AP Chemistry is designed as a college freshman introductory or "General Chemistry" class.  The AP exam is given in early May and students earning a 3 or higher on the exam may get general chemistry, or another chemistry elective, waived.  Those not getting college chemistry credit should find the first year chemistry class much easier than any student that hasn't taken AP Chem.  Any student considering a career in Chemistry, Pharmacy, Medicine, Chemical Engineering, Biochemistry, or other related field is encouraged to take AP Chemistry.

AP Chem has the reputation of being one of the hardest AP classes any student can take.  Like any college class, you get out of it what you put into it.  If just showing up for class is enough work for you, then do not expect to get higher than a 1 on the exam.  There will be very little assigned homework, but you should be reading the textbook and trying the practice questions daily. 

Grading for the class is most heavily based on completion of lab work and written lab reports.  If you do the work, you cannot possibly fail this class, regardless of your scores on exams.

Notes will be presented by PowerPoint.  It is YOUR responsibility to download and print them or copy them off the Internet before the class when they are needed.  We are not going to be wasting time in class copying notes.