<p>Hi!
So next year I'll be a junior in high school, my school has already started the sign ups for next year's classes. I would like, actually LOVE, to major in biochem at Cornell, and I want to up my chances as much as humanly possible. As a junior, I would have the option to double up in sciences, so I would be taking AP Chem with another science, which are AP Bio and AP Physics. Should I double up? Does it look better for college apps? Junior year is supposed to be the most important, and I want to impress colleges, but I also don't want to be overloaded with school work and be freaking out all the time.
BTW, I heard that AP Bio's workload is huge, and that one shouldn't take AP Physics without calc. HELP?!</p>
<p>take chem and bio together</p>
<p>take ap chem and ap bio together junior year, yes the workload will suck but you gotta do what you gotta do. then you will have the necessary ap scores and be fully prepared for the SATIIs in those subjects to impress cornell. Then as a senior in high school take AP Physics w/ AP calc bc. thats the most strenuous path you could go and it’ll definitely pay off!</p>
<p>depends on which AP physics it is. at least how it was at my high school, people did fine in AP physics B without taking AP calc.</p>
<p>I’m actually posting to say that there is no biochem major at Cornell. you can major in biological sciences and within that select a biochemistry program of study, but that still makes you a bio major and not a biochem major. if this area of study is extremely important to you might see if other universities have more specialized programs.</p>
<p>Yes, double up. Cornell (and similar schools) want to see you take the hardest possible schedule AND perform well. A great GPA with a non-rigorous schedule is not all that impressive at highly selective schools.</p>
<p>Thank you for the input! I’ll probably be signing up for AP Chem and AP Bio now. Hopefully, I won’t crack under pressure… Thanks! :)</p>