<p>But yeah, I might go for PSYC001 then, even though I killed myself just to get that 5. Whatever, I actually enjoyed the material so actually learning it with other people would not be unappealing to me. Especially if 109 has tons of premed people… I did well in chem in high school but I never really made that my thing so there’s naturally less experience/passion, idk. The only other PSYC class that satisfies the sector is a small one in LPS so it’d be kind of difficult to get into anyway.</p>

<p>Thanks, Venkat! You are pretty helpful on CC.</p>