Would you skip Chem I and II and start off with Thermo your freshman year?

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<p>If you did well enough on the Chem AP, should you take it again in college before taking thermo?</p>

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<p>You don’t really need Chem for Thermodynamics. I never took Chem 2 and I sucked at Chem 1 ( and didn’t do AP in high school), but I did ok in Thermo.</p>

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<p>The short answer is “no” for chemistry.</p>

<p>Have you completed your physics/math requirements? You need to take the lower-division “heat, waves & optics” physics course and differential equations before you take thermo.</p>

<p>P.S.: Is New York that upside-down? :)</p>

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<p>Depends on what the pre reqs are. For our thermo, the pre req was a Chem of materials class and the pre req to that class was Freshmen chem. Just look at the pre reqs and then decide if you want to.</p>

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<p>It definitely depends on the school I think. My school requires chemical process analysis, two semesters of general chem, and two semesters of physics before you can take thermo.</p>

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<p>Oh no, I’ve taken AP Chem and I did well enough on the AP to get credit. Hopefully, if I can get credit for at least Calc I through the AP, then I can take thermo. I’m just wondering if it’s a good idea to start off freshman year with thermo.</p>

<p>Sorry, I see the wording might’ve been a bit confusing before.</p>

<p>I know thermo’s hard, but would retaking chem help much? I mean I don’t want to work through 8 credit hours and write labs up again.</p>

<p>And haha, NY isn’t upside down, the world around us is.</p>

<p>Thanks for answering, everybody.</p>

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<p>I don’t think chemistry helped any in Thermo. I was just lucky to get a very easy teacher for Thermo! It made no sense at all to me. :(</p>

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<p>At my school, the math pre-req for MechE and ChemE thermo is Calc 2.
The pre-req for the BME Thermo (separate because the bme’s clogged up the other 2) is Calc 3.</p>

<p>So depending on your school, AP Calc might not cut it.</p>

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<p>Check your school, its department for your major, and its chemistry department for recommendations on what to do about your AP credit.</p>

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<p>Yes. Depends on the prereq. For us, it’s just general chemistry 1
I guess if you have done AP you can go straight to thermo. Not a problem without physics because you will be learning the same things over and over!</p>