<p>How hard is AP Bio? Should I take it next year (junior year)? I'm already taking 3-4 other APs and I'm very involved in extracurriculars.</p>
<p>It’s not hard, there’s just a lot of material. You can’t afford to let yourself not pay attention in class or not do the reading even for one day. If you do, you’ll be like “Huh…? What?” for the next few days… Take it from someone who couldn’t stay awake in it first semester. =P</p>
<p>It’s actually an interesting class, though… Problem is I don’t sleep much and it’s warm and it’s right after lunch and it’s quiet and the desks are big, and I just pass out.</p>
<p>AP Biology isn’t hard, it’s just the amount of information you have to know and the amount of work you do. I’m taking it now, and it’s really stressful but manageable</p>
<p>So if I got a 100 in Biology Honors my freshman year, do you think I could get a really good grade in AP Bio as well?</p>
<p>Probably, although 100 in Biology Honors sounds pretty inflated and it might not be the same in the AP class.</p>
<p>What do you mean by inflated?</p>
<p>If you mean like a curve, then no, it was not curved.</p>
<p>Basically that the grades are consistently better than the work.
(I assume there’s a more official definition for “grade inflation,” though).
It’s very common in high schools. If most of the people in honors classes are getting high As, it’s probably inflated. However, if you were the only one in the class who got a grade like that, you might be uncommonly intelligent.
Either way, if you did well in biology honors at your school, you’ll probably do well in AP Bio at the same school. It’s basically the same material at a more advanced level.</p>
<p>AP Bio is definitely manageable. Most of what you learn will require memorization, but at my school or the neighboring schools, I’ve never really seen anyone struggle to get an A if they at least put in the effort.
Best of luck!</p>
<p>There is a series of lectures on YouTube that uses the same textbook as my AP Bio class did, so sometimes I would study by watching them after we learned a certain topic in school. I think they’re from UC Berkeley.</p>
<p>Alright, thanks everyone! And I don’t think there was grade inflation. I believe I was the only A+, and definitely the only 100. A few others got A’s, but most people got B’s. There were a few C’s as well.</p>
<p>Its very manageable. I just finished first semester of it and I have A’s for all the terms and my final is next week. Overall I’d say that if you pay attention in class and understand concepts quickly you will be fine. I’d advise against reading ALL of the reading hw you are assigned and skim important sections instead, since I’ve found it to be a horrendous waste of time. Just watching video’s covering the material on youtube works very well and takes up a lot less time. And considering your high marks in your previous bio class, you should be fine :).</p>
<p>READ CLIFFS AP BIOLOGY. </p>
<p>I honestly have never read a single chapter in the Campbell textbook, but still managed to end up with a 95% in the class last semester.
Really all I did to prepare for tests was pretty much memorize the corresponding chapters in the Cliffs review book. </p>
<p>AP Bio is pretty much all memorization.</p>