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AP Biology
Why an Advanced Placement Biology course? |
- The AP Biology course is designed to be the equivalent of the introductory biology course usually taken during the first college year.
- The AP Biology course exposes the student to a universe of knowledge that is unexplored at high school.
- AP Biology gives the student a credit for biology during the first college year.
- Outside the U.S., universities in more than 60 countries recognize AP in their admissions processes.
Who can take up an AP Biology course?
- Students who have successfully completed their first course in high school biology.
- It is recommended that students successfully complete a year of chemistry course
What does a student get from Etutorworld?
- Etutorworld helps students to jump up to Grade 5.
- Students get an in depth understanding of fundamentals and and reasonable competence in grasping concepts rather than memorising terms and technical details.
- The tutors at etutorworld help the students to think clearly and express their ideas orally and in writing with clarity and logic.
- Students will develop the required intellectual skills in biology.
More on AP Biology...
- Students in an AP Biology course should spend at least five hours a week in individual study outside of the classroom
- This year the AP Biology exam will be held on May 10, 2010
For more on the AP Chemistry course please go to
www.collegeboard.com
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