<p>took chem last year (junior year) and bio this year. here are my thoughts (although biased)
-chem material is far more difficult, as is the exam…however, i got a 5 b/c i am naturally good at it–bio on the other hand i goofed off in all year and will probably not get a 5, so grade wise it would appear that bio is harder
-i think if you took someone with a below average to average iq, ap chemistry would be far more difficult because that person wouldn’t be able to understand the concepts. anyone can do biology, it just takes quite a bit of studying
-as for colleges, i am going into premed next year, almost def. chem major, and my college will let me go into orgo instead of an honors gen chem, so i dont have to retake it, but its differs by college
-during the school year, you will have to put in more time for chem rather than bio, but come ap time you probably won’t have to study as much for chem–bio takes some reading each night and studying before tests, while chem takes lots of problem sets on a nightly basis, so it depends on what you want. if you’re taking a lot of aps it might be nice to not have to study that much for an exam during the fortnight from hell
-personally, i say take chem, but thats just one guy’s opinion. go with your gut, and if you really like bio more, then it might not be that bad of a plan to take bio 101 when you get to college. and if you take chem, beware of the infamous equilibrium problem starting off every single ap free response section–acid-base equilibrium is quite messy!</p>