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[YoungProdigy]

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Hey everybody,

I'm an incoming senior in high school and in a dual enrollment program. This Fall semester will be my 3rd semester of dual enrollment at my local CC. So far, my grades are as follows:
Intro to Psychology: A
British Lit: A
Freshman Comp 1 : A
Trigonometry: B
Fundamentals of Speech: B
Getting a B in speech has really dropped my confidence level, and I'm really scared to take classes that would be considered harder than other classes, so looking for some advice?

I'm taking Precalculus Algebra this summer, and am aiming for an A.

So, here's my potential schedule for the Fall:
Calculus 1
Intro to Anthropology
Freshman Comp 2

Would you recommend I take another class or replace maybe Intro to Anthro with a different class?

Question for you guys: Should I take a science class (Intro to Bio) this Fall semester or even Spring semester, or should I leave it for Uni?

Some potential reasons for me to take Bio during my senior year:
1. In my opinion, I'm fully capable to take this class seriously and to understand that I must commit almost everything to memory (and not to just study for a good grade on my tests). If I'm able to retain all of the information I will learn, I'll sort of get a "head start" on studying for the MCAT.
2. My semesters at Uni won't be too crammed as compared to a schedule that would require me to take Bio 1 – allowing m some more flexibility both in my schedule and in time.

Also, something I've heard is that if I do decide to take Intro to Bio (or any science class) my senior year, I will have to take upper level bio classes (or any science class) during my time at Uni. Is this true?

In other words, should I take a science class my senior year of high school, although I may have to take harder classes at Uni (I've heard the same about math as well, and I'm pretty pitiful at math, so I'm scared to take Calc 1 and Calc 2 Senior year, and then have to take even higher level math classes at Uni).

Thanks.

 

[YoungProdigy]

Anyone?

 

[Aerus]

Hey everybody,

I’m an incoming senior in high school and in a dual enrollment program. This Fall semester will be my 3rd semester of dual enrollment at my local CC. So far, my grades are as follows:
Intro to Psychology: A
British Lit: A
Freshman Comp 1 : A
Trigonometry: B
Fundamentals of Speech: B
Getting a B in speech has really dropped my confidence level, and I’m really scared to take classes that would be considered harder than other classes, so looking for some advice?

I’m taking Precalculus Algebra this summer, and am aiming for an A.

So, here’s my potential schedule for the Fall:
Calculus 1
Intro to Anthropology
Freshman Comp 2

Would you recommend I take another class or replace maybe Intro to Anthro with a different class?

Question for you guys: Should I take a science class (Intro to Bio) this Fall semester or even Spring semester, or should I leave it for Uni?

Some potential reasons for me to take Bio during my senior year:
1. In my opinion, I’m fully capable to take this class seriously and to understand that I must commit almost everything to memory (and not to just study for a good grade on my tests). If I’m able to retain all of the information I will learn, I’ll sort of get a “head start” on studying for the MCAT.
2. My semesters at Uni won’t be too crammed as compared to a schedule that would require me to take Bio 1 – allowing m some more flexibility both in my schedule and in time.

Also, something I've heard is that if I do decide to take Intro to Bio (or any science class) my senior year, I will have to take upper level bio classes (or any science class) during my time at Uni. Is this true?

In other words, should I take a science class my senior year of high school, although I may have to take harder classes at Uni (I've heard the same about math as well, and I'm pretty pitiful at math, so I'm scared to take Calc 1 and Calc 2 Senior year, and then have to take even higher level math classes at Uni).

Thanks.

First, why are you doing a dual enrollment program in high school when you're not pulling A's in everything. Is this for financial reasons? It doesn't matter when you take the classes, as long as you do well in them.

For the MCAT, starting earlier doesn't necessarily prepare you better. Once you get into college, you have more free time, and thus, more time to properly study the subject. In high school, you're constantly in school the whole day.

If you really feel like you can excel in your classes your senior year, then do it. You will have to take upper division classes at university, but isn't that why you enrolled in a dual program?

You want to take easier classes but you also want to skip to harder classes....sounds like the dual program was a little bit counter-intuitive.

 

[YoungProdigy]

First, why are you doing a dual enrollment program in high school when you're not pulling A's in everything. Is this for financial reasons? It doesn't matter when you take the classes, as long as you do well in them.

For the MCAT, starting earlier doesn't necessarily prepare you better. Once you get into college, you have more free time, and thus, more time to properly study the subject. In high school, you're constantly in school the whole day.

If you really feel like you can excel in your classes your senior year, then do it. You will have to take upper division classes at university, but isn't that why you enrolled in a dual program?

You want to take easier classes but you also want to skip to harder classes....sounds like the dual program was a little bit counter-intuitive.

High school doesn't offer any AP's, so I elected to go the dual enrollment path. I'm pretty sure everybody has an adjustment phase going from high school to college, and I think that's what I experience with my first B in Trig. Then the second B I got in speech was pretty stupid...had an almost sure fire A until I screwed my last speech up. I don't go to school every day. I go 2 times a week, and take a chem class at my HS.

I enrolled into the dual enrollment because my school didn't offer any AP's. So, should I take those science classes in high school, or wait until college? I'd like to keep my GPA around a 3.80...

 

[Aerus]

High school doesn't offer any AP's, so I elected to go the dual enrollment path. I'm pretty sure everybody has an adjustment phase going from high school to college, and I think that's what I experience with my first B in Trig. Then the second B I got in speech was pretty stupid...had an almost sure fire A until I screwed my last speech up. I don't go to school every day. I go 2 times a week, and take a chem class at my HS.

I enrolled into the dual enrollment because my school didn't offer any AP's. So, should I take those science classes in high school, or wait until college? I'd like to keep my GPA around a 3.80...

Taking more advanced versions of classes is a bit different from taking high school AND college level classes concurrently. But, I see your point.

To answer your original question more thoroughly, if you do opt to take the intro biology class in your senior year, this will allow you more time to take some useful upper division biology classes that could possibly give you more context when taking the MCAT.

Lower division biology is mostly a weed out class anyways, so unless you find concepts in depth extremely difficult, upper division biology classes should be fine for you.

As a premed, unless you are majoring in Math, Physics, or some engineer major, you don't need more than multivariable calc. If you are majoring in something math/physics related, then why are you doing that when you know you're not good at math?

Good luck with your decision.