Ap Physics and Ap Chemistry

excoverer
Tue, 10 Jan 2017 00:44:23 +0000

I’m not a science person, and I am more of a humanities person, plus I am a ninth grader so this information may not be helpful. I hope this is a helpful response though.

As of what I have heard in my high school, AP Physics 1 is a tough course but is manageable if you work hard and study which is same for AP Chemistry. However, many people claim that the one you like more will be the one you will pay the most attention and work harder in. Do you have a preference between Chemistry or Physics?

I think it is worth taking both AP Physics 1 and AP Chemistry only if you want to become an engineer, a physician, chemist, or something related directly to the STEM field. Even if you are, you don’t have to if you don’t want to. In my school, AP Chemistry and AP Physics C are considered the hardest science courses, even in the top lists of some of the hardest AP courses available. Since AP Chemistry is one of the most work-educing and hardest courses, another hard Physics course which also has lots of work could be hard to deal with it, especially if you are taking other AP or honors courses alongside it such as AP English Language, AP US Government, AP Calculus AB, Pre-Calculus Honors, etc. In terms of whether you will find both challenging, it really depends on the person. I recommend that if you can, you go to the teacher of AP Chemistry and AP Physics 1 and talk to them about what is expected and see if they have a copy of the syllabus you can look at. They may have some.

If you’re kind of like me and have no interest in majoring in a STEM related area in college, it may be in your benefit to not take both classes in the same year and rather take one class this year, and the other class next year if you’re not a senior yet. Both classes are algebra-based, so if you were able to take Algebra 2 or Algebra 2 Honors with a good grade, you should be fine in terms of math.

Sorry if this is not a good answer as I am very inexperienced in AP Courses and STEM related subjects, but I hope this helped!

Have a good day and good luck!