Alternate Science class for engineering hopeful?

ucbalumnus
Thu, 09 May 2019 01:05:40 +0000

You may want to check the degree requirements of your desired engineering majors at colleges you are considering (e.g. the in-state public universities for your state of residency).

A. If they tend to require chemistry and allow AP chemistry credit to cover that requirement, then AP chemistry will be more useful.

B. If they tend allow either biology or chemistry for a science elective and allow AP credit in each case, then you can choose either one. If AP credit is allowed for only one, then the one where AP credit is allowed will be more useful.

C. If your intended major is biomedical or biological/agricultural engineering, both biology and chemistry are likely to be required, so you need to check whether AP credit is allowed in either case.

Note that, if case C does not apply (i.e. you are not intending biomedical or biological/agricultural engineering), case A is probably more common than case B.

Of course, there could also be:

D. AP credit is not allowed to fulfill chemistry, biology, or science elective requirements.