Worth it to retake AP bio

annana
Mon, 14 Dec 2015 23:22:16 +0000

I took AP bio last year as a freshman. I did really well in the class and while I was studying for the exam, I got 5s on all the practice tests, and pretty far above the cutoff too. I got very sick on the day of the AP exam so I ran out of time and only answered 6 of the 8 free response questions. I got a 4 and was pretty happy with that given the circumstances, but most of the colleges I’m planning on applying to only give half credit for a 4 and I think I could have gotten a 5 if I wasn’t sick. I’m intending to major in chemistry or some type of engineering(mechanical, chemical, or electrical most likely), will I need more than a semester of biology for that? If so is it worth the time and money spent to retake it in the hopes of getting a 5(compared to the cost of the college course)