Freshman Year Chem Class

baktrax
Sun, 13 Jul 2014 09:44:52 +0000

It all just depends on how you feel. If it’s the norm for students to skip gen chem with AP credit and you don’t need to take the class for any reason, I would just skip it.

For what it’s worth, I got a 5 on AP Chem, skipped general chemistry, and took organic chemistry sophomore year in college. Had no problems at all, even though I hadn’t touched chemistry since junior year of high school. You really don’t need that much general chemistry for organic chemistry, and anything you do need will come back to you pretty quickly or you’ll just relearn it. Everything’s easier to learn the second time around. I know several other students who did the same, and some who took organic chemistry their first year, and we were all fine.