<p>For the honors track kids in our high school typical progress is:
High school bio (8), Honors Chem (9), AP Physics B (10) AP Bio (11), another AP science for many, another AP in a an area of interest for others. So nearly all students who are applying to top colleges will have a solid physics course and some will have two. My younger son had scheduling issues and took regular physics in 10th grade and AP Physics C as a senior (and he was my non-math, non-science kid - I think he ended up with some sort of B in the AP physics class.) My older son took high school chem one summer, so he took all three AP sciences - but he’s my math guy.</p>