possibly no AP science...

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>So my school is weird. We have a three-trimester schedule with five blocks per day.
I'm a junior right now, and originally I had planned to take AP Biology this year. However, schedule conflicts came up and I had to withdraw from the class, which was really disappointing.
Now we're doing course selection again, and I've signed up for five AP classes: Biology, English Lang, Calculus AB, French, and Music Theory.
If Music Theory conflicts with any of the other four, I'm definitely going to drop it instead of dropping any of the others.
However, what I'm most worried about is not being able to take Biology again. If it conflicts with French or Calculus, I'm not sure I'll be able to pick between the two of them.
So my options, if I weren't able to take AP Biology are as follows:</p>

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<li><p>Dual Enrollment at a local college, probably in an advanced biology class (I haven't seen the course selections yet) and take the AP exam in May. While this seems ok, I've heard dual enrollment often isn't the best way to go. Does anyone know anything about it?</p></li>
<li><p>Online classes... I would NOT be able to take AP Biology, however, as it is offered as an in-school course. I would have to choose a different class.</p></li>
<li><p>Just let go of AP Biology and pick electives to take its place.</p></li>
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<p>I am planning on majoring in Psychology, so I really NEED Biology. But if it conflicts with another one of my APs, I'm just not sure what I will do. I'll be really devastated, that's for sure.</p>

<p>Any suggestions? Advice?</p>

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<p>Bump. Advice, please?</p>

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<p>I have to ask, why do you need AP Bio? It seems like you can go without it and still graduate, and I think your college of choice might prefer to see you look into Psychology more, either with AP Psych or a Dual Enrollment Psychology class, if that’s available, just to demonstrate a strong interest in the subject.</p>

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<p>If you wanted to do a lot of work you could self-study AP Biology and take the AP test in May.</p>

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<p>take it if you are really interested in biology. Which is more important to you- biology or calculus and french? (I would do biology but that’s my own opinion and interest)</p>

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<p>Oh I forgot to mention that I already self studied and took the AP psych exam last May, so that’s why I’m not taking a Psych class at my school (we only have a one trimester elective for it anyway). And I tried self studying biology this year but I couldnt continue because it was just too much for me to handle by myself.</p>

<p>I have yet to take an AP science class and I figure also that biology is the base of some psychology fields, so that’s why I picked it.</p>