<p>hey op, are you premed? Premeds have to take a double science at least one year in college. You don’t have to do it first semester. You can wait until 2nd year to double up.</p>
<p>Do we have to test into the science courses, or can we just pick whichever one we want?</p>
<p>Chemistry 11 in theory has a prerequisite “score of at least 3 on the AP chemistry exam or consent.” Bio 13/14 and the physics courses don’t have any prerequisites. In terms of the difficulty of chem 11, the nature of the material is entirely dependant on your professor. At least one professor in the chemistry department teaches 11 and 1 with almost the same material, with more rigor for 11, but others don’t. That’s not to say Chem 1 isn’t difficult, it’s just that when I took 11 there were a lot of people with a good background in chemistry/were engineering majors/chem majors. Lot’s of premeds take it too.</p>
<p>Sorry if I was misleading before. I am going for premed and a science major (maybe 2??? yikes!). I just didn’t know about whether or not it’s necessary to have strong background in the subject before I start it.</p>
<p>Knowing what AP score is recommended is helpful, but ‘Consent’ really easy to obtain. Even if you don’t have the preparation, if you feel you will be willing to do the work, you can take Chem 11. </p>
<p>But don’t mislead yourself. Chem 11 is a lot of work.</p>
<p>What about Math? Do we get to take a placement test for math? I would really like to take Honors Calculus I-II, because it’s more credits and I could get through the material faster. I’m absolutely confident that I can do the work.</p>