<p>Next year is my first chem course of high school, and I kind of want to take the APs for it in May. A few of my friends took AP exams while they only took the honors course last year.. but with bio. I asked how they did and 1 felt she did badly, and another said he did pretty well.
My school's curriculum is pretty wack and I just wanna get more AP credit in. All of my AP classes are pushed into senior year (calc, lit, bio etc). I'm only taking one AP course this year (world history). Considering it's my junior year, it's pretty sad.. but whatever.</p>
<p>Should I do it? Is too difficult to juggle along with SATs and SAT II[chem, world history(not sure if i will tho), math 2]? I'm also pretty involved in school: key club committee board, basketball, art club, fccla. Outside of school I've got dance class on weekends and thursdays, volunteering sunday mornings. I don't want to feel extremely busy, but I don't want to feel lazy either. </p>
<p>I heard the APs for lang comp are easy too, but idk. I feel like chem exams would be more worth-it.
lol idek I'm confused. Help!
Thanks.</p>
<p>It depends on what your honors chem curriculum is. Does it cover everything from the periodic table through acids/bases through thermo with some nuclear and electro? If so, then you’d be set. I successfully self-studied AP Chem (got a 5) last year after taking two years of regular chem classes. I had been away from those classes for a year before taking the AP and I did fine. Use Barron’s review book to review concepts along the way.</p>
<p>Wow nice. I’ll ask around on what our course covers, thanks.
2 years as in 4 semesters? and are you talking about Barron’s Regents Let’s Review Chemistry?</p>
<p>This really, really depends on your chem curriculum, but I’m leaning towards no. My honors chem class last year used an AP chem textbook, and we only got about 2/3 of the way through the book - you’d need to cover all of it to be prepared for the exam. </p>
<p>Then again, I’m self-studying Physics B while in a regular physics class this year, so feel free to disregard everything I say (I clearly am). If you do go for it, please let your teacher know and he/she will likely be willing to help you out. My physics teacher and I have sort of an agreement - I’m at the back of the classroom listening to the lectures, but I’m doing the AP homework and am technically enrolled in the AP class, if that makes sense.</p>
<p>Forget about it, seriously and I say this in the least mean way possible. So many students enrolled in AP Chem still don’t get 4’s and 5’s. Apparently you are not the best math student? Chem is filled w/ lots of application w/ math involved. Honors and AP Chem are at different levels entirely. If you wan’t to get more AP credits self-study something such as Environmental Science or History.</p>
<p>I got the new chem teacher from the science dept this year, and she’s only 22…
To be honest, I don’t like chem so far. Not taking the AP or the subject test.</p>
<p>What do you all think about self-studying AP Lang/Comp?</p>
<p>AP Lang is kinda all or nothing because doesn’t simply become AMAZING at writing essays and comprehending prose/poetry. If you are fairly good at comprehension and writing essays, go for it. I believe you also have to learn all the different types of lit devices and have a strong vocab? Im in AP Lit (no AP lang here) at the moment and that is the majority except that its mostly poetry instead of prose. I just dont know how one would self study an AP english test lol. do w/e good luck. </p>
<p>Oh and also you MUST have read at least four or five books of high literary merit (the more the better). AP essay evidence is key</p>