<p>It's regarding my son's sophomore course selection next year. He has to choose between AP European History and AP Biology. He is better in science subjects in general. Any suggestions? Thanks.</p>
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<p>Might you base your decision on which subject he enjoys more? We may be on CC but "life" still plays a big role in our existence.</p>
<p>Especially if he's interested in a science-related career path, go with AP Bio.</p>
<p>Also, I'm interested on what's blocking your son from taking both classes? Euro as S.S. and Bio as science? Or is he doubling something up?</p>
<p>. . . Or is it a school policy?</p>
<p>Judging (prematurely) by his/her post history, I think Wzzzz is angling towards asking which one of the two is the easier course.</p>
<p>I would take Bio AP later on, so he can have a better score, than he would now. Alot of test takers take Euro AP as sophomores.</p>
<p>AP Bio. AP Euro in my opinion, much more difficult than BIO.</p>
<p>Hmmm... I'm finding AP Bio to be much tougher than AP Euro :-/. Maybe its the breakneck pace we go at in campbell :-/. For some reason, 40 pages a week in Spievogel seems like nothing, while 40 pages in campbell is like.... aghhhhhhhhhahah!</p>
<p>i'm currently taking both. it really depends on the teacher and the book you're using as well as the future career that you wanna go into. </p>
<p>bio has tons of info, lots of memorization w/ some logic involved. euro is better for those that are language/history people. do what you want. i am more of a science-oriented person, but euro wasn't that bad. if you do bio, try and take anat/phys at the same time too.</p>
<p>kirbywamu, are you a sophomore? are you going to take AP Bio or SAT II test?</p>
<p>I took AP Bio as a sophomore -
someone said here...it depends on the text and the teacher. Campbell is an excellent book, though I hated reading it while I was taking the class....I think any science exam is easier in general because the entire year is constant review...Each topic relies (at least to a small extent) on the topic before. Whereas in history, it's almost as though you have to go back and relearn each unit at the end of the year.</p>
<p>I have no experience with the Euro exam, but APUSh free response questions take far more analysis and critical thinking skills, whereas I found with the Bio test, I could easily just spout out examples I had learned (note: not memorized, Bio took a lot more understanding than I originally expected).</p>
<p>i'd say bio bc/ the bio sat II is much easier than the world history which is really the only one that coincides with euro</p>
<p>I'm also taking both (but I'm a junior). I've found ap euro both to be equally easy, but I have to study about 2x as much for my ap euro tests. I love both classes, but I think ap bio will be seen as better than ap euro</p>
<p>I also think ap bio is better to take because it'll get him good credit for college. Even if he doesn't major in the sciences, most colleges will make him take a bio class, which he can get out of. AP Euro is probably not as essential, though useful as well.</p>
<p>But then again, if he's majoring in biosciences, it may be useful to wait and take the class junior year, mainly because it'll all be more fresh in his mind.</p>
<p>well dis is what happened when i tooks these as sophmore
ap bio-so many facts and if i missed a day, that meant double homework. The test were lengthy and the test was ok. got a 4. SAT II Bio was all just facts</p>
<p>ap Euro- wasnt as much work but test were a little more difficult. well world history sat II was so much easier than sat II bio.</p>
<p>Of course, it depends on who you are, I L-O-V-E biology, but ap euro is just going through the paces for me</p>
<p>AP EURO IS A KILLER!</p>
<p>I took it last year, and OMG it was such a biatch.</p>
<p>There is no concept to it, just memorization.
take AP Bio: there's more of a concept and pattern rather than random ppl.</p>