Is AP Chemistry similar to ACT content? How much easier is it than A level Chemistry?

Universities for Mechanical Engineering require for me to have done Chemistry but I only have Maths, Physics, Biology and an extra Language. There is a suitable online school I found, the University admission office reccomended ACT Chemistry or a similiar qualification. Which one would be the most straightforward? I would get one on one teaching, I am just looking for an easier route since I believe A level Chemistry in one year is both not worth it and much of a hassle.

Reply 1

username5852773

As someone who has done AP Chem and is doing A-Level Chemistry. A-level Chemistry is not twice as hard, but close to twice as hard as AP Chem, in my personal opinion.

A lot of the content is similar but covered in much more detail at A-Level and the Question Papers are much harder. Questions require a deeper understanding of the same content and the need to explain concepts and apply them to a range of different scenarios is much more demanding in A-Level. I found when doing AP, it was more memorisation and less open-ended, in my opinion.

But if you have done AP Chem it wouldn't be hard to transition into A level (although A level Chem is definitely a two year course, I do think it would be feasible to skip Y1 content with a good foundation in AP Chemistry).

I don't know about ACT tho.

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Reply 2

zerere

Original post by Frankieiliffe

As someone who has done AP Chem and is doing A-Level Chemistry. A-level Chemistry is not twice as hard, but close to twice as hard as AP Chem, in my personal opinion.
A lot of the content is similar but covered in much more detail at A-Level and the Question Papers are much harder. Questions require a deeper understanding of the same content and the need to explain concepts and apply them to a range of different scenarios is much more demanding in A-Level. I found when doing AP, it was more memorisation and less open-ended, in my opinion.
But if you have done AP Chem it wouldn't be hard to transition into A level (although A level Chem is definitely a two year course, I do think it would be feasible to skip Y1 content with a good foundation in AP Chemistry).
I don't know about ACT tho.

Thank you very much for your response!!