She sounds like a science lover, which is great!
I think regular bio and AP chem is fine. AP chem is one of the hardest AP classes and challenges most students. Like yours, my kid took AP chem junior year. He has a real knack for chemistry, and had already taken honors bio. Parents are bio and chem professors. Although he probably would have been fine, we still wouldn’t have recommended he double up on AP chem and AP bio in the same year.
Our kids’ HS does what others here have said and requires you to take the non-AP version of chem or bio before you can take the AP class.
But AP curriculum is standardized. So while your HS requirements are different than some of the others on this thread, it doesn’t change the fact that she’d be going into AP bio cold. That, along with the fact that she’ll also be in AP chem, AND feels hesitant about doing both? I think it’s best to not do the AP bio. The worst outcome is that she might be a little bored in bio class, which is not a bad worst case scenario!
I have a few questions:
• Is AP physics offered at her HS, or just dual enrollment? How is the dual enrollment course described? If AP physics is offered, which ones (there are 3 different AP physics courses)?
• If they offer honors bio during her senior year, would it work out to take physics plus honors bio? She wouldn’t be bored by the pace of the bio course, but if she finds it a little too challenging, her grades will have less of an influence on college apps than junior year grades would.
• Does she know what she might like to study in college? It can be challenging for parents and kids to know which AP courses are the most helpful for certain majors. And different colleges/majors can be pretty restrictive with what scores they’ll allow for credit.