<p>Actually, I think you should take AP bio AND precalc …drop the AP Psych. </p>
<p>AP Lit might get you out of freshman english in college, and colleges want to see 4 years of English regardless.</p>
<p>Best advice I can give is to go to the websites of the schools you are interested in. Check out what AP classes they accept for transfer and what classes they get you out of.</p>
<p>If you do not take precalculus and trigonometry in high school, you will have to take it as a remedial course in college before taking the calculus course that is typically required for biology majors.</p>
<p>Statistics is very useful for biology, but AP statistics is often not accepted. You may want to wait until college to take a one semester introductory statistics course appropriate for your major.</p>
<p>I would take the precalc and eliminate the genetics. It may help you later in the coursework, but AP Bio is a known commodity to adcoms and will make you look more competitive. It makes no sense to take a genetics class and ignore the biology class. If you can fit in the AP Psych, it is one credit that could work in your favor.</p>
<p>I agree with the consensus that you should take precalc. Colleges expect students – especially those who plan science majors – to have this much math before they enroll. </p>
<p>I think the rest is up to you. You could consider dropping either AP Psych or genetics in favor of AP Bio, but it isn’t essential. First-year college biology (which is what AP Bio is supposed to substitute for) is a normal freshman course (unlike precalculus, which is a remedial course in college). </p>
<p>AP Bio is considerably more challenging than AP Psych (because AP Bio is supposed to be equivalent to a 2-semester college course, while AP Psych is equivalent to a 1-semester course). I don’t know how AP Bio compares to your genetics course in difficulty – you may want to ask the teachers. But think carefully before including AP Bio in your program, especially if you’re going to be working, and your study time is limited.</p>
<p>Thank you, I was going to make arrangements to take pre-Calc, but what if I already registered to take calculus in the summer, will colleges still accept that, even though it’s after senior year? How do I tell them that I’m taking it?</p>
<p>Precalc
AP Bio
AP lit
Foundations of tech(mandatory)</p>
<p>and then whichever of AP psych or Genetics you think you’d prefer. Since you are interested in majoring in biology, I don’t see any problem with you taking both AP Bio and Genetics if that’s what you choose. </p>
<p>Planning to take calculus the summer after your senior year probably won’t help you get accepted anywhere, but you can always mention it in the “anything else you want to tell us” spot. Depending on how/where you take it, the school may give you credit and/or placement for it. Once you know where you’ll be going to college, you can check with them to see if you can get transfer credit for your summer calculus class – if not you might check whether you can take a CLEP exam to demonstrate your mastery.</p>
<p>For many students, the summer between high school and college offers fewer opportunities than other summers because they get out of high school late and start college early. They don’t have enough weeks for many jobs or other summer experiences. But they do have enough time to take a first-semester calculus course at a local college’s summer session.</p>
<p>If getting calculus out of the way during the summer opens up the door for the student to take classes she is more interested in once she starts college, she may find it worthwhile.</p>
<p>Okay, I do get the benefits. However, taking calculus three to four half days a week in an accelerated/ condensed class is not optimal. Additionally, summer instructors at the local college may or may not be superstars. Don’t flame me; I work at our local CC.</p>
<p>For an early app to Gtown, you should be able to show two science APs. Psych is not as relevant and the genetics decision depends on what you’ve already done in hs. If you took AP English, you do not necessarily need AP Lit- not as a STEM.</p>
<p>And, trying to say you’ll put of higher math til after hs grad, after your college acceptances? Not for STEM and not for a competitive school. Remember, many of the competition will have pre-calc done in 11th.</p>
<p>Are you planning to take a college calculus course after high school graduation? You need to wait on this until you get accepted to colleges. My daughters college would NOT allow transfer credits from anywhere else for courses required in her major.</p>
<p>Personally I think you should take precalc in your senior year and plan to take calculus as a college freshman.</p>