<p>I finished high school Biology honors and I thought it was rather boring. I hated learning about mollusks and sponges and etc... is biology in college any different?</p>
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<p>I loved all the chapters on cell and dna as well as human anatomy chapters… just not the animal section</p>
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<p>it all depends on your interests. Intro Bio covers the full gamut of biology. Some love the enviro section and to others, it’s a ‘snooze.’ </p>
<p>In college there are numerous more detailed courses, such as molecular, physiology, zooology, and the like, as well as Botany.</p>
<p>Very much so. I took AP Bio and so in college I took only one course my entire 4 years on “animals” because it was a requirement. My other courses were much more focused.</p>
<p>This thread makes me think that maybe, if you take a strong AP Bio course, do very well in it, get a 5 on the exam…then, take the credits (if allowed) and fulfill your bio credits in college taking higher level bio classes that you like and are more Human-related. </p>
<p>This would minimize the risk of getting a B in one of the college bio classes that cover these boring, irrelevant to humans sections.</p>
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<p>Exactly what my S did and it worked out well for him.</p>
<p>^^Ditto my D. She took Semester 1 of college bio which focused on molecular, but used her AP credits for the second semester: enviro/botany. Instead, she’ll take a couple of upper division bio courses.</p>
<p>Good idea, however AP bio is going to be one heck of a boring class for me. I’ll take ap bio my junior year then, thanks everyone for your input</p>
<p>Just take it at college and decide. Every college has it differently. There is no general answer to your question. Some UG’s use intro Bio to weed out people who are not interested or cannot handle it. Many honors kids fell out of pre-med track after first Bio at D’s UG. They covered AP material in first couple weeks. You cannot tell until you take it at your UG. Was not boring at all, was taught by 3 profs in a class at the same time at every lecture, each teaching his specialty. It is awesome to have class like this your first semester at college, then you will know for sure if it is for you or not.</p>
<p>^ Not all schools are like that. Many teach it in large lecture hall classes with TAs for break out groups. Intro level BIO and CHEM are often weed-out classes with ridiculously strict grading curves; if you can avoid them all the better.</p>
<p>So If I get a 5 on AP bio exam, generally speaking, does that count for one semester or one whole credit? I love the idea of not taking intro bio in college</p>
<p>Depends on the college. Some/many? colleges are revamping their bio curriculum, so Intro Bio (which kinda mimics AP Bio) is no longer the standard. At Miami of Ohio, for example, the course is called Intro to Zoology, with a focus on cellular and molecular. You’ll need to check the AP Credit list of each college to which you are applying, AND check the recommendations for premeds. (Even tho you can AP out of a course, it might not be recommended for premeds at your college.)</p>
<p>“So If I get a 5 on AP bio exam, generally speaking, does that count for one semester or one whole credit?”</p>
<p>-The same answer as before. It depends on your UG. At D’s UG it was not recommended to skip first Bio. According to her, if she did not take, it would make all other Bio classes extremely difficult (although thay were very challenging even after takig first Bio). I heard completely opposite opinions. D. was happy that she took first Bio. Other people at other UG were happy that they did not. It is useless to ask here, you need to ask pre-med advisor at your UG. As I mentioned, D’s class went thru AP material in first 2 weeks just to re-fresh it.</p>
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<p>There are also schools like my daughters that don’t give any credit for AP or IB classes.</p>
<p>Also true at D2’s school. No credit for AP/IB sciences if you’re a science major.</p>
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<p>LOL, no AP/IB credit at daughters school for anything in any major!</p>