<p>Should I take C during senior year or honors during the summer (both weighted classes)?</p>
<p>The problem is the AP teacher at my school is crazy hard and there are pretty much 2 A's in a class of 35 students (smartest students in school). I have a 4.0 and there is pretty much no chance of me getting an A in Physics C. If I do honors, I will take AP Bio during the school year.</p>
<p>If I do honors over the summer, I can take the SAT 2 Physics test in October but if I do C, I most likely will not. I should be able to get an A in this class.</p>
<p>Is a 4.0 GPA and SAT 2 Physics w/ honors physics better or is Physics C and getting a B better?</p>
<p>I want to be an Aerospace Engineer and target school would probably be Cornell.</p>
<p>Who cares about grades? Honestly, take the harder class and learn more. If you want to be an engineer, remember that thousands of lives are at risk with your products. Don’t ever take the easy way out.</p>
<p>Honors physics will have a much broader range of material than mechanics. Of course, C will go deeper.</p>
<p>Make sure you know how much will be tested on SAT II Physics and how much will be covered in the honors physics class. </p>
<p>I believe AP Physics C: Mech and E&M correspond to a Physics I and Physics II calculus-based course, respectively.</p>
<p>If you are taking the SAT II test, go over waves, optics and relativity. The latter two really tripped me up during that test.</p>
<p>Personally, I think you should take AP Physics if you’re going to be an engineer. Don’t worry about the grade, take it because you want to learn. I got straight As my entire school career and I got a B in AP Physics C. I didn’t even care because the teacher, like yours, is crazy hard. But the class is fun; it’s interesting. I’m learning things I want to learn. I’m taking the class because I want to take the class, not because I want an A. Plus, it’ll give you an edge in college. You’re going to have to learn everything in both classes anyway later on.</p>
<p>It won’t matter. I took AP Physics B was a junior (a survey course comparable to your Honors Physics), and I learned a lot of general material that was pretty interesting. I take AP Physics C this year, and the scope is much more focused, but I feel like I am actually learning true physics this year. Still, I know I will be taking calculus-based physics again in college regardless of my AP scores this year. As someone fascinated by science, I want the best possible understanding, which can’t really be achieved in a high school pace that is endlessly rushed because of a particular exam.</p>
<p>3 things going here: you want a top school, want STEM, and want aero. Best is to take the AP and get an A. Get the GC to rave about how great this is, considering a teacher who gives few A’s. 2nd best: take AP, get a bordeline B+/A- and have the GC rave about how you only missed an A from a crazy-hard teacher by a few points. Settle for honors and you compete with kids who did higher and did well. Think like an adcom. You don’t want them asking, why does he want aero but stopped at H physics and took AP bio?<br>
Yes, I’m being hard about this- sorry. If you are in-state for Cornell, maybe you have a little slack. Can you take Hp in summer and then the fall AP?</p>