<p>English 3 Honors
Pre-Calculus Regular
AP Chemistry
AP Biology
AP U.S. History
Spanish 4 Honors </p>
<p>This is my rough senior year schedule so far: </p>
<p>AP Literature
AP Calculus (AB)
Physics Honors
AP Spanish 5
AP Psychology
AP Art History (required)
AP Gov/AP Econ </p>
<p>The problem is that my school is most likely going to offer Physics AP starting my senior year. However, in order to take it, I need to have completed either Physics Honors or Calculus and - as seen on my schedule - I haven't done either! </p>
<p>I am worried that by not taking AP Physics I put myself at a loss; many other top students in my school are going to take AP Physics and have already completed AP Calculus/Physics Honors. I would take Calculus over the summer in order to qualify, but then I would not have a mathematics class senior year. </p>
<p>Do you guys have any ideas of how I can manage to take AP Physics? Or perhaps tip the scales in my favor? I don't want to be passed over by colleges just because I'm taking Honors instead of AP due to my lack of Calculus.</p>
<p>Meet with your counselor, and make certain that the box indicating that you have pursued the “most rigorous” program at you school will be checked in your recommendations, and you will be fine. It is not likely at all that one honors class instead of the AP will make any difference at in your college admissions given the rest of your program.</p>
<p>Try speaking with the AP Physics teacher about granting you a waiver to take the course concurrently with calculus. As a practical matter it should be feasible.</p>
<p>7 courses in senior year, 6 of which are APs and you’re trying to figure out how to make that 7 APs? It’s a baffling question. In high schools with which I’m familiar a course load such as yours would be extraordinarily difficult to execute. Where will you find time for the very consuming college application process? And would you have time for meaningful extra curricular activities? The high school counselors with whom I’m familiar would push back and encourage students with a course load such as yours to lighten up.</p>
<p>To the extent that you will get As on all the courses you’re planning to take, and carry through the AP exams in the spring with 5s as a goal you already have an extraordinarily difficult task ahead.</p>
<p>The admissions office will be familiar with your school’s course offerings. The same issue is prevalent in my school district, but mostly because students can’t fit Honors Physics in their junior year. My older D did not take AP Physics because of that. Younger D took honors and AP simultaneously.</p>
<p>My son took AP Physics B - took the test, got a 5 - and it was a waste of time and money. His college choice only gives credit for AP Physics C - that’s the calc based AP Physics. He was able to take the AP Physics C Senior year, and get a 5, so that DID count.</p>
<p>So, find out which AP physics it is. And of course, it depends on what schools you are looking at - some schools may give credit for non-calc AP Physics.</p>