<p>I got a 4 on the AP chem exam just by reading the textbook before the exam 'cause my teacher didn't teach lol. And according to LASAR it's equivalent to natural science 1B. And units awarded = 8 units. Chem 1A is only 3 units, should I try for an easy A? Or will the course be a lot harder? 'Cause the topics covered in this course were covered in my AP Chem class. (I can also choose the P/NP grading system because it doesn't count for my major) I'm planning to graduate early for many reasons, so i'd like to take as many units as I can. I still have a couple of days to decide to drop it if it seems too hard. Any opinions/suggestions?</p>
<p>i might be mistaken but at orientation i remember them saying something about how you have to stay a min. of 4 years at ucsb in order to graduate. i dont think you can graduate in 3 years.</p>
<p>keltix, what do you mean by "you don't get any credit for AP exam"?? </p>
<p>My major is Business Econ and it doesn't require any chemistry courses. In the Gen Catalog it says "Recommended: concurrent enrollment in Chem 1AL" for Chem 1A. It only recommends it, it doesn't require it though.</p>
<p>mtomson, that wouldn't make sense... what if you've completed your degree and general ed requirements, and already have 200 units when you finish your third year? What about those who start college as sophomores?</p>
<p>well thats what they said in my academic advising sessions at orientation. they told the group i was in that in order to get a ucsb degree you had to be a student at the school for 4 years.</p>
<p>well I would suggest you contact the chem dep at ucsb! cuz only they can tell u!
My major is business econ! and i was told that i dont have to take a calculus class! but math department didnt approve it! So now i am stuck! i have to take that class at ucsB! so to be on safe side....contact Chem. Dep.</p>
<p>^Ok, thanks, just contacted them. They told me I can take chem 1A without a lab and I should be well prepared after taking AP chem in high school. </p>
<p>that's weird that you were told you didn't have to take it. It's the lower division requirement. I'm taking both math 3B and stat this quarter. Actually, i got a 5 on the AP cal AB exam, and on their website it says "placement into math 3C" but my academic adviser told me to sign up for math 3B. But I don't get units for 3B anyway (only 4 units for 3A), so I'll just go for math 3B... for another easy A lmao. I hope it works out the way i want it though, otherwise i'll be screwed</p>
<p>^I know that. Passing the AP chem exam gives me 8 units and I cannot take natural science 1B, but that has nothing to do w/ CHEM 1A. I just mentioned it so that you'd know because I was asking if you think CHEM 1a would be easy/hard for me. I just wanted the 3 units to fill my schedule.</p>
<p>hey!
just had a quick question.
i am in the same situation as you for math..
so i got a 5 on ap calc AB.
i went to orientation, and they told me to sign up for a math class according to how i felt i did on the AP test...and i thought i would have gotten a 3.
so i end up with a 5...crazy...and now it says i have to go into math 3c.</p>
<p>i cant change my schedule until my third passtime, which is september 22!</p>
<p>so my question is...
should i take math 3b or math 3c?</p>
<p>if i take math 3b, will it honestly be an "easy A"?</p>
<p>if i take math 3b, will i even get the units for it?</p>
<p>do you think math 3c will be ridiculously hard?</p>
<p>what are the benefits to taking math 3c?</p>
<p>any information would be of great help, thanks so much!</p>
<p>I don't know which one you should take... I don't even know which one I should take now lol.</p>
<p>I answered the rest of your questions in the PM =)</p>
<p>By the way, my academic adviser told me to pick math 3b although he knew that I got a 5 in the AP test. I should have asked him about it then grrrrr. now I don't know who to ask....</p>
<p>Just one data point: a couple of years ago my son took AP Calc AB in his senior year and got a 5 on the test. At UCSB he had the option of taking "b" or "c" and took "b" - and only got a "B" in that class (he's an honors student there, so that was a negative.) My advice: unless you're real confident about your math ability, take the "b" course for starters. (They will let you do it.) No matter what they say, AP courses in high school are not really the equivalent of college course at a serious University.</p>