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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If your kid isn’t sure if they want to go into a stem field, how important is it to have an AP science? For example, if the student took an AP science junior year, do they really need to take one senior year or is one enough?[/quote] If a STEM field is [i]a possibility[/i] and they are aiming for highly selective colleges, ideally for senior year they would choose AP chem, AP bio or AP physics C. I think the same applies even if the kid took AP Physics 1 as a first physics course junior year.[/quote] This also because college Science courses are HARD and typically weed out (for premeds). So it is helpful even if you don't take AP credit, that you have had AP Chem if you need to take Chem 101. I've watched top students in HS go to college after having had the AP course and still struggle in the classes. I can't imagine what it would be like without the AP course (Actually I can---had a kid who tried premed and had to drop the Chem without the AP in HS and managed a C+ in the other science which they had the AP course in HS). [/quote]
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