Freshman Year Chem Class

btledfo
Sun, 20 Jul 2014 02:22:46 +0000

If you take Orgo this year, it can possibly help you get ahead of your classmates, as it is likely a prereq for other courses. I know a coworker who did that and he was able to knock out a lot of his required classes earlier and he now can potentially even graduate earlier. Getting a head start freshman year can also give you the opportunity to test the waters and see if this major is really what you want to keep pursuing.

On the other hand, it may be in your best interest to use your freshman year to adjust to college course rigor and to focus on knocking out your non-major related gen ed classes so you can dive right into chemistry and engineering for the remaining years.

It all depends on what you think you’re ready for. In my opinion, I would skip freshman chemistry unless you really believe you need the review. However, there are plenty of other resources you can use that are cheaper and less time consuming to do that as well as opposed to using up two semesters to take the classes and labs that go along with it.