<p>I'm trying to schedule out my senior year and I was wondering of that both of these classes is plausible. For the people who have done this, would you recommend taking both classes to someone else?I will also be taking Ap calculus AB and BC and Ap English Literature. Should I take the chance or just take one of the sciences?</p>
<p>AP English Lit is a lot of work. If feasible, you might want to check into dual-enrolling at a local community college and take English 101 there; it’s guaranteed college credit (well, it’s more guaranteed than bargaining for passing the AP exam), it’s much less work, it’s less crap, and it’s much less stressful. </p>
<p>Taking AP Calculus AB and BC at the same time is pointless, because you can’t take both exams in the same year. Pick just one.</p>
<p>AP Biology is very detailed and in-depth, and unless you really like biology, you’re going to be doing a lot of sometimes-boring reading. Personally I love biology, so I flew right through the class and made a 5 on the exam. I only took chemistry honors at the same time as I took AP Bio and it was actually a good combination. I’m sure if I was taking AP chem it wouldn’t have been overly difficult; it certainly would have been manageable.</p>
<p>thanks. We take AB first semester and BC second semester in my school. I wasn’t sure how it work in other schools.</p>
<p>It really depends on how much work each teacher gives for AP Chem/Bio at your school. It varies from teacher to teacher; I would ask current seniors about their workload in either AP chem or bio. If it were me I would not take two AP sciences in one year, but at my school the bio kids get hours of homework each night.</p>
<p>I’ve heard that you are pretty much on your own in my school. The teacher still helps, but reading will be a must to pass test. Could I ask how many hours you put into biology on a daily bases?</p>
<p>I took both AP Chem and AP Bio in my junior year (current year for me now). It was pretty manageable and both of my courses were pretty rigorous. As long as you keep up with your biology readings (Biology by Campbell is a hefty book) and your chemistry homework then you should be fine.</p>
<p>My theory is that if your teacher assigns a lot of work, it’s probably just as valuable as reading the text (finding and applying = mere reading). If your teacher is a slacker, and it’s up to you to get through the material on your own, just pace yourself in a manner that allows you to read almost all of the text; some sections can be merely skimmed while others will require attentive reading and sometimes re-reading.</p>