<p>I'm a sophomore and for my junior year schedule, I'm taking 3 APs- Calc BC, APUSH and Physics C (both mechanics and electricity and magnetism). I'm also taking Honors Biology, and I was thinking about self studying for AP Bio? AP Bio is offered at my school, and I would take it senior year, but my senior schedule is AP Chem, AP Lit, Multivariable Calculus and possibly college courses in electronics, physics, and/or biochemistry as well as working in a lab. I'd much rather take biochemistry or molecular biology at a college rather than AP Bio senior year. Would Cliffs be sufficient for self studying Bio, alongside calculus, physics and apush?</p>
<p>AP Bio is definitely a class that you can self-study because it is ALL rote memorization.
Get Cliff’s and PR as a supplement. The Textbooks are like $15 so if you want that as a reference, get that. Most cases your school’s bio teacher will let you borrow it for a year.</p>
<p>Best of luck!</p>
<p>I’m a similar situation. I’m taking 5 APs, and Bio would make it 6 (not selfstudy, a class at school).
Since this will be pretty hefty b/c that’ll make 3 sciences for me (physics b, chem, bio) I’m thinking about selfstudying the ENTIRE bio course over the summer, so the class will be a breezeeee.
Is this plausible?</p>
<p>Also, question about the textbook, do you need it, or is PR + Cliffs enough for the AP exam?</p>
<p>Bio study is doable over the course of a month, so an entire summer is way more than enough.</p>
<p>Textbooks are helpful but I haven’t referred to mine (while studying for the actual exam) more than twice, but since you don’t have classroom instruction, go ahead and get one just incase (Campbell is awesome)</p>
<p>That is a science overdose, so I would definitely self bio because though biology is easy, it’s so much work. You have to study endlessly for a test, although that depends upon your teacher.</p>
<p>Best of luck!</p>