Should I take AP Bio?

Pancaked
Wed, 06 Apr 2011 16:51:31 +0000

I wouldn’t recommend it. The class is pretty terrible if you don’t care for bio. Unless you’re doing something directly bio related, there’s really no reason to suffer through all that memorization.

If it’s double blocked, it’d be a nice way to boost your GPA though. If you have high aspirations, it IS important to take a rigorous course load and come out with a high rank. Taking just AP Chem and AP Govt your junior year would be pretty weak for top-tier schools (in my opinion)- personally I’d definitely pick up Stats and maybe another AP as well. For other APs, I recommend AP Lang because it’s really common for Juniors, though you maybe have some other English class to get out of the way first… another one to think about is AP Euro, given your interest in history.

Unfortunate you school doesn’t offer Psych. It’s an amusing course. Self-studying APs does pretty much nothing for you in terms of admission- what colleges want to see is APs on your transcript. Your AP exam scores don’t even get officially reported with your application, because admissions officers don’t really care what scores you got. Maybe your next school will offer it… Something to look into before self-studying and taking the exam…