<p>Will taking AP Physics B instead of C severely compromise a students competetiveness to get into a good/excellent civil engineering program? How difficult will the freshman yr be with only Calc AB and Physic B as prep.?</p>
<p>No, won’t stop you from getting in.</p>
<p>You’ll just likely have to take Physics in college. Not too bad.</p>
<p>No it won’t. Most schools will only look at the fact that you took the best courses available to you.</p>
<p>nope. schools dont really care. My school didnt even have AP and I still got into one of the best schools in the nation</p>
<p>*P.S.: I didnt even know what AP was until move in day at my school</p>
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<p>Same here. I went as far as Analytic Geometry (1 semester pass Trigonometry) in high school, never had programming and still completed a computational math degree.</p>
<p>You will be OK.</p>
<p>Well as most members stated you’ll be just fine, I agree. Anyways, the difference between Physics C AP and College Physics C is quite large. I recommend you take it in college, but you must be solid at Calculus I.</p>
<p>I’d be surprised if this affected you at all. Physics B is probably viewed on even ground as C by admissions representatives, if it is even viewed at all, and the lack of calculus makes it that much easier.</p>
<p>Admission representative doesn’t really give a damn about which AP you takes, seriously. As far as I can tell, some people with only one or two SAT 2 got them into top 10 U’s in this country, without any APs. </p>
<p>Of course they are very very bright students.</p>
<p>Physics B allows you to advance your high school physics a bit, and covers more topics (note that high school physics education curriculum varies from state to state, district to district). </p>
<p>Physics C is calculus-based, however, and a 4, or 5 can be used to omit yourself from the calculus-based physics 1 when you enter college (some schools might not even care… check before you apply).</p>
<p>Adcoms take into account what is available at your school (your high school provides a profile to the colleges you applied to). They won’t hold it against you if you don’t take a course that is not available.</p>