<p>A friend’s D is trying to find out if it would hurt her admission chances if she chose Chem Honors over Chem AP if she’s going to major in Biology (marine). She doesn’t know which colleges she’ll be apply to yet. (I sure it won’t be tier 1) Who should she ask? The GCs at her school are not helpful right now.</p>
<p>Is she interested in any of the UC’s? If she is she should look if the Chem honors class is weighed.</p>
<p>I believe she may be interested in UCs but I don’t know which ones. i will advise her to see if the honors class is weighted. Thanks</p>
<p>You could also post the rest of her schedule and other details and see what CC’ers say (although some responses you’ll need to take with a grain of salt).</p>
<p>My daughter’s senior schedule is a bit odd for several reasons (for example, she doesn’t have a social studies class because she has already taken the one honors class and the three APs available in social studies). I asked representatives of two different colleges about her overall schedule. Both said that she should explain why the schedule turned out the way it did, but that there shouldn’t be a problem because of her overall schedule strength.</p>
<p>I think she should ask an admissions officer at the school(s) she’s interested in. Everyone else is going on hearsay.</p>
<p>Even kids who take AP chemistry often repeat General Chemistry in college, especially if they are going into biology-related careers, because the alternative is–shudder–to start Organic Chemistry in the first semester of one’s freshman year. So I don’t think it matters a whole lot. “Honors chemistry” ought to look (and in fact will be) sufficiently rigorous, especially if the student isn’t applying to tippy-top schools.</p>
<p>If she’s avoiding the AP class because she hates chemistry, though, that’s a bad sign. Bio majors need to love, or learn to love, chemistry or they are going to be miserable.</p>