Should I take AP Chem or AP US Government

<p>I'm taking Chemistry Honors this school year and as of right now I have a 99 average in the class, the highest average in the class. We just started doing registration for next year at my school and my county has this stupid rule that we can only take up to 4 AP classes. I signed up for AP Lit, AP Calculus AB, AP Psychology, and I am forced to decide between AP Gov and AP Chem. I think I have the ability to do well in AP Chem based on my performance in Chemistry Honors but from what I've been told it's a really difficult class. Should I take AP Chem or should I just take AP Gov?</p>

<p>Lol gotta love school districts that discourage high achievement. Go government-run education, it’s clearly the solution to our problems. I’m assuming that you guys have to pay a fine for embarrassing lower scorers if you score above a 2000 on your SAT?</p>

<p>Anyway, I’d recommend AP Chem. Genuinely interesting stuff, the only unlikeable stuff is the tedious equilibrium problems (and the laboratory procedure questions/FRQ’s, which SUCK), everything is cool and somewhat easy. AP Chem’s difficulty is vastly overstated; it’s really not that hard once everything starts coming together. And once all the concepts start to connect and click in your head, it’s an awesome feeling.</p>

<p>AP chemistry’s difficulty really depends on the teacher you have. In my school chem is the hardest class mainly because of the teacher. In general, if you are looking for an “easy” AP, then take gov. If you are planning on majoring in somthing in the medical or science field, then take chemistry.</p>

<p>AP Chem can be difficult, but since you’re at the calculus level, you’ll probably be able to handle it.</p>

<p>Personally, what helped me in AP chem was my knowledge of calculus. Though you don’t need it, calculus helps a lot in deriving some of the mathematics in chemistry, and therefore you can appreciate it more. This is especially true once you come across equilibrium, kinetics and KMT.</p>

<p>I found AP Government to be mind-numbingly easy, and AP Chem to be so difficult that I had to drop it. But mathematics isn’t my forte, and history is. Have you taken AP US History? If you did moderately well in that class than US Government will be a breeze. Although, not every school takes it for credit, and it’d look better to have taken Chemistry. I think based off your performance you’ll do well. I know people who had an easy time with AP Chem some with the same teacher as me, but unlike me they’re good at math. If you’re taking Calculus and can do that well in honors Chemistry I think you’ll make it, and it would especially be a better option if you were thinking about going into a science field.</p>

<p>AP Chem for sure, unless you have no interest in it then it wouldn’t be worth it</p>

<p>i recommend AP Chem!</p>

<p>the most precious thing i took away from it was:</p>

<ul>
<li>i learned how certain batteries worked </li>
</ul>

<p>otherwise is was a jumble of confusion to me and kind of upsetting - i did not understand so many things. </p>

<p>well, titration, state diagrams and freezing/melting points were kind of interesting.</p>

<p>Wow what kind of dumb county rule is that?! I would fight to the max to have 5 AP’s! You should achieve as much as you want. I recommend Chemistry since you seem really good at it and it’s not all that difficult if you have the basics down. But I really recommmend that you fight to have 5 AP’s. Take your fight to the highest level possible. Who knows? Maybe if you’re successful you can write on your college essays how you changed your county education for the better.</p>