<p>I'm a rising senior and am at a loss as to which class to choose. I feel that chemistry would be more useful in the long run and be more suitable for me because it is more mathematically oriented. However, many kids have said that it is a very hard class at my school. AP Biology, on the other hand, is simply a "read til' you drop" class. Most competent students at my school have told me that it is relatively easy. I just don't find reading and memorizing useless facts that will slip from my memory quickly very appealing. Suggestions?</p>
<p>What do you want to do in life? AP Chem is generally harder but AP bio is more busy work. AP bio is definitely easier IMO.</p>
<p>Bio is boring as hell. Seriously.</p>
<p>i faced this same dilemma about 2-3 weeks ago. i chose to go with ap chem because im more of a concepts/math person as opposed to memorization, plus i like the ap chem teacher better 
have you taken either normal/honors chem/bio? if so, which one did you do better in?</p>
<p>I took Honors Biology in 9th grade and Honors Chemistry in 10th grade. I ended up with about the same grade in each.</p>
<p>bio = easier than chem in all respects</p>
<p>chem is memorization + math</p>
<p>bio is memorization</p>
<p>@pyroza
Yes, that’s what is keeping me from wanting to take it despite the lesser difficulty.</p>
<p>Bio => easier but A LOT more work
Chem => virtually NO WORK but harder. so u’ll need to study a bit.</p>
<p>People are making comments that aren’t universal; they are unique to their own opinions or their own experiences at their high school.</p>
<p>“Bio is boring.” - That’s obviously an opinion, so is nothing to base a decision on. Campbell’s text book is indeed boring, but biology itself, or even the class, is not boring if you are interested in the subject matter.</p>
<p>“Bio is a LOT of work” - This is something that depends on your school and teacher. In my AP Biology class, we have virtually NO work. Our teacher gives us assignments, but rarely makes them required. Over the course of the school year this far (since August), we’ve probably turned in no more than 10 assignments. Our grade is composed of tests and labs. If you read the chapters, you will do phenomenal on the tests. That’s really all there is to it.</p>
<p>Making the ultimate decision comes down to what you’re interested in, what kind of workload you want to accomodate, and what you think will be valuable to you.</p>