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What classes can I take during my senior year that will help me progress in a biomedical field.

I have finished most of my required classes in high school. I want to know what classes will be most beneficial for me to take my senior year, besides AP classes that count as prerequisites. I want to spend the least amount of time in college and still get my biomedical engineer degree. #women-in-science #biomedical #medicine #biology #healthcare #senior-year

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Rachel’s Answer

Take AP biology, chemistry, physics and calculus. However, remember that you may be in school for up to 6 years after high school, so also remember to mix in fun, entertaining classes that you will enjoy.
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Richard’s Answer

Take as many AP or IB courses in high school. You have a lot of years of education in front of you and getting college credit in high school can save you time and money. Take every science you can including biology, chemistry, physics, and computer science. Also try to take calculus.
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Estelle’s Answer

Agree with above. You need to take all of the AP science and math classes. If you are interested in trimming down some of the hours you have to pay for in college, also consider AP English, US History, Government, and Economics.
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Marlika’s Answer

When I graduated from high school, I enrolled into a Math course at a local college for the summer so that I would get exposure to college curriculum and transfer credits. In hindsight, I would have taken a Math and possibly an elective like psychology or sociology to get it out of the way. Doing this freed up room for major courses and I didn't have to spend an extra semester or year in school. It actually placed me a semester ahead and my last semester I only took 12 hrs so it gave me a chance to go on interviews, etc.


If you can in high school, take upper level Sciences and Math courses such as Statistics, Calculus, Anatomy & Physiology, Physics or even Chemistry. This will give you exposure to courses that you will have to take in College. During both my undergraduate and graduate matriculations, I always took the fast track by taken the max amount of courses I could take (undergrad-17-18 hrs and grad-9-12 hrs). I took some courses in summer school mini-sessions and also always had an internship/summer program for my CV. This exposes you to high rigor and sets you up for graduate school. I wish you the best of luck. I know that you will do well. :-)
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Kelly’s Answer

It seems like there is a lot of support for advanced placement courses under this question. While I agree that any of these classes that one passes will reduce the amount of higher education that one needs to pay for as an adult, I would also caution students to evaluate their preferred workload level, academic commitment, and volume of extra activities ones does. What does not seem to be addressed here, is that we see so many students that take the AP course, but do not receive passing scores on the exam. This could mean anything from they were not prepared, they had anxiety, didn't feel well that day- the factors are endless. As a result, the course counts for HS, but not college. A better option, which some districts do but usually don't market well is dual-enrollment. The public school system pays for grades 9-12 to fill spaces in 100-level college courses (online or otherwise), and they take it along side of the college students. This option removes the AP testing pressures, exposes one to the college experience, while cutting down on post-high school course work.

This site shows what 2023 pass rates were:
https://collegeprep.study.com/ap/what-are-ap-exam-pass-rates.html#:~:text=AP%20Test%20Pass%20Rates,-AP%20tests%20are&text=Based%20on%20that%20standard%2C%20the,higher%20scores%20for%20various%20tests.

With some of these being less than half, this should be considered how many one wants to take on.
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