<p>So I have to plan my senior year schedule pretty soon and I'm just looking for other opinions on my potential classes.</p>
<p>I know I need 26 credits to graduate and at the end of my junior year I will have 20 which means that I will have to take 6 classes and 5 as I had hoped.</p>
<p>This is my current junior year schedule and my (first semester grade w/QPs AP is +8, pre ap is +5)</p>
<ol>
<li>AP Physics B (104)</li>
<li>AP Psych (N/A)</li>
<li>Advanced Choir (100)</li>
<li>AP English 3 (97)</li>
<li>APUSH (98)</li>
<li>Pre-AP(honors) Pre-Calc (84, the final exam bit everyone in the ass, during the first semester I had about a 93 average) [-( </li>
</ol>
<p>SO for senior year I was thinking-- actually my senior year schedule is all over the place. It's so incomplete but
1. AP Gov/AP Economics
2. English 4
3. Advanced Choir</p>
<p>And here's where I need others input
4. AP Calc (can someone point out major differences between AB and BC? In pre-calc I had the most trouble with trig proofs, can you tell me which calc is heavier loaded with them?)
5. AP Chem or AP Bio. I loved honors chemistry sophomore year but I did really well in honors bio freshman year. I ended bio with a 100 in the class and chem with a 98 but what I'm worried about is the time in between my freshmen year bio and sophomore year chem. Which would you choose? Also, I'm not terrible at math, I just believe that I'm not AP Psychics C material.
6. and now I figured out that I have to take another class so I was thinking AP Stats so could anyone tell me about that class?</p>
<p>Also I don't havE to take any math next year but would you recommend a Calc?</p>
<p>The main difference between AP Calculus AB and AP Calculus BC is that BC covers AB and then covers more extensive sub-topics within each section and includes a few more sections. AB is supposed to be the equivalent of Calculus I whereas BC is supposed to be Calculus I and II – I imagine that BC would have more trigonometry involved only because BC provides more extensive understanding and study of certain topics which would theoretically lend itself to more trigonometry based problems - for instance, you may just skim upon a topic that deals only with polynomials but then go onto trigonometry based problems and functions while learning that same topic in BC. </p>
<p>You’ve demonstrated success in both Bio and Chem - the difference between a 98 and a 100 is so minute that it is barely recognizable. I don’t think the time gap will be too much of a problem - in reality, you could probably take either one without exposure to the material and learn it as the courses “introduce” you to Chem and Bio much like a college class would (though its beneficial to have prior exposure, which you do.) It really just comes down to which one you think you’d like better and perhaps take into consideration that you want to do in college and/or the teacher/nature of the class specific to your own school. </p>
<p>AP Stats is supposed to be “easier” than a lot of other APs, but tons of kids really struggle with it (more than they do with Calc) at my school. Its good as an elective - but not as a replacement for Calc.</p>
<p>Don’t drop math – take Calc and Stats or just Calc, but definitely take a math. </p>
<p>AP Calculus AB = college Calculus I
AP Calculus BC = college Calculus I and II</p>
<p>Usually you can take BC without taking AB first because they both start at the same place. You’ll see trigonometry in both of them, but it won’t be the focus anymore.</p>
<p>My experience was that AP Chem is conceptually harder than AP Bio. The math won’t be any more advanced than Algebra II (logarithms show up a couple times in AP Chem).
AP Bio basically reteaches you everything you learned in regular biology, except at a higher level. It happens to some extent in AP Chem too, but my class covered some topics I never saw at all in regular chemistry. Remember that these are intro classes for college students, so you don’t need an insane amount of prerequisite knowledge as long as you work hard.</p>
<p>I self-studied AP Stats. I didn’t do very well because I thought it was boring, but it’s usually considered one of the easier AP classes. </p>
<p>You should take calculus if you’re trying to get into selective colleges. (It’s usually not required, but it’s recommended.)</p>
<p>I’d suggest you take BC Calc, AP Chem, and AP stats.<br>
BC Calc–harder than AB, but looks better
AP Chem–mostly just knowing the concepts. you either get it or you don’t.
AP Bio–tons of memorization. if you take it, expect to put tons of hours in.
AP Stats–supposed to be very easy.</p>