Question About AP's/SAT II's/How many I should take.

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<p>So 5 AP’s I’m taking for sure are: AP Eng Lit, AP Eng Lang, AP Physics, AP Chem, AP Calc.</p>

<p>I want to be a doctor one day, so naturally, Pre-Med. JHU doesn’t exactly have a ‘major’ called Pre Med, more like a path that they help you follow (from what I’ve heard/sean).</p>

<p>Now the problem is, I don’t have AP bio. My school doesn’t offer it. I have Bio 12, but that’s about it.
I was just thinking, will JHU be like ‘Oh man this kid wants to be a doctor but didn’t even take AP Bio what a joke’, because I really want to study it for myself but I’m swamped with my courseload (I’m taking 10 subjects instead of the standard 8 or less), my EC’s, and leadership roles in school. I really, REALLY do not have the time to self study AP Bio.</p>

<p>I was thinking, however, of taking SAT II Bio (M), since from what I know, Bio 12 and Bio M are closely related. Or are they not? and is SAT II Bio (M) harder than AP Bio? Should I even bother studying for this subject test?</p>

<p>This brings me a grand total of:
AP Phys
AP Chem
AP Calc
AP Eng Lit
AP Eng Lang
AP Psyc
SAT II Korean **
SAT II Bio (M)</p>

<p>**note about the Korean: I am Korean. But I’ve lived in Canada for 14 years, so it’s not as good as a native Korean speaker. Should I still take it and get the 800 or will the school be like ‘this kid is REALLY desperate’? I am also taking Spanish (our school does not offer AP Spanish and it’s one of my worst subjects (A-) so I won’t be self studying it), but it will prove that I’m somewhat trilingular. Or should I just not risk taking Korean? One of my essay topics will be about the difficulties I had living in Canada for 14 years (the standard ‘I don’t feel like I belong in Vancouver or Korea’), and my other two will be about my experiences in my Kenya Me to We trip, and my time at JHU’s Discover Hopkins summer programs.</p>

<p>Do you think this is solid enough if I get 4-5/700-800 on all of them and a decent SAT score? (I’m thinking 2200’s). Or am I risking too much?</p>

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<p>If you are korean and have an easily identifiable korean last name (or one of your parents do), then getting an 800 on the Korean SAT II exam is a waste of time. It wont impress anybody.</p>

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No. Your school does not offer it; JHU will recognize that.</p>

<p>Agree with above that taking SAT in Korean is a waste of a test. 95%+ of the test takers are heritage/native speakers and an 800 is the 64th percentile.</p>

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<p>Phew, that’s a relief.
I think I might just take it to boost my confidence up. I’ve been feeling really down and pressured lately plus I want to get a taste of what testing feels like. As long as it doesn’t look harmful, I don’t really mind taking it.</p>

<p>One last thing:
I LOVE chemistry. It’s my favorite subject. It’s interesting and I always love it. Our school offers AP Chem as well, so I jumped in to take it.
The problem is, I have a REALLY awesome and smart teacher. But his tests are ridiculously difficult and the curve is pretty bad too. Our first quiz of the year had a class average of 70% and these are the smartest 30 kids in the entire school taking this course. Literally, there’s a kid who’s won highest average of the year since 8th grade (and we all know he’ll be valedictorian) but even he got like 80%. I’m average so I’m 70% but I really need this course yet I really don’t want it to drop my GPA, because it will hurt me a LOT. Any tips or suggestions?</p>