<p>Hello, my name is Paul and I just started my freshman year. I just moved from South Korea and I went to an international school. The education is very good there and in my science class, I took parts of Bio, Chem, and Physics. I went to my new school's website and looked for Summer Assignments that were mandatory for freshmen, so I completed my Summer Reading and the AP Bio Summer Assignments just incase I wanted to take AP Bio. When I came to school to register for my classes, I told them about how I took Algebra, Spanish A and B (1), and parts of Bio, Chem, and Physics in the international school. They put me into Geometry and Spanish 2 classes with a bunch of Sophomores. However, in this county, it seems like students who went to middle schools here were taught a whole year of biology during their 8th grade year. This means that the school allowed students to take AP Bio during their freshman year. The Counselor asked me if I was willing to take the AP Bio class with the freshmen and I was aware of the difficulty of the class. I wanted to challenge myself and see how it'd go, so I enrolled into the AP class; but I'm starting to regret taking this class. It's been a week of school and the counselor said that I can come to her and ask her to change my AP class to honors class any time I wanted to. But I feel like if I change it later, it'd be too late to change my schedule later. My mom says it's a great privilege and chance to take this AP course this year because in my old school, people could only start taking AP's during their Sophomore year and it would be a disadvantage for them because if their goals were to complete 6 AP courses during their high school year, then they would have to take 1 AP course in 10th, 2 in 11th, and 3 in 12th. But in my case, I can take 1 this year, 2 in 10th, 2 in 11th, and 1 in 12th, so it would make it easier for me. So far we took 2 quizzes and finished 2 chapters in our textbook and I'm already feeling uncomfortable. So I was wondering, should I change my AP Bio class to Honors Bio class before it's too late?</p>
<p>Another thing I want to point out, I want to know if taking this AP class really worth my GPA. This year, I really want to get a 4.0 GPA. In this school, there are no A- or B+ in this school, only A's, B's, C's, D's, and F's. The scored goes like this.</p>
<p>A: 90 above
B: 80-89
C: 74-79
D: 70-73
F: 69 or below</p>
<p>So if I get all A's, then I would get a GPA of 4.0 right? Geometry and other classes are and seem easy because I took Geometry and Critical Reading/Writing classes in my Summer Academy. But the question is, is taking an AP that I know I'm not going to do so well on worth losing points? I'm thinking of changing my AP class tomorrow before it's too late... HELP ME!! </p>