<p>From the perspective of MIT admissions, will not taking AP Physics do much damage to my transcript? I chose to take Biology instead because biology honestly interests me much more than physics.</p>
<p>What do you all think?</p>
<p>It's better to take classes you're interested in than to take classes for the sake of taking classes.</p>
<p>I got into MIT without having taken any physics in high school. It's not necessarily fun, and if you get in, you should consider self-studying or taking an intro physics course via correspondence or at a local college. But MIT is most interested to see that you're taking challenging classes that interest you, and if your school made you choose between biology and physics, then either choice is fine.</p>
<p>You will eventually have to take physics if you come to MIT. But about 5% of the freshman every year (according to a prof when I was a frosh) have never taken physics prior to MIT.</p>
<p>Though I guess you might be taking physics, just not AP. Which is totally fine.</p>
<p>You should make sure to challenge yourself, but it's less important that you take specific classes to challenge yourself.</p>
<p>That said, it really depends on the rest of your schedule. If your school offers 20 APs and you took 2, MIT will see that as not challenging yourself. But if you've pushed yourself in your fields of interest - and that includes biology and excludes physics - that's fine.</p>
<p>It's all about context.</p>
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But about 5% of the freshman every year (according to a prof when I was a frosh) have never taken physics prior to MIT.
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wow that is a very small number =P</p>