<p>Hi!
I plan on attending Iowa State University next year and major in chemical engineering. I love chemistry, math, and other science courses. I have an AP chemistry exam Tuesday, which I even still need to study quite a bit. I have a solid A in the class, but I realized taking the exam won't be the best idea, because if I do, I will have to skip my general chemistry course and start Ochem my freshmen year. I believe it would be better if I take general chemistry course again for a more solid background next year, because I am in no rush to graduate early. Should I not take my ap chem exam? (PS- I will only have to pay $13 and get the rest of my money back) Tanks for your help!</p>
<p>I am also an AP Chemistry student. It seems to me like we are having similar success in the class, but I did not find the class as enjoyable (hence why I won’t be going into ChemE). As I understand it, you choose whether to take your AP credit or not if you receive the required grade. For example, I expect to make a 5 on the exam, but I could still choose to take Gen. Chemistry in college if I wish to still take it. So my advice to you is to take the test anyways because it can’t hurt to try just for the heck of it. I would assume all schools have similar policies about this.</p>
<p>Even if you get a 5 on the exam, you will NOT be forced to skip gen chem. Its just there as an option if you would like.</p>
<p>My suggestion: take the exam anyway and see how you do. You might decide later to skip or not.</p>
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<p>Not to mention it will get you out of having to go to class for 3 hours one day.</p>
<p>I signed up for every AP exam I could based on the classes I took in high school, even things like Physics that I knew I would never actually accept the credit for, if nothing else than just to get out of having to go to class a couple times. I realize that was terrible motivation, but hey, it didn’t seem to hurt me any, and I was unbelievably bored with school.</p>