I have never taken an AP science before and I am going to be a junior. Thee are my two options. I understand they are both very challenging courses but which do you believe would be a better class to take for a first AP science introduction. I have taken AP World History and I did well. I am much better at english than math if that helps. Also, please give me helpful review websites and books please to help me succeed in the course (and any old tests if u have access to!!) I care more about doing well in the class than on the AP (but obviously i wanna do well on the exam too)
Being that you say you aren’t as strong in math, I would suggest taking bio. Physics is very math heavy. My daughter always got the Barron AP books as supplements and they served her well.
Do you have a sense of what you intend as a college major, and where you want to attend? Will you take honors Physics as a Senior if you take AP Biology as a Junior? Top colleges will want to see a full sequence of all 3 major sciences - Biology, Chemistry, and Physics, even if you don’t plan on a STEM major. If you are stronger in humanities type subjects, you might be better off in Honors Physics, and take another AP course in the humanities where your strength lies
Colleges typically like to see HS students complete a sequence of biology, chemistry, and physics in HS. Have you taken all of those classes? If not, I would be sure to do that first. If you have completed that sequence of classes then you probably have a sense of which is a better class for you – in part it will depend on the teacher in your HS, in part it will depend on your skill set.
AP Physics 1 math isn’t too bad since it is Algebra based. Having said that, it is a class where a very low percentage of students get 5s. Both classes are pretty hard and one can make arguments for either one. If I were in your shoes I probably would take AP Physics 1, especially if you didn’t take Physics before. Then take AP Bio in 12th.
Where are you with math - have you completed algebra2? Precalculus? Did you get a B or higher?
Have you taken honors physics already - does your school offer it? what do you hope to major in?
I have not yet taken algebra 2 i have taken algebra 1 and geometry so far and my school doesn’t offer honors physics-just ap or regular. u can’t take the regular class as an intro to ap its supposed to be one or the other
If you’ve not taken algebra2 perhaps take physics regular and take AP bio this year or next year.
doh! I assumed you had taken Alg 2. Ok in that case take the AP Bio (assuming you took regular or Honors Bio) this year.
i haven’t taken bio since 8th grade and when i took it then it was an honors level class and i had an a- in it but i remember struggling a bit because i had never taken a high school level class before so
I am a rising junior and I am also taking ap language, ap us, ap comp sci-fi principles (also idk if i should drop this one it may be too much), pre-ap french(which i suck at), ap psychology and regular math. i do well in history and english so that shouldn’t b a problem this year but just rlly need to get my gpa up asap