<p>1) My school only offers Physics Regular, AP Physics B, and AP Physics C, no Honors Physics. I'm currently in Honors Chem, and though I'm doing pretty well, I'm not really a science/math-person. I usually don't enjoy it and have trouble with memorization and sometimes with grasping certain concepts (bonding took me a while). I wish there was an Honors Physics, but there isn't, and the majority of people in Honors Chem will move on the AP Physics B. I really don't want to drop down to a Regular course, but I'm scared I won't do well in AP.<br>
Does anyone have any opinions/suggestions or advice?</p>
<p>2) Ok, so I'm really confused with what my school does. In 8th grade, if you do well enough in your 7th grade class and get a teacher reccomendation, you have the opportunity to take high school honors level classes (which are actually HARDER than the ones offered at the high school) for credit. In 8th grade I took 9-Honors Global History, French, Earth Science, English, and Math. This eventually lets me take a few more APs than most in Junior/Senior year. On my transcript, it shows each grade level, the courses taken that year, and the final grades, so my transcript starts from 8th grade. So it kinda looks like I had 5 years of high school courses.....</p>
<p>So when people say that colleges sometimes don't look at freshman grades, would they just ignore my 8th grade grades or both those AND freshman year grades?
And would colleges take into consideration the fact that I took those courses a year before I was supposed to (I'm a sophmore taking 11th Grade Honors English)? </p>
<p>Or would they simply realize I've taken an large amount of Honors/AP courses? (I've never taken a Regular course in my high school career, besides electives where Honors isn't offered)
By the end of Senior year I would have completed:
--Honors Courses: 14
--AP Courses: 11 (Tests: 12)
--Honors Electives: 4
--Art Courses/Electives: 4
--Health: 1
Any ideas?</p>
<p>hey, i kinda like that system...<em>jealous</em>...not familiar with that one, so i can't help you out there, but...</p>
<p>your description of yourself sounds like me...took honors chem last year, did well, but not b/c i'm a science person...so i decided to take AP phys this year, b/c i wanted another AP (who knows why)...we only offer the non-calc one (not sure what letter that one is), so that's what i'm taking...and my advice would be, it depends on what kind of grades you want. i have to actually work hard in that class to get an a-, which is sort of a weird thing for me...even in science...i sort of wished that i hadn't taken it, but it's good to show that you're not slacking off senior year...i'd say <em>audit it</em> if your school allows, but if they don't, go ahead and take it. you might bring home b's in it, but as long as the rest of your grades are strong, that won't really matter, especially if you're not going in to science as a career. good luck to ya!</p>
<p>1) If you don't like Math/Sciences, don't take Physics C. Physics B has almost zero calculus, and absoltely no upper level calc work. So, if you really want an AP, take Physics B, its basically Honors Physics with an AP test at the end. Just don't expect to get any college credit, as most (probably 90%) of colleges dont give credit for Physics B, and if you do get credit, it will be for an intro, non-major, science elective 100-level class (lowest of the low pretty much haha).</p>
<p>2) The colleges will see that you took the courses outside of high school. Most transcripts show 9/10/11/12 year courses, and then a "other" section. If you're really worried, you can have your guidence counseler write a letter describing what went on. But colleges are used to applicants taking high school courses (algebra and languages mostly) in middle school, so don't sweat it.</p>
<p>Thanks. That would be Physics B by the way (non-calc.)
What does "audit it" mean? lol I feel stupid. :P
It would be junior year for me, but yeah, I guess getting a lower grade in it wouldn't matter as much if all my other grades stay high. But, lots of people have said the teacher is really bad and the class is not hard at all, you'll get As, but you're screwed for the midterm and actually AP exam. I was scared for the midterm (the highest grade this year was a 62), but apparently there is an extreme curve, so it won't be that bad. (except that my friend might be in that class if she chooses not to take Physics C, and she'd prob get a 100 b/c she is a math/science GENIUS. lol). But would it look really bad to take that class and not take the AP Test for it? b/c I might consider doing that. Or should I just take the AP Test and not report the score if I do badly?</p>
<p>Thanks shoebox10, I would never take Physics C anyways, lol, I'm not CRAZY! haha. Plus, I couldn't next year b/c I wouldn't have taken Calc yet (I'll take that senior year). And I'm ok with not getting college credit for that class. lol. Would I have to take it even if I went into a completely non-science related major?</p>
<p>Hah. I just realized my mother majored in physics. She can help me! Yay! except I just wish she could take the AP test for me......
lol.</p>
<p>Oh and the main reason I was worrying about taking AP Physics is b/c if I did, I'd be taking 5 AP courses next year. Ew.
But oh well.
The things I do for school......</p>
<p>audit means you attend the class, but don't receive credit/aren't graded at all...so you can take the AP exam at the end w/o stressing over having an AP class...incidentally, it comes from audire, Latin for "to hear"...i <3 latin...</p>