Should I bother with AP Biology?

dcplanner
Mon, 01 Feb 2016 02:57:09 +0000

I would not do anything specifically for Stanford as it is such a long shot no matter what you take. I would look at the science requirements for your major at a few schools you are interested in. Since you have not taken an AP lab science yet that could be highly beneficial to you in college. Lab science classes are extremely time consuming with lecture, recitation, lab, regular classwork, and lab reports. If you can take AP Bio and do well and avoid having to take a lab science in college you will save yourself a ton of work. AP Human Geo and most likely AP Stats won’t get you anything but elective credit at best. If you will need calc in college you will be very sad if you don’t take pre-calc. I don’t think regular physics will help you much. I would do French, Music Theory, AP Lit, Pre Calc, AP Bio, Tech class, and whichever 2 of the rest you would enjoy most. Senior year gets tough really quickly with all the apps to do plus your regular work so I would not overload yourself with classes to impress colleges that you won’t enjoy.