I'm so over my head

marite
Sun, 31 Oct 2004 18:34:46 +0000

Cangel:

Curmudgeon’s D is not slated to take AP Bio until her senior year, so I am concerned that she might not have mastered all the materials by the time she needs to take the SAT II unless she is currently taking a pre-AP or Honors Bio that really does cover everything. My S found Chemistry easier than Bio, but then, he found Physics easier than either of the two, and it’s supposed to be the hardest AP. So it really depends on the student.
I would strongly suggest, though, that she asks her physics teacher how much of the curriculum the course is going to be covering. When my older S took the SAT II, it turned out that the teacher had left out a whole topic (optics) and my S had to scramble like mad to study on his own. He did okay, considering, but could have done better. I’m told this is not unusual (but that was after the fact :().