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Freshman taking Physical Science, and i can't take biology this year. I want to do AP Bio my senior year but do Physics, Chemistry, and biology too.

I tried to sign up for Bio, but during that time I was misplaced into pre-algebra, so I was denied. Now, I'm in Algebra 1 and Physical Science CP. I tried to switch, but she said I couldn't since it's a year-long course. I'm planning on doing a major in bio-med, but I need to finish biology, physics, and chemistry. How can I do all of those and do AP Bio? I feel if I did AP bio it would look better in college applications and I would get more experience from that. Would it be better if I did it during the summer?

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Thank you comment icon You can always take courses in the summer and strengthen your college application. Sree Padma Holt
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Valerie’s Answer

Unfortunately, there are several non-science course requirements that you must take, like Algebra to complete your degree.
The sciences build upon each other, so taking physical science will give you basic understanding of more complicated courses like Biology, Anatomy & Physiology; as well as Physics, and Chemistry.
If you attend a Liberal Arts College, your non-science courses may include Humanities, and some speech, and language courses; that may or may not be required at a larger University.
I myself took Biochemistry, A&P, and physics all in the same two consecutive semesters.
I survived, and passed each course, but I do not recommend taking them simultaneously, unless you are super focused, organized, and not easily distracted. My Physics grade was a low “C” average, and brought down my GPA significantly, due to it’s 4 credit hour weight.
Once your GPA slips, it is hard to recover.

Valerie recommends the following next steps:

Do your due diligence to research the College or University that you wish to attend. Request copies of the course catalog your degree requirements
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Darian’s Answer

Hi Trinity! I am assuming that this question is related to high school and not college. In all honesty, I would not stress too much about your high school classes. I personally loaded up on high school classes that would give me credits toward my degree (mine was health sciences). This was both in the form of AP and concurrent credit courses. If you know what college you want to get into you can look up your required courses and work on it that way. If the class was not going to give me college credit then I tried for the EASIEST classes I could take. Although it is amazing to have college credit already when you are starting college it is extremely inconvenient if your grade slips and you start out with a low GPA. It's simply not worth stressing yourself out and putting too much pressure on grades that will not matter in a few years.
With that being said, I personally wouldn't load up on too many sciences in high school. My boyfriend is a doctor and he took one optional science class in high school just like I did as well. Your success in high school is entirely different than your success in college and the science courses start out very, very easy when you are beginning university because your classmates come from all walks of life (some might have been out of school for decades and need to get used to education and studying again).
I know that this answer probably isn't exactly what you wanted but my only advice would be to not stress over your sciences in high school unless they are directly related to your college.
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