I’m in a tough situation right now due to my poor planning… I graduated HS in 9th grade by taking the CHSPE. I’ve been at the local community college ever since. I started my first semester with just intermediate algebra and some extra curricular classes. Now I’ve taken Chem 1 (College freshman chem), all my english and I’m just 4 classes away from an AA in music but I’m not planning on being a music major. Currently I am enrolled in Multi Vari Calc, Intro to Diff EQs, and some more music stuff.
Missing from my transcript is… Physics!
I need to take 3 semesters of physics for engineering to transfer and I haven’t even taken high school physics. I was planning on applying to transfer in the fall of 2019 but I failed to realize that I needed to take these classes.
Do you guys think that I will be able to convince who ever it is I need to talk to about challenging prereqs that I dont need HS phys?
BTW I’m planning on talking to some people at the college about this but I just really want some other opinions since i cant talk to anyone right away. Also are there some legitimate online courses I could take that could potentially clear the prereq?
You need to go sit down with the transfer counselors at your CC and find out the details for transferring into an engineering program. You aren’t the first person they have advised who took the CHSPE. They will know which classes you need to complete before transfer. While you are at it, consider changing your major from music to whatever it is that pre-engineering students normally major in. That way your AA/AS is much more likely to align properly with transfer requirements for engineering.
No, you don’t “really need” high school physics, but that means you’ll have to take college physics to make up for it. This is actually a really common issue with early graduates, and pretty much every college I know will accept a college course in lieu of high school physics. (Some very, very selective ones won’t accept community college/online courses, so if that is your goal, you’ll have to take it at a four-year college, but most lower-first-tier and down schools will take community college courses)