AP in Junior year or senior year

[Anonymous]

Med aspirant sophomore, done with AP Bio. The question is about if I need to take AP Chem (I decided not to take AP Physics in high school) for my med career and if so, is it preferred to take in junior or senior year. With junior year being busy with few other APs and AP Chem known to be hard, my sophomore is worried about the complexity of the AP Chem. She is suggesting taking it instead in the senior year than junior year. Since college apps will be going out after junior year, question is about the recommendation when to take it, please suggest.

[Anonymous]

You might want to ask that this be moved to the college forum.

As for when to take AP Chem, it depends on where she is planning to apply, and with what major (pre-med is likely not a major). If it is any type of competitive school at all, she needs to have it on her transcript before she applies.

[Anonymous]

If she’s not planning on taking any physics in HS, she may want to rethink this.