<p>Hi, I am a 15 y/o somphomore and am planning on loading up on difficult courses over the next two years. I don't have many AP classes at my school and the teacher are terrible. But, I could take them at my community college at night. I want to take AP Bio, Chem, Physics AB, Physcology and many others at my college. If anyone could tell me what the AP courses are equivalent to I would appreciate it! Thanks!</p>
<p>If you are assuming that you can take a community college class and equate it to an AP class, that would be a wrong assumption.</p>
<p>AP classes are considered college equivalent classes. The equivalency is determined by each college and many state colleges give credit to most AP courses while many private schools decide that they don’t honor some of the classes while they accept others for credit. </p>
<p>Community college credits on the other hand are straight forward. They are college credits which are honored by most in state public universities since they are part of the State system. However, other state universities or privates may or may not accept them. So when you take classes at a community college, you should make sure it is being done after ensuring that they will be honored whereever you want to go to college. </p>
<p>There is no equivalency between an AP class and an a community college course. There may be one between community college and the universities in your radar.</p>
<p>If you are interested doing medicine, don’t take community college courses. If you don’t do well, they will come back to bite you at the time of med school apps.</p>
<p>They are equivalent to Intro courses. Good for you for upping the rigor. Don’t overdo it. </p>
<p>I didn’t think about how the course credits won’t transfer. Do you think I could take the course but then take the AP exam because my school has limited options.</p>
<p>Equivalency varies by college, but typically:</p>
<p>AP biology tries to emulate a year long general biology course.
AP chemistry tries to emulate a semester or year of general chemistry.
AP physics 1 tries to emulate the first semester of physics for biology majors (not physics majors).
AP physics 2 tries to emulate the second semester of physics for biology majors (not physics majors).
AP psychology tries to emulate a semester long introductory psychology course.</p>
<p>Note: if you are considering doing pre-med, many medical schools do not accept AP scores for pre-med requirements, so (if you took the AP tests after high school AP courses) you would have to retake the courses in college or substitute more advanced courses in those subjects in college. However, college courses taken in high school do count, as do their grades, so you need to get A grades in them to avoid damaging medical school chances. Also, many medical schools frown on pre-med courses taken at community colleges, so taking additional more advanced courses in those subjects may be advised once you get to a four year school.</p>