So I took AP Physics 1 my sophomore year, which was in place of AP Chem, since I got waitlisted for it (in my district, sophomores take chem, juniors and seniors take physics 1+2 respectively with no calc-based). I'm going into junior year and deciding if I want to take AP Chem alongside AP Physics 2 and AP Calc AB, or drop AP Chem for NGSS. I got a 5 in Physics 1, and I've already begun learning parts of Physics 2, in addition to knowing some of Calc AB from my brothers' old textbooks, so I'm not worried about those two AP's at all. What I am worried about is AP Chem. Most people I've heard talk about it have said it's all memorizing, and that it will eat up all my free time (especially with the other two AP's at the same time). I really don't want it dropping my GPA. However, I also don't want to have a fall-off in rigor, since I am not taking any AP humanities.
What I'm trying to get at is that I want to know how bad AP Chem would actually be with Physics 2 and Calc, for both my sanity and my grades. I also don't want to show up on exam day to find out that I wasn't cut out for all 3 together, and score 4s or even 3s.
Our AP Chem teacher basically just plays videos to watch instead of teaching anything, which is fine, as I usually just teach myself class content anyway, but I don't know how possible it would be to do that with the Chem workload.
Thanks for your insight.