IB Bio SL or AP Chem. Advice pleeeaasse help

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I am currently taking AP Gov. and Econ., AP Psych., AP Chem., Ap Calc. BC and AP Literature. I want to major in biology at UCSD or Pomona College. I love biology and realllly want to take it again ( I took Bio honors freshman year) but it does not fit in my schedule, so I would have to drop AP Lit. and take ERWC instead which is supposed to be a college prep English class, but it does not give an extra point on my GPA, meaning it could drop me in class rank. I want to graduate in top 10 and make sure I am competitive enough to get accepted into these schools. ERWC is nowhere near Ap Lit. in difficulty and demand. I took Ap Lang. last year and did great in the class. I was one of the best students but I scored a 2 on the exam which was very shocking to me. My teacher thought I would get a 4. Another thing t consider is that all my classes demand a lot of reading and time and the IB Bio SL class is being taught by a new teacher who seems to love biology and will be teaching the class as a HL class and will even have us taking HL exams in class. I just do not want colleges to think I am taking an easy senior year since I took 5 Ap classes last year of my 6. HELP

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Another thing to note is that I took Chem honors sophomore year.

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First off, your senior schedule would still be competitive with 5 APs and certainly not “easy”.

But, what about AP bio in place of AP psych?

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Ap Bio is not offered at my school anymore. the teacher was horrible and kids would just sit in class on their phone and she never taught.

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So you would repeat a class you’ve already taken???

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I took Bio honors and the class I want to take is IB Bio SL. The teacher will be teaching it as IB Bio HL but it will say SL on my transcript.

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How different are the curriculums?

And if it is being taught at an HL level, why will it say SL?

I think I would stick with your current schedule.

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It will say SL because it will be one year, not two. IB Bio SL will be more in-depth and we will have to do an IA. There will be labs on Saturdays and the IA is basically where we have to research, design, perform and write up our own investigation.

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Have you taken physics?

You can take biology in college. IB biology SL will not give you credit or advanced placement in college.

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Yes i took AP Physics last year

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Take EWR and Bio SL. Your schedule is plenty demanding already.