AP Chemistry with 4 other ap's?

RiceEater108
Thu, 23 Apr 2015 03:59:34 +0000

Hi Everyone!

During Junior Year I am thinking about taking the following classes:

AP Chemistry
US History (Regular)
AP English Lang
AP Seminar or AP Environmental Science (or Both)
AP Calculus BC
Speech and Debate - I’m going to spend a lot of time on this to win State/National Awards, etc.

I am aiming for top schools (Stanford, Harvard, UC Berkeley, etc.).

I am just concerned about AP Chemistry because the teacher at our school is said to be horrible and doesn’t teach anything. Someone said that he spends 1-2 hours a day on AP Chemistry alone. I have close to all A+'s this semester and had 3-4 A-'s last semester (Straight A’s). I am going to get a private tutor that will come frequently.

I have to take AP Chemistry because I need to take a science subject test and Physics 1 is only half the year and doesn’t prepare you for the SAT Subject Test. I’m taking Chemistry this year, so it will carry over to next year.