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<p>Note: It's general chemistry and general physics. Oh, and don't tell me to take whichever I like lol..</p>
<p>Take whichever you took your senior year of HS if you’re going to college right out of HS. If you’re a few years out of school or didn’t take either your senior year, and don’t have a strong base in calculus, take Chemistry. Otherwise, take Physics.</p>
<p>Lol…I’m going into my sophomore year. I took physics my senior year of HS and I’m currently taking calc 2. The only problem here is that physics is only available at night time, and I’m not sure if I want to do that…</p>
<p>Out of curiosity, why do you advise physics? To have time to catch up in the math?</p>
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<p>Unless you are a chemical engineer, physics is MUCH more applicable to your future courses than chemistry. Take physics. It is the basis for pretty much all things engineering. Putting it off is a lot more likely to set you back than putting of chemistry (again, unless you are a chemical engineer).</p>
<p>Would you advise AGAINST taking both chemistry AND physics at the same time? I’m assuming it’s a huge workload.</p>
<p>I think most people at most engineering schools take both simultaneously. I did.</p>
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<p>How was it? Did it kill your social life?</p>
<p>If you can take physics after you’ve taken Calc. It can only help.</p>
<p>@chuy
Thanks for the tip.</p>
<p>I’d just like to know, in general, is it a good idea to take chem, physics, and a computer science course (algorithmic problem solving) all at the same time? I’m not sure if I can handle it…that’s why I’m asking whether I should take chem or physics first. As of now, I’m being advised to take physics first (or at least it feels that way). However, chemistry fits into my schedule better. Physics would be at night time…advice anyone…everyone?</p>
<p>Being a civil engineering major, I took Chem before Physics just because I wanted it out of the way. So if your like me and chemistry is not your forte, just take it first. Good luck!</p>
<p>I took Chem 2, Physics 1, Calc 2, CAD and a Gen Ed all at the same time In my first semester on campus and still had a life. This was a fairly typical workload, too.</p>
<p>If you want to graduate in 4 years you better cozy up
to the idea that you will have a tough workload each semester. If you don’t mind takin 5 years then I guess you can ease up a bit.</p>
<p>If you have to take chem and physics at the same time then you gotta do what you gotta do. Many people have done it and been just fine. It’s probably preferable to split them up as long as you’re not overloading future semesters, but as long as you don’t have any other really hard classes (other than the three you mentioned) you’ll survive.</p>