I got an AP 5 in chemistry, so I could place out of introductory chemistry. Should I take honors introductory chemistry or should I skip it and start right with organic as a first year student?
Advice from Professor Laurie J. Butler, former Undergraduate Chemistry Advisor: “Leave it up to the student. They should be aware of the following: Their high school course(s), even if they had two years, do not even come close to covering thermodynamics and quantum mechanics at the level covered in the honors intro. chem. (Chem 12100-12300). Some of what is taught in the first quarter of honors intro. chem. is review, but even that quarter presents a considerable amount of material at a deeper level than even the best AP 5 students have seen. Despite the above, students have successfully skipped honors intro. chem. and started right with organic their first year. They report that they miss the intro. chem. background most severely when they take inorganic (Chem 20100) (because of the molecular orbitals), and the second quarter of physical chemistry (Chem. 26200) (because of the thermodynamics), but with hard work they do pick up on the background material with private study and do fin
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