AP Biology 10th grade - yes or no

[qwerty919191]

Hi, I am currently an 8th grader trying to have a rough idea of what classes I want to take in HS. My school may or may offer AP Biology in 10th grade (Program of Studies was inconsistent), and I am wondering if it would be a good idea to take it. I would have completed biology and would take it concurrently with chemistry. I understand that chemistry is important for AP bio, so I would do something to get an into to it. There is no prerequisite of chem. Would taking AP biology in 10th grade be a good idea with a partial knowledge of chemistry? I am going to aim for top universities to major in a premed major.

[skieurope]

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Grade levels written in your high school catalog may be just guidelines or they may be written in stone. You don’t know until you ask. But I probably wouldn’t ask at this point if it’s not going to make a difference to your 9th grade plan. Because sometimes they are something in between. And the answer you get may depend on what kind of record you have, and you don’t have a record. As long as you’ve designed your 9th grade program with an informed eye to the future that’s all you will need this spring when you actually register.

I’d be a little concerned about taking AP bio without having completed chem.

AP Biology => is that something at your school? Often, AP Bio is taken in 11/12th grade because it’s one of the hardest, most time-consuming classes, and generally has chemistry as a pre-req. However it’s possible your HS requires only Honors Bio. Check.