I'm so over my head

cangel
Sun, 31 Oct 2004 19:15:40 +0000

I was assuming she had taken an Honors “pre-AP” bio, just as she had taken pre-AP chemistry. The books are a good idea, if the material looks unfamiliar, then don’t resurrect. Ask some teachers/counselors/ or even other students at school what combo of test to take based on the courses she has had. DD had some of the same problem, she matched SATII to AP, but ChemII and 11th English are taught as honors sections, then the kids are signed up for the AP exam (not taught as true AP classes), this was OK for English language/comp, but not so OK for chemistry. But, we had fair warning, she was told going into the spring not to expect great scores on AP Chemistry, and not to plan on Chemistry as one of her SATIIs, based on the content of the course. One student, who moved past the first round of the National Chem exam, made a 4 on the AP test, DD made a 3, these were the highest chem AP scores anyone had ever made coming out of this course (they are changing this year to real AP chemistry).
This is a rambling way of saying, she can safely match AP class to SATII, and taking Calculus, she should be fine with some review for the MAthIIc (it has a tight curve though), the 3rd test you will have to do some research to decide what is best for her to take - also, what colleges require. All the SATIIS do follow you, but supposedly the college only uses your 3 highest scores.