Need help with S's HS schedule (IB)...

Marian
Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:20:18 +0000

Has your son already had a standard high school biology course and a standard high school chemistry course?

If he has, I wouldn’t be worried about his qualifications for college biology and chemistry; he already has what he’s expected to have. I see no reason why he couldn’t take HL Biology and SL Business.

If he hasn’t had high school chemistry and biology, then he should probably take at least the SL versions of both sciences. I have heard that SL Chemistry is not particularly difficult. (My daughter’s IB program did not offer HL Chemistry, so I don’t know about that.)

Another option, if he has had no chemistry and feels unprepared for college chemistry, would be to take a chemistry course at a community college during the summer between his senior year in high school and freshman year in college.

As a parent of a kid who survived IB, I strongly recommend against taking 4 HLs, no matter what they are. IB is demanding enough without inflicting extra work on yourself.