Biology: Gate or AP?

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<p>Posted this on SAT/ACT thread too, but, here goes...</p>

<p>Okay, my friend and I are freshmen this year, and at my school Biology is the required sophomore science. So, next year my friend and I were planning on taking Gate Biology, until we heard of someone who had a special circumstance and took AP Biology sophomore year without having taken any biology previously. What do you think my friend and I should do? I'm a good student, but science has never been my strong point--my friend is extremely strong in all subjects. These are the textbooks each class uses:</p>

<p>Gate Biology:
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/A...0045135-4812143%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/A...0045135-4812143&lt;/a>
Campbell/Mitchell/Reece, 3rd Edition</p>

<p>AP Biology:
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...=books&n=226688%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...=books&n=226688&lt;/a>
Campbell/Reece, 6th Edition</p>

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<p>alot of schools use campbell for ap bio</p>

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<p>don't go into ap bio without taking a regular biology class beforehand. Unless you'r really smart, or really good at memorizing things FAST you will FAIL. </p>

<p>EVERYONE at my school takes academic or honors biology before entering ap. its almost a requirement. This year we had about 5 people in my class who did not do this, needless to say they all dropped out at the end of the semester, 2 of them had D's. the others had like c-'s. </p>

<p>So. just a a warning....</p>

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<p>Dude I got an error search when I clicked the links.</p>

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<p>Oops, sorry:</p>

<p>Gate Biology:
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0805366253/qid%3D1115856685/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/102-0045135-4812143%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0805366253/qid%3D1115856685/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/102-0045135-4812143&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>AP Biology:
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0805366245/ref=pd_ts_b_1/102-0045135-4812143?v=glance&s=books&n=226688%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0805366245/ref=pd_ts_b_1/102-0045135-4812143?v=glance&s=books&n=226688&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>AP Biology is easy since it's just a lot of memorization. If you think you can do it and you are willing to commit to it (i.e. no slacking off), then you should do AP Biology.</p>

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<p>Personally, I think [url=<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/019914818X/qid=1115921157/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/104-3325217-6961568%5Dthis%5B/url"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/019914818X/qid=1115921157/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/104-3325217-6961568]this[/url&lt;/a&gt;] is the best biology textbook ever. I'd go with AP Bio rather than Gate Bio. Campbell is the standard for AP Bio and is a pretty good book; my school uses his 5th edition. Biology is mostly memorization. The exam itself is not very difficult, but the difficulty of the class may vary from school to school. </p>

<p>Biology is a required sophomore class? We took it as freshmen. What'd you take this year- will it prepare you for AP Bio?</p>

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<p>Freshman: Physics
Sophomore: Biology
Junior: Chemistry</p>