AP Biology or AP Environmental Science?

Question

I took biology honors last year and I got an 85 for my final grade, I am decided to take regular chemistry this year, and I was wondering how much work you get in AP biology and AP Environmental science. Would it be good to take AP biology next year or AP Environmental Science? I have to take the class with a regular physics class though. Is it possible to take all three at the same time with all of the work in each of them?

Answer 1

Hm....

I like both of them :). I think i would suggest you to take regular chemistry and physics. But take the AP for Biology or AP Environmental science.

I think AP Environmental Science would have less work and probably easier than AP Biology. But it's up to you. If you feel good about biology as you have done well in the past, then it would not be too much difficult for you now (instead it'll just refresh your memory and adding a little more details). This will prepare you for college biology.

I'm kind of favoring AP Biology because it has lots of things including ecology and environment. So it is more valuable to take AP biology. I think you'll know lots of things about science if you take AP Biology such as cell biology, genetics, ecology, evolution, organismal biology, physiology etc...

However, if next year is your high school senior year and you just want to relax and have fun then take AP environmental science.

Answer 2

AP Biology has a general foundation for the science while AP Environmental Science appears to be a focused Ecology course.

While you did fine in the Honors BIology course, you should think about what you plan on doing when you get to college. Use AP Biology to cut through the general requirements and move right to the upper level classes.

Go with AP Biology. However, check with colleges what that class covers with their curriculum (does it cover one or two semesters of basic biology for example?).

Answer 3

You could try...although it would be very hard...AP Environmental, AP Bio, Chemistry, and Physics...that's a lot of science of take in 1 year...take perhaps two of them one year and then 2 of them the next. Some people have a lot of AP courses and say that they only got to sleep 1 hour while others had the same work load and got 8 hours of sleep...

Answer 4

Take the AP Biology class and the test, and take the AP Environmental Science test without bothering to take the class. I'll bet it's super easy.

Answer 5

Ap biology would be more useful , but since you got a B i would try to stay away because it might hurt your GPA. Id go with enviromental science AP just to be careful good luck!!

Answer 6

AP Biology would be more valuable for college credit since it is required for more majors.

Answer 7

ap bio because it might be helpful in college.