AP Chemistry [versus more advanced physics after AP physics C] and Engineering

ucbalumnus
Mon, 09 Jun 2025 19:06:29 +0000

ManyTails:

He needs to feel confident in a study group where his classmates took organic chemistry in high school or did research with CRISPR. I’d say walking into that kind of environment at a Stanford/MIT/CT with only Honors Chem could shake his confidence and reveal a real deficit.

Taking AP chemistry would still leave the student far behind those who did research with CRISPR in high school. But the latter is not the norm, and is not really relevant in most kinds of engineering anyway.