<p>OP, if your high school AP calculus class prepared you well, then I don’t think college calculus will be that much harder. I took the AB test and placed into calc II. I had no trouble with it.</p>
<p>Cbeley, have you tried asking about your chem options on your school’s subforum? Another thing to consider is why you got a 2 on the AP exam. The AP course covers some pretty fundamental stuff, so even if your class covered material beyond the AP level, that’s not going to help you if you struggle with the basics.</p>
<p>My school offers a chem class similar to your chem 109. I took it , and while the material was hard and the exams difficult (but mainly because they were long), it actually wasn’t hard to do well in the class if you knew how to study (and also thanks to the generous curve). I’d say half my class was full of engineering students and not too many potential chem majors (but then again, different school).</p>
<p>My high school AP Chem class also covered material outside the scope of the AP exam, and the exam ended up being very easy compared to what I considered at the time a ridiculously hard class. </p>
<p>You can always sign up for chem 109 and then drop it at a later date. In my case, the intensive gen chem (one-semester gen chem) and regular gen chem classes used the same textbook, which reduced the hassle for students dropping a level.</p>