<p>Next year I will be a junior at my high school. I had signed up for AP Chem and AP Physics B. Now my high school is telling me that it won't fit in my schedule (I have room, the classes just don't align). I'm not sure where to go from here, because my plan was to take these two classes this year (with Precalc Honors) and take AP Bio and AP Physics C (with AP Calc AB or BC) my senior year. Now that I am having trouble fitting these classes in, I'm not sure if I should self study or what? If that's even possible as I know these are tough classes. I plan to apply to top tier universities, and I would like to pursue possibly Physics, Chemistry, or some form of engineering. Because of this, I really wanted to show colleges my skills in these areas (I've taken basic honors courses in all these subjects and have received 95+). I'm afraid without these classes my chances of acceptance will go down. Any advice?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance. It's just killing me that all that's holding me back is scheduling.</p>
<p>If you have the drive, you could self-study, but you can’t just push it off until AP month. You should start now if you really want to take both Chem and Physics B.</p>
<p>It’s a joke only if you can apply the equations and understand the physics concepts. The calculus on the exam is pretty basic, and I must admit that the curve is a joke.</p>
<p>The Physics class I’ve taken is Regents Physics, which is a regulated course through New York State. I received a 97 on the exam and a 99 in the course overall.</p>
<p>NY is good for education, compared to my state of Florida, so ur honors Physics would probably do a better job of teaching u then mine did.</p>
<p>I feel like u might be biting off a little too much, 2 AP sciences in 1 year seems escessive. However, I don’t know the rest of ur schedule (like u might not be taking AP Hist or AP English or something), so it might not be as intense as it seems.</p>
<p>Also, from what u said it seems that u will take AP Calc concurrently w/ AP Physics C. That means that u will not have any calc b4 taking AP Physics C. That is definitely something u should avoid. Sure, u might be able to study enough to do amazing on the Phys C AP tests, but I don’t think u’ll learn the material well enough since u will always be trying to catch up on the math. Remember, AP scores aside, u should take the class to learn something meaningful and add to ur knowledge base. Leave the calc-based Physics class until college, when u’ll have a better background when u take the class.</p>
<p>My advise, cross Physics C off that list. U can take AP Chem or AP Physics B junior year and take the other one senior year. If u really want AP Bio put it in junior year (along with a light schedule so ur not oveburdened) or u can simply replace Chem or Physics w/ Bio.</p>
<p>Not really. I know some people that took Calculus BC and Physics C at the same time this year. They had no trouble. The calculus in Physics C is very, very basic.</p>
<p>I’m only taking one other AP next year, AP US. So I’m not worried about being excessive, especially since I dropped other courses I have no interest in (i.e. Latin). And I really think I have a high enough math capability to handle the basic calc in Physics C.</p>
<p>@314159265 I know it’s doable to take Physics C w/o the calc beforehand, but it’s definitely not recommended.</p>
<p>At every single uni (I have yet to find an exception) Calculus is a prerequisite not a corequisite to calc-based physics. I know that if u have calc beforehand, it will let u better appreciate the material. It’s definitely something to consider, and I would not personally take Physics C if I hadn’t had some form of calc (even if it was a summer class at the local community college) beforehand.</p>
<p>@ OP, don’t underestimate APUSH. It was my most time consuming course last year b/c I had an extremely lame teacher (she thought Andrew Jackson and Stonewall Jackson were the same person!!!) and I had to teach myself everything. But, if that’s all u have, then it definitely wouldn’t be excessive to have 2 sciences.</p>
<p>My advice: Try to take AP Bio and whichever of the physical sciences is easier junior year (at my school Physics B is easier then Chem), that way it doesn’t become too much (expect lots of reading/memorizing from USH and Bio). Then take the harder of the physical science senior year along w/ AP Calc (preferably BC)</p>
<p>I think I’ve determined to take Bio and Physics B junior year. That way I can definitely take Chem senior year, and depending on how Physics B goes and after consulting with my teacher, I’ll consider Physics C as well. Math is my strongpoint (recently only person in my school to ace the Algebra2 Regents Exam) and Physics is as well (97 on Regents), so I think C might be a challenge, but probably doable. And as far as APUSH goes, I got a 5 on AP World, so I think I should be pretty fine as long as I put in adequate effort.</p>
<p>Physics C is definitely doable even if you are concurrently taking Calculus. That’s what I did this year and I was fine. I find it odd that you’re going to take honors physics, AP physics B, and AP physics C. It seems a tad redundant.</p>