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h1gher · 05-19-2008, 12:36 AM

They do, they're honors classes, but most of the private schools I know of in the Seattle area, including mine, don't offer AP classes because teachers would rather teach their own curriculum, rather than follow a strict AP curriculum. Of course, calculus and physics are basically the same all around, but biology for example, my honors class, was just learning how to use stella models, and was ecology based, rather than molecularly based.

When I had to take the Biology SAT II for the UC's, I read a college biology textbook over the summer, since I hadn't taken an AP biology class or anything even close to that degree.

05-19-2008, 12:36 AM	#15
h1gher Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Washington Posts: 91	They do, they're honors classes, but most of the private schools I know of in the Seattle area, including mine, don't offer AP classes because teachers would rather teach their own curriculum, rather than follow a strict AP curriculum. Of course, calculus and physics are basically the same all around, but biology for example, my honors class, was just learning how to use stella models, and was ecology based, rather than molecularly based. When I had to take the Biology SAT II for the UC's, I read a college biology textbook over the summer, since I hadn't taken an AP biology class or anything even close to that degree. Last edited by h1gher; 05-19-2008 at 12:41 AM.