<p>Hey. Should I use my AP tests in biology, chemistry, and physics to exempt out of intro classes and move to the next level or should I take the intro classes in college? because I heard the intro classes were harder than the upper level classes because the intro classes are weed out classes. I want to go premed and major in biology. Thanks</p>
<p>In general it’s better to take the intro classes – they give out worse grades but usually the upper-level classes are tougher anyway, maybe since they’ve “weeded” out some kids already. But this varies by school. The best place to ask is around the student body.</p>
<p>Hey. Should I use my AP tests in biology, chemistry, and physics to exempt out of intro classes and move to the next level or should I take the intro classes in college?</p>
<p>If a student really knows the material of the AP course and is trying to earn the highest GPA possible for med school, why shouldn’t the student discard all AP’s and take all courses for a grade? The student would likely learn even more from the college course too.</p>
<p>Thank You.</p>
<p>Hey. Should I use my AP tests in biology, chemistry, and physics to exempt out of intro classes and move to the next level or should I take the intro classes in college?</p>
<p>If a student really knows the material of the AP course and is trying to earn the highest GPA possible for med school, why shouldn’t the student discard all AP’s and take all courses for a grade? The student would likely learn even more from the college course too.</p>
<p>It varies greatly from school to school and actually from subject to subject at the same school. You should ask current students at your school and your pre-med advisor. For, example, at D’s school the first Bio was incredibly challenging “weed” out and that was very well known. Despite using the same textbook as D. has used in HS, the class covered so much more than her AP Bio, that she did not think that taking next Bio classes would be such a great idea after skipping the first Bio. At the same time her Gen. Chem was incredibly easy (she did not have AP Chem at her HS), so she did not have an option of skipping it. However, it was great that she did not skip it, because it landed her a job as Gen. Chem prof assistant for the next 3 years.<br>
So, you better evaluate at your school. There are no general rules.</p>