Should I bother with AP Biology?

PoliSci79
Sat, 30 Jan 2016 17:40:11 +0000

Hey everyone!

I was rearranging my schedule a tad to try and work in AP Biology, as I’m in Honors Biology now and my teacher thinks I should take AP as a senior. Biology isn’t really my favorite class, but I think I’d do fine and I’m looking at applying to Stanford and UC Berkeley (my mom lives in California and I lived there until High School but I currently live in Pennsylvania with my dad) so I was thinking the extra AP might be helpful. Problem is I really wanted to take a Music Theory class (standard, my school doesn’t offer it as an AP) and by trying to work in the extra science class I don’t think I’ll have time.

So my question is if it’s worth it for me to take AP Biology? I’m applying as a Political Science and Women/Gender Studies major so it doesn’t exactly relate to my major but I want to do everything I can to get in.

Here are my planned classes for 11th and 12th grade if you have suggestions. Thank you!

11th Grade
AP English Language and Composition, AP American Government/Honors American Government B, Honors Algebra II, Honors Chemistry, French III, AP Art History, Introduction to Sociology/AP Psychology, AP Environmental Science, SAT/ACT Prep
12th Grade
AP English Literature and Composition, AP Macroeconomics/Microeconomics, AP Statistics, AP Biology, French IV, Learning Microsoft Office 2010(Tech credit is a graduation requirement), Physics, AP Human Geography