Going into chemistry. Math HL or English HL??

cryingcloud
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:56:26 +0000

If you’re more of a science person and know you’re going into chemistry, go with Math HL. Math and chemistry are related (obviously Math HL is much more complicated math than you’ll need for chemistry, but it’s helpful anyway), so it’s a better choice if you want to go to a science school like MIT.

Have you taken/done well in rigorous English classes in the past, though? If your schedule is weighted down with a lot of science (I know “weighting down” a schedule either way is tough in IB because of the requirements, but it can be done) then I’d probably suggest English HL to make your schedule a little better rounded.

If that’s not the case, though, I’d say Math HL. (Make sure you like math, though. I’ve heard that class really sucks if you don’t like math.)

What other HLs are you taking?