I had the same experience. I took ap bio in freshmen and my teacher and classmates were one of the most enthusastic and nicest people I've ever met. The labs were also really interesting
Me too took it freshman and there was a learning curve as it was my first AP. I struggled for the first half but I got better. I got a four on the exam which I was fine with. But definitely my favorite AP of all time, it was so fun
AP Physics… Unless you have a burning desire to dedicate your senior year to physics and physics alone, this one may not be the best for some. That is, of course, you want to be Maxwell Planck or Stephen Hawking.
Calc AB and Physics C Mech are gonna be good. Maybe Chem and E&M might help too. Remember, more is not always better - make sure your marks stay high and you also have enough time for extracurriculars!
Just a heads up for engineering, if you’re going to engineering, most colleges will make you take a chem class first semester regardless of major. I’d take AP Chem
@@harrypambianchi1893 To add though, some schools will not accept AP classes specifically for specialty or professional programs (like engineering). Check your school’s AP policy!
I want to be a physicist/astronomer. From what I hear to be a doctor, take AP human Anatomy and Physiology (that's a new AP), AP biology, AP Physics (Neurology requires physics), AP chemistry, and AP Statistics.
If you scored well in science freshman year, and then got the opportunity to take AP bio same time as honors chemistry sophomore year while giving up your study hall, would you do it?
what ap classes should I take if I want to be a radiologist, cardioloist, cardiac surgeon, or a radiation oncologist surgeon, js a specialized doctor in general?
What about IB and Cambridge? If your school offers IB, do HL's because a lot of universities accept HL instead of SL. If your school has Cambridge, do the hardest Cambridge classes.
I've heard of schools offering multivariable calculus and linear algebra, there's a few here in western mass, not even the Boston side of the state. But AP college linear algebra honors doesn't exist. I'm just gonna assume you mean multivariable calculus as a separate class. I'm going to be taking Linear algebra and multivariable calculus next year (if they had BC calc at my school and i was able to find the classes at the nearest 4 year college i would have already be linear algebra or calc 4 this year, which is my junior year of highschool) AP Course(course)honors don't exist though. Firstly, there is no AP multivariable calculus, AP classes aren't just college level classes, they're specifically classes that are created by the college board, with exams provided by the college board. Your school can't offer an "AP" class that college board hasn't made, and they haven't made AP linear algebra. Secondly, AP, college, and honors are mutually exclusive. You can't have an AP-honors, you can't have a college-honors, and you can't have an AP-college. Honors classes are just accelerated classes that is graded on a higher grade scale than electives or college prep. AP classes are classes that are college level and provided in schools by the college board, with the end goal being a test to gain college credit and a higher grade scale than honors or equal to honors if you do not take or fail the test. College classes are provided by actual colleges, will have the same gpa weighting as APs with a 3 or more on the AP exam and higher than honors(provided you do the college class in high school). The final exam in college classes are provided by the professors, meaning they are not standardized unlike the AP exam which is the same across the US with the same exam questions.
Hey, so I know you’re not going to reply to this, but I’m a high school student who is considering taking AP Physics next year but also might take Pre-Calc and AB Calc mushed into the same class. (All of Pre-Calc is semester 1 and all of AB Calc is semester 2) My strength is math and want to know how well that should translate to AP Physics. I did well in Honors Bio as well too
imo chem and physics were the hardest ap tests i took, and personally physics was the ap class i enjoyed the least. physics is definitely math/calc based (probably c more than b, i took physics b the same year as calc ab and passed the ap test, did not take physics c) but imo just being good at math/calc does not necessarily mean you'll be good at physics because it's also a lot of memorizing formulas in a way that is less intuitive than math. in my experience, if i didn't remember the exact trick to solving a calc problem, i could still usually figure it out with trial and error. the same could not be said for physics (or chem). if you enjoy sciences then definitely go for it--just something to take into consideration!
I actually found it really easy compared to other APs, but I'm sort of an exception because nearly everyone else in my class said it was painfully difficult. I think it's because of my programming experience that I excelled because it required a ton of problem solving, and instead of memorizing things like equations, I tried to understand them and recreate them, which was really useful for things like stoichiometry or however you spell it.
I'm taking ap chem right now, and it's probably one of the easiest APs I've done in my experience. I always managed to finish the homework in class and managed to get 100% on our midterm, which had multiple choice and FRQs. Is it really that difficult?
honestly depends on teacher and how good of a foundation you had with chemistry. like me for example i did very well in first year chemistry yet am fighting for my life everyday rn in ap chem 😭
@@JohnweelyIf you took accelerated math in 7th grade and algebra 1 in 8th grade, you would be one year ahead of the regular math curriculum. However, if you wanna take ap calc but you are in a regular math, you would take it in a community college (depending on your high school’s procedures)
