tenebrousfire

like, how hard it is to get a 5 on the ap bio test? not very

i suppose it's useful to learn how to study college-level biology by actually taking the course, though

likeachild

Yeah I think you only need a 70% or better on the placement test to receive credit for Bio 121.

I got a 5 on AP Biology last year, am I'm taking the placement test in the fall.
I think if I receive credit for 121, I can go straight to taking Bio 102, but I'm not sure. As a SEAS student, I have yet to meet my advisers.

phillySASer08

the only issue with testing out of intro bio for premed purposes is that you must then take upper level bio classes that have a lab component to compensate. If you place out of 121 and go into 102, you must still take one bio class with a lab. This can be a bit challenging as a SEAS student, as most of the other bio classes with labs have prereqs (usually genetics or cell bio), and unless you are BE it could be a scheduling pain.

tenebrousfire

if you're a BE student, you wouldn't necessarily take 102, but 202 (which is cell phys / biochem)

chameli1

when i mentioned AP, i was actually talking about the placement exam (sorry about the confusion). i have taken ap bio and gotten a 5, yet that was in my junior year of high school. for an SAS student, would taking the placement exam be any help? as in, would an SAS bio major be taking upper division bio with labs either way, with or without the placement exam? or would their upper division classes be mostly lecture only. im wondering b/c i would like to know why an SAS bio-major pre-med student would or would not choose to opt for that route.

tenebrousfire

depends on the classes you take

biol 175, 251, 306, 330, 425, 450, and 476 have labs; the rest generally are just lecture-only

and you wouldn't be taking all those labs, since some are plant, some are microbio, and you'd take only the ones in your concentration