<p>I will soon be registering for classes for a new year of highschool! I was planning on taking honors biology (very hard to get into for freshman at my highschool) so that I may meet ivy league requests to take the most rigorous course available. While discussing this topic with my science teacher, she made me worried. She told me not to skip chemicals/physics because "it would be important for my life". We are going to cover some Chem/phys this year so I thought why should I take it next year? My college counselor said to take biology! Would taking biology give me an advantage of getting accepted to an ivy league? And why do they ask you to take hard classes if they don't ask for the classes you've taken?</p>
<p>Take at least 4 years of science, some APs included. You should have a solid foundation in bio, chem, and physics by graduation. Even if you do cover some chem/phys in your honors bio course, colleges won’t know that. (The transcript will read “Honors Biology”)</p>
<p>Merely taking biology will NOT give you an advantage into getting accepted into an Ivy League school (must do pretty well in course, everybody else takes it, just one class, etc.) But if you want to better your chances, take at least one year of bio, one year of chem, and one year of physics.</p>
<p>Well if chem/phys is only available in Freshman year what should I do?</p>