AP Bio or AP Chem- Please Respond ASAP my scheduling meeting is tomorrow!!

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Hey guys! I’m a sophomore at the moment and tomorrow I get to organize my junior year schedule.

I have organized two separate two year plans, one involves AP Bio and one has AP Chem.

I can only take ONE of those APs. I am planning to pursue veterinary studies, I want to know which of those is better for veterinary studies.

Please please please help me out ASAP I have been clueless as to which one to take because I love both subjects a lot and they would both be equally challenging for me.

Thanks!

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AP Bio! ton of work (mostly memorizing), but you should definitely include it in your schedule

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AP Bio if only one. Would be good to work both in between now and graduation, but if only one, AP Bio. I assume you are taking chem and physics at some point?

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Why can’t you take one junior year & one senior year? You have to have both for vet school anyway (and may have to take them again in college, depending on the pre-reqs for the vet schools you apply to- some won’t accept APs as fulfilling the pre-reqs). Fwiw, current thinking is that it is easier to go from chem to bio.

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My schedule can’t fit both of them in because my school makes us take Physics (which I understand why) but since we have to take Physics I can’t fit AP Chem with AP Bio because AP Chem takes up two class hours at my school. I am taking normal Chemistry currently and senior year I am taking AP Physics- Mechanics.

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my opinion? pick the teacher. the better teacher - even if they have a reputation for also being strict / demanding will prepare you better, both for the material (which you will need if you stay with the vet path) and for the demands of college level work.

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I’d pick whichever subject you prefer, whichever has the better teacher etc.

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Update: I talked to my college and career counselor and he moved around my schedule so I am able to take both! Thanks to everyone for the help!