<p>Next year, as a senior, I'm trying to figure out whether I should take AP Biology or AP Chemistry. I honestly don't plan to use either in my job field.. but in order to get into certain colleges, my counselor told me they needed to see an AP Science.</p>
<p>Bio was pretty easy for me during Freshman year, but I wasn't a big fan of Chemistry sophomore year. Yet, the AP Bio teacher at my school is much more monotone and slow-paced than the AP Chem teacher...</p>
<p>Help?!</p>
<p>AP Bio= Win.</p>
<p>i was torn between the same decision as a junior. for me, i was intuitively very good chemistry and received higher grades in it, but bio interested me more, so i went with that, and i haven't regretted it since: we were able to do college-level labs, such as mating fruit flies (to find genotypes of the parent generation), dissecting cats, and DNA chromatography. yes, you go into an ENORMOUS amount of depth, but if you put in the time to study diagrams and take extensive notes, it's really all acquired knowledge. my understanding of the two courses is that both are very challenging, but while bio, as being more "language based", definitely requires the work discipline to read/outline the textbook, do intensive lab write-ups, and "get your hands dirty", chemistry is more challenging in the way AP physics is - not necessarily an impossible work load, but grasping/applying difficult and complex concepts. this is just the way it is at my school, but i'd say if you really can't make up your mind, look at your other classes - would they require a huge amount of reading/note taking that would use up your fuel needed for AP bio? i should mention that i am a humanities person, and i went with ap bio because i know my strengths lie in reading and writing (i'm a big english/history person). many of my friends in ap chem were more number-based, conceptual math people. hope this helps!</p>
<p>Thanks. It definitely helps!
Biology sounds much more appealing,
as I am a big English/History person, too.</p>
<p>I'm a junior and stumped on this decision too! I would suggest AP Chemistry because in my opinion I find it easier than AP Biology, however biology is more interesting than chemistry. I am going to take AP Chemistry senior year.</p>
<p>I decided to take AP Chem this year because I took Honors Chem last year and I figured AP would be easier immediately after a previous year of chemistry. Plus I like math :)</p>
<p>Think about it this way: which do you like better? Bio is more memorization but more straightforward while chemistry is more about understanding and applying the concepts. Take that into account.</p>
<p>for others who are in the same boat-</p>
<p>Take you strength and time into consideration. Maybe you were good in bio honors, but you freak out when you have to memorize massive amounts of information. Maybe you are good at math, but can you in the given time frame put synthesis to different mathematical ideas? </p>
<p>Generally, chemistry takes less time if you have a solid background. Biology might be easier to understand.</p>
<p>I took both, and I thought Chemistry would be more useful towards college.</p>
<p>i'm self studying for AP Chem, and its going well. Biology, meh, too much material in my opinion. go with chem.</p>
<p>i'm taking ap bio and ap chem right now
ap chem is def more math based/memorizing theories and formulas and thinking of ways to apply many concepts to solve one problem
ap bio is more relaxed in my school. there are more interesting labs to do and it's mainly just straight memorization/common sense</p>
<p>I had the same choice as a junior, liking bio, not liking chem at all. I took AP Bio, and it has convinced me I want to go into the health field, and I have a mono-tone teacher too and the chem teacher is real cool. AP Bio is more chill at my school, and Chem is a little more intense because of the material</p>
<p>depends what your strengths are.</p>
<p>math = chem
english = bio</p>
<p>I say take both. Actually, throw in AP Physics C in, too. That's the course load I took this year, and it's amazing. Even though they're career-related for me, I find the course material and the way the classes are organized to be the best of any AP class.</p>
<p>everyone in my school says bio is way easier than chem. Im taking chem this year and bio next and chem is definately the hardest class ive ever taken and ive also taken 4 other ap classes</p>