Using AP credits to pass out of intro courses

slik_nik
Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:46:23 +0000

@Handiman: Since you have already taken Organic Chemistry at the university level (hopefully with lab), you have already fulfilled the pre-med requirement as long as you received a letter grade in the college course and as long as it transfers over to Rice. I mean, you can go ahead and retake it, but why would you want to take Orgo twice? I suggest you take General Chemistry again if you have already fulfilled the Organic Chemistry requirement. General Chemistry at Rice is harder than AP Chemistry (I never took AP Chem though) from what I heard. The chemistry professor, Dr. John Hutchinson, is easily one of the best chemistry professors in the country, so I recommend taking CHEM 121 + lab during fall semester and CHEM 123 + lab during spring semester. It should be easier for you as well (you will still have to work though) since you have the AP and Orgo background. I had a mediocre advanced chemistry class back in 10th grade, and I still was happy with my course grade. If you put the work in, you should do fine in chemistry.

Can’t help you with math… although it is probably best not to start from MATH 101 and 102 (equivalent to AP Calc BC) since the professors aren’t that good. You should be fine APing out of math, especially since you will be taking an upper level.