AP Bio or AP Chem first?

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Next year I will be a freshman taking Pre-AP Chem and normal Bio (no honors at my school). Between sophomore and junior year, I want to do both AP Bio and AP Chem, but I’m not sure which is best to do first. I’ve heard AP Bio uses a lot of AP Chem concepts and that AP Bio is basically applied AP Chem. Is this true? Apparently the Pre-AP Chem class in my school is pretty close to the AP Chem class, so would that be enough chem material to have a good basis for taking AP Bio sophomore year?

Thanks!

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I’d say do AP Chen first because you are in Pre-AP Chem and if AP bio is just applied AP Chem you should get the chem knowledge first.

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I’d do BIo + pre AP Chem-> AP Chem-> AP Bio-> AP Physics1 for your science sequence.