<p>I was just wondering if anyone had one this and what their experience was. Thanks!</p>
<p>I am doing taking both of those classes together this upcoming year, rising junior. I would also appreciate answers to this question.</p>
<p>It’s a great combo, and very doable. They actually complement each other sometimes; when we were learning the PV=nRT unit in physics (for lack of a better term :P), all the kids in my physics class that were also taking AP chem were laughing at the other kids who were going to suffer because they didn’t have it fresh in their minds. There were also other instances where the content overlapped, but I can’t remember right now.</p>
<p>I did it. I thought they went very well together and I got 5’s on both APs.</p>
<p>My friend did it as a Junior. She said it was very doable and that the classes complement each other at times. She most likely got a 4 on the Physics exam and a 5 on the Chemistry exam. I’m taking AP Chemistry and AP Physics C next year, and I’m not worried about it.</p>
<p>I have a friend who did it, and she handled it well, but I think she was a bit overstretched and because of that didn’t do as well (not grade-wise, just by how much she learned) because of it.</p>
<p>I did Physics B jr year and then Chemistry sr year and that was a kick-ass combination. No joke, there are parts of chem where it helps to have physics (for example, I didn’t have to memorize periodic tredns because I knew the conceptual physics behind them). I don’t think it’s as useful to know chem before physics, to be honest.</p>
<p>Oh, and how much you can handle is also obviously based on how much other work you have.</p>
<p>I did exactly this and got 2 2s. However, it was my first time taking multiple AP classes and I was definitely not prepared for the work. In addition, grade inflation (I only got As and Bs in those classes) made me overconfident of my achievement on the exams. Getting 3-4 hours of sleep before the tests didn’t help either. </p>
<p>I know someone else that did the same thing and got 2 5s. I wouldn’t worry about it too much, just make sure you get some sleep, actually learn the material, and don’t do your sleeping during AP Chem like I did :P</p>
<p>Thermodynamics on both exams is very similar.</p>
<p>I did this my junior year and it went great. My chem teacher was amazing, too, so that helped tremendously. Physics, not so much…</p>
<p>Go for it, but also do some research into the quality of teachers and the amount of work per class beforehand to get a feel for what your getting into.</p>
<p>I took AP Chem and it was more than overwhelming for me. But also I am a below-average student so don’t listen to me :)</p>
<p>I did both for my senior year. My physics teacher was terrible (scraped a C both semesters) but I studied by myself very hard and got a 4. </p>
<p>AP Chem is a very intense class but doable in conjunction with physics. I say go for it.</p>
<p>Hmm somewhat of a trend that I’m noticing… physics teachers can’t teach for beans (though they are often very good at physics), and chem teachers tend to be very good at teaching chem. I wonder why…</p>
<p>Daughter did both. Got 5s on both tests. I think it’s very doable, especially if you have had Chem and Physics in previous classes prior to the AP classes, as she did.</p>