<p>Hi everyone~</p>
<p>My daughter is entering into her JR year and has hit a snafu in science and I am hoping to get some advice.</p>
<p>My daughter took a HS bio class in 8th grade, earned an A and got HS credit. She transferred to a private HS and her 9th grade year they wanted her to take bio again under the assumption their bio class would be more rigorous. She also did quite well in that class. Last year she attended our local HS with the intent on entering the IB diploma program and took chemistry--earning an A and is set to TA in chem her JR year.</p>
<p>Here is where the possible problem comes in. She had planned on taking IB Chemistry SL (her passion but it is only offered at the SL level) then IB Physics her senior year, but it turns out there was a teacher switch and the instructor teaching IB Chem is very problematic. My daughter is considering taking IB BIO instead, which can be a 2 year program (but she could also do SL IB BIO for 1 year)and she would be able to take the IB HL bio test at the end of the two years.</p>
<p>TOO MUCH BIO?
If she took IB bio for 2 years, she will have 4 HS bio credits and 1 chemistry credit...that is a lot of bio!</p>
<p>She could take physics her SR year and have 3 BIO, 1 CHEM and 1 PHY credit....which may be the best option...or is it best for her to endure the problematic teacher to get the 2nd year Chemistry...thus having 2 BIO, 2 CHEM and 1 PHY credit?</p>
<p>Thanks for any thoughts!</p>
<p>IB = International Baccalaureate
SL= Standard Level test (basically 1 year)
HL= Higher Level test (2 year) .....many colleges will take HL credit and apply it to elective college credit</p>