<p>If i take AP Environmental Science in lieu of AP Bio, would that be looked down upon? BTW, i will be taking 2 other ap's, 3 honors, 1 college course</p>
<p>Well biology is harder than environmental, but if science isn’t your thing and you don’t think you will do well in bio, then go for environmental!</p>
<p>enviro is nothing but a subset of Bio…so yeah, easier course.</p>
<p>Look at it another way: colleges generally provide a full year of credit for a top score in Bio, but only one semester/quarter credit for enviro.</p>
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<p>Depends on what they are…</p>
<p>In my high school everyone looks down (severely) on enviro. I’d worry about that more, honestly.</p>
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Environmental science is an interdisciplinary course. While there are some parts of it that are a subset of biology (notably waste management and ecology), there are other aspects that encompass meteorology, geology, chemistry, urban planning, etc. Unfortunately the college board chooses to make what could be a very challenging AP class into a joke AP. </p>
<p>Also AP Bio is the equivalent of a year long intro college course while AP Environmental is the equivalent of an introductory semester long class. Many high schools choose to make it a year long class meaning that students spend the same length of time as those in AP Bio studying half the material (realistically, less than half).</p>
<p>At our school, AP environmental is for kids who can’t handle AP Bio/Physics their senior year. Similar to taking AP Stats instead of AP Calc.</p>