<p>I am yet a junior in high school. Would studying for BIOL 180-220 now help later on? I would enjoy a general assessment of the difficulties of the courses as well as the pace and scope of material covered.</p>
<p>While I have time, I would like to prepare myself adequately for my first year at the UW.</p>
<p>Thank you for your thoughts and opinions.</p>
<p>Never too early to start learning.</p>
<p>Don’t start preparing now.
You’re a junior–you haven’t even gotten into UW yet! Go enjoy life as a high schooler.</p>
<p>Even if OP isn’t at UW yet, or not even 100% certain about admissions (hey, just being safe here, even though I know you’re qualified)… it’ll help in the future. OP is thinking about biochem, right? Pre-req classes are going to be important when applying to the major (unless direct admit, and still it’s important in terms of application to grad school.)</p>
<p>I wish I at least checked out textbooks to see what type of material I should be prepared for before going to UW. Here, I’m up against people retaking classes they got max credit for from AP/IB. </p>
<p>Just remember to enjoy high school. Get some sleep, too :)</p>
<p>Don’t start now. That’s a bit silly, you probably won’t even be in Biol for another couple years. Take AP Bio if you’d like, but have a life in high school, too</p>
<p>Take AP biology at your high school and you will effectively be studying for BIOL 180-220.</p>
<p>Wow… not at all. Only pre-read the material if you’re doing it for fun.</p>
<p>Take AP Bio and don’t worry about learning the material ahead of time. If you weren’t already aware, they do teach you in college.</p>
<p>I am taking AP Bio right now. How much overlap is there between the AP Bio curriculum and the Biol 180-220 curriculum?</p>