AP Organic Chemistry

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AP organic chemistry would likely not be of much value, since many of the people who would take organic chemistry are pre-meds, who are often required by medical schools to take the pre-med courses as college courses (not AP credit).

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<p>Many students from a wide variety of disciplines take Organic Chemistry in college. Every chemistry major and pre-med student takes it, but it’s not limited to those people. In the case of the former, an APOC course would definitely be of great value.
Secondly, this course does not exist (yet). I’m sure the vast majority of medical schools would accept AP Organic Chemistry in place of their own OC courses if it were sufficiently rigorous. The problem with many high school OC (and also QM) courses is that they cover much less material than a corresponding college course. An AP OC course would remedy this.</p>

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Why not just take organic chemistry at a local college if you are really itching to take that course and have exhausted other worthwhile offerings at your high school?

I would do this. However, many motivated students do not have access to courses at their local college, so making this an AP would really help. For example, my friend wanted to take this course, but she’s involved in so many ECs that she is simply unable to take it at a local college.</p>