How important is it (Pretty Daunting)

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Is it for me to have some background in Physics before going off to college?</p>

<p>Alright when I go to college, I plan to go into some form of Engineering field, combined with mathematics.</p>

<p>I'm leaning towards the Computer Science/ Comp E. Route, with some possible concentrations in modeling and artificial intelligence. </p>

<p>I've never taken a physics course at all, I've been in Higher level Chemistry Courses.</p>

<p>Is it really important for me to have some background before I go into my freshman year of college, or can I just wait for Freshman term?</p>

<p>My mom says it's non-essential, my teachers and Robotics coach say differently.</p>

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<p>If you want to study engineering at MIT, I would think physics is pretty important. Go with your teachers on these academic matters.</p>

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<p>Comp E, is basically a mix of CS and EE. EE requires alot of physics.</p>

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<p>I laugh at your mom …I LAUGH AT HER</p>

<p>You should have at least an AP Physics B background if you want to go to MIT, especially as a math or science major.</p>

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<p>You should do AP Physics if you are interested in the sciences regardless…engineering is an absolute must. I’m going into medicine and AP Physics was on my todo list for sure. </p>

<p>Plus you will save so much time and $$ if you do well on the AP test.</p>

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<p>At least a single Physics course is absolutely essential. Still, I agree with batpad, if you want to do any science you should take Physics C at some point.</p>

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<p>We don’t have an AP Physics class.</p>

<p>Our only Physics class is Physics 1 and IB Physics SL… which has a prereq of Physics 1.</p>

<p>I’m a junior btw.</p>

<p>And my schedule for next year is all locked up with my IB courses.</p>

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<p>If you have no way to take physics at your high school, I would usually recommend letting it go. However, it seems like you really need it. Try online or at a community college? And you’re sure you can’t take it at school?</p>

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<p>Take Physics C online like how you’re taking Calc BC.</p>

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<p>Physics is essential if you plan to go into any engineering route. Most engineering programs, to my knowledge, require students to have a strong background in all 3 sciences before entering college.</p>

<p>For colleges such as MIT, AP Physics is practically expected.</p>

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<p>No AP physics c online…</p>

<p>My mom is iffy on letting me do CC courses because she doesn’t want Them coupled with the IB work.</p>

<p>Yeah… I have no room at all.</p>

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<p>Take it over the summer at a community college.</p>

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<p>AP PHYSICS! I’m taking it now. It’s free for VA students, and like $400 for non-VA students.</p>

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<p>I tried to get B this year…</p>

<p>Since they only offer B</p>

<p>I take Calc BC through there.</p>

<p>But my counselor said I had to have taken Physics.</p>

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<p>um, I think if you want to go into engineering, some physics would be good. You can take intro courses in college, but it’d be good to have a little background.</p>

<p>On that note, I’m planning to go into bio, and MIT didn’t seem to mind that I chose not to take AP physics. I took our school’s H Physics soph. year, but that was it.</p>

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<p>You should take physics…And if you do take it AP Physics C (both Mech and E&M) anything else is unsatisfactory IMHO</p>

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<p>Time to go ***** to my mom… who thinks that I need to do something “fun”.</p>

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<p>I have a slightly different dilemma… I’ve had conceptual physics in my freshman year. I can take AP next year, however, we don’t have much lab and my first physics teacher told me to just wait to take physics in college, as the AP scores at my school are low and the class is just theory.</p>

<p>I’m in AP bio and AP chem this year and plan to take Organic Chem next year and not sure if I should go ahead and take AP physics or not.</p>

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<p>Physics is absolutely essential. It doesn’t have to be AP or accelerated - though that would be a good thing - but you must take some kind of physics course.</p>