should i take ap bio or ap chem? more than just a should i take this or that question

Test Preparation AP Sciences
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<p>the class that im interested in but has low passing rate (ap bio) or class i'm not interested in at the moment but has higher passing rate (ap chem)?</p>

<p>I googled the ap exam results from last year for these subjects in my school and they aren't so good. And there is only one teacher that teaches each. The percentage of people who passed AP bio last year was only 25.9% (27 people took and 7 people passed) and in ap chem it was 57.1% (though only 14 people took and 8 passed)</p>

<p>Junior year is my first time taking AP's (apush, ap calc ab, and either bio or chem) so I would want it to be the easiest it can be while trying to challenge myself. And I am more interested in Bio than chem so that should be easiest, plus i'm pretty good at memorizing...but I still want to take ap chem ( i'm good at math, just have to think really hard to apply the concepts)...i just dont want to deal with that the year that I am taking ap's for the first time. But after looking at the horrible ap exam results for ap bio I really don't know now! this is a hard decision!</p>

<p>do you think people were just slacking in that class and that they could have done better? Could I still get a 5 and straights a's with some helpful sites like course-notes.org and barron's or princeton reviews? would it be hard and stressful to do that especially with a horrible bio teacher (had her for bio honors also and not a great explainer, she doesn't really know her material and all we did was color)</p>

<p>I'm worried about classes next year because apush is something i'm interested in but i'm horrible at writing.</p>

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<p>How did you find your school’s AP results online?</p>

<p>If I were you, I’d go with Chemistry. A good teacher will help you apply the concepts without as much effort.</p>

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<p>I just googled ap biology teachers name and school name…</p>

<p>And just to be sure about something since your reply doesn’ t sound convincing at all, have you taken ap chem before?</p>

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<p>I did Honors in 10th grade and AP in 11th grade with the same teacher (whom I’d describe as nothing short of amazing).</p>

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<p>I think you should take the class you are interested in, which is AP Bio, because you would be more willing to work to learn the information. In my school, low passing rates of AP exams happen because most of the students who actually try just focus on learning what the teacher tells them instead of studying on their own while taking the class. If you study consistently throughout the year from review books as you learn the unit in AP Bio, you have a better chance at doing well on the exam.</p>

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<p>thank you very much burger king</p>

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<p>NO
AP bio. For many reasons:
It is more important to follow your interests, you will do better if you are interested. AP bio usually is considered harder because there is SO much on the test, but I think they are slimming it down next year and if you try hard it’s doable.
AP chem is one of the worst AP’s in the whole prepare you for college wise thing. My best friend’s dad is a Chemistry Professor at MSU(michigan state), which is a good school, but it’s not prestigious by any means(meaning they aren’t failing because its a ridiculously hard class/college). He teaches Chem 2 and apparently the extreme majority of all students that received 3’s/4’s and about half of the students who received 5’s and were placed into Chem 2 as freshman FAIL his class. He says that the other science departments don’t have as much of a problem, but AP chem is notorious for not preparing kids for chem 2 in college.</p>

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<p>^I’ve heard about that before. That’s why some schools SAY they will put you in an advanced course if you got a 5 on your exam, but eventually they don’t because they want you to have a good base in the subject.</p>