<p>I'm going to be a senior next year. I i want to major in either bioengineering or biochemistry. which 2 out of the 3 should i take</p>
<p>AP Chem (pretty sure I will take this one b/c chem is my best subject)
AP Bio
AP Physics C</p>
<p>I've already taken AP Physics B also and chem honors.</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>no thoughts, opinions?</p>
<p>Wow you clearly have a strong science background. I don't think it will matter that much - I was going to suggest the Chem but you already decided on that :) which one interests you the most? Could you perhaps look at the textbooks or talk to the teachers about what will be covered or how the class will function, to help you decide?</p>
<p>"I i want to major in either bioengineering or biochemistry"</p>
<p>Doesn't this make bio the obvious choice?</p>
<p>Bio, well at least in my school, is a lot of work. Most people I know take that AP Science alone, or with an easy science like regular physics. If you did well in Physics B, I would take Physics C and Chemistry.</p>
<p>^^good point jaimeastortega,</p>
<p>but I heard college intro bio classes are more in-depth than AP bio classes, and that the "experience" of AP Bio won't be as helpful as AP Physics C. But that is what i heard.
Is the material learned in AP Physics C extremely important for bioengineers?</p>
<p>I've never been a bioengineer, but I somehow I would doubt that a throughout understanding of kinematics, force, torques, electric circuits, capacitors, etc... would be very useful to you in either of your future careers. Maybe some of the electrical stuff would help depending on what exactly you are doing, but that's it.</p>
<p>Also, consider that your intro bio class in college will probably be half a year long. Even if it was more in-depth, the rushed pace will probably mean you will absorb less. If you are really worried about not being up to scratch, just read the whole bio textbook during the year you are taking it (that way you also improve your chances of a 5).</p>
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"I i want to major in either bioengineering or biochemistry"</p>
<p>Doesn't this make bio the obvious choice?
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<p>actually at most schools a biochemistry major takes more chemistry classes than biology classes. at some schools the major difference between a biochem major and a chem major is replacing physical chem with a year of biochem.</p>
<p>i definitely think you should take AP chem.</p>
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actually at most schools a biochemistry major takes more chemistry classes than biology classes. at some schools the major difference between a biochem major and a chem major is replacing physical chem with biochemistry I and biochemistry II.</p>
<p>i definitely think you should take AP chem.
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I meant, on top of AP Chem, since OP has already s/he is pretty sure s/he will take that one, so now s/he is deciding between bio and physics.</p>
<p>^^ yeah I'm pretty sure I'm taking AP Chem, it is just between bio and physics C. Also I am most likely taking AP Calc BC. I know Physics C involves calculus, so I'm thinking after a full year of BC, i'll be ready for the calculus-based physics courses in college that I will probably have to take if I major in bioengineering.</p>
<p>You don't really need calc bc for an introductory college physics with calculus course. From what I have seen, including having taken one myself, calc ab is enough.</p>
<p>yeah AB would prob. be enough, but i think i might take BC for the heck of it. that's what my teacher recommended me for anyway</p>
<p>So long as you are gonna be an engineering or science student, your college would probably have made you take calculus up to the bc level (at least) anyways, so it's a good recommendation.</p>
<p>^^ so based on these opinions/results I think I am going with AP Biology</p>