Do you recommend I take AP Statistics or AP Biology?

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So obviously it’s a little early in the school year to be thinking about this, but I’ve been thinking about what I plan to have as my schedule next year. Currently, I am a sophomore in high school, and my academic schedule is this:

English Honors
Chemistry Honors
AP Calculus AB (though I’m self studying the BC portion)
AP Japanese
AP European History

I also am self studying for the AP World History, AP Human Geography, and AP Psychology tests next year.

Next year as a junior I plan to be taking a full schedule of AP classes with

AP Language and Composition
AP United States History
AP Physics
AP Chemistry
AP Computer Science

The last AP would be either AP Biology or AP Statistics, which is the dilemma I now face. My goal is to apply to college during junior year, effectively skipping senior year (most likely only going if I make it into either of my goal schools, UChicago or MIT). Ideally, I plan to go and get a degree in computer science and then go onto law school.

All I need to decide is between Stats and Bio.

Pros to Bio:

-Trifecta of sciences would look impressive
-I really enjoyed the bio teacher when I took bio last year
-Gets bio requirement out of the way at most schools
-I would learn more about the biological systems, especially my favorite part of bio, genetics
-I could always try self studying Stats if I was desperate. While if I took stats bio is harder to self study (as one of my friends has shown)

Pros to Stats:

-Easy workload compared to a bunch more homework with Bio
-Would probably be more useful in the long run based on my interests
-Bio is my least favorite of the three sciences, so it would be the one I could ditch the easiest
-Would look good to have a math all 3 years

If I didn’t go to college early, then I would most likely take the other of the class I didn’t take along.

If you could give your opinions, that’d be very much apprecaited

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Well, some other points to consider
-Its really hard to take 3 sciences at the same time especially college level ones if they include labs and stuff… especially if it’s Physics C… Physics 1 might be ok (Technically it would be 4 but AP comp sci is easy so I’m not counting it)
-AP Stats isn’t that useful of a math class for STEM majors because its not calculus based stats.
-Is it possible to take a higher math that would look more impressive at a local CC or online instead of either class (after BC the sequence is usually multivariable calc then diff eq (both a semester long))… that would look the most impressive and would be most useful for your major
-What subject has the better teachers? Do you mind being bored out of your mind for one class? I’ve heard AP Stats is quite easy…
-Why not just take Calc BC next year… its helpful to actually learn higher level math from a teacher, and you need to grasp the concepts really well if you’re planning on taking more math

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Read “How to Be a High School Superstar” by Cal Newport.
^really important

You sound like you are trying to do too much. I wouldn’t recommend applying to college as a junior or taking all three AP sciences at once.
Take the APs you are interested in and spend your time outside of school becoming interesting, if you are so interested in Computer Science, why don’t you design a game or app and try to launch it. That would be a better use of your time than taking all of these AP classes.