I’ve never failed a regents, I’m an honors and AP students with a 94+ average, and I failed the physics regents. I have the requirements for an advanced regents diploma, but I’m so scared this will effect my college admissions. I will most likely being going to a New York school.
Is it going to determine if I get into a college or not?
Please I need answers, I’m having a panic attack.
I’m really going crazy
I’m not a Regents expert, but I know you can take it again in August. Take some deep breaths, look up the August test, and make a plan to study for it. Did you do well in the class?
I got a 95 in the class but it was because I would cram a few night before to make sure I know enough information to get a good grade. I just found out there is no August test, only January and my applications for college will be due before then. I have already done the requirements for an advanced regents diploma. I just want to make sure that it won’t hurt my chances of going to college.
I don’t want one test to take away all my hard work
Don’t sweat it. Colleges outside of NYS don’t care about the regents and even in NY, most students don’t take it. Of my 5 children, only one took the physics regents and all got into SUNY schools.
Please breathe.
No one is really concerned about the Physics Regents.
Seriously, don’t worry about it.
If you plan to go to school in NYS take it again in August. The regents is a bit like the college boards - the great equalizer. My children go to very competitive suburban public high schools and some of their regents level classes (math) are so difficult all year it makes it hard to keep your GPA up. Yet, I watch friends in less competitive (especially more rural or urban) public schools sail through the year with great GPAs. However, i’ve notice they often don’t do so well on the regents. I’m not suggesting anything about you or your school…this is juts an observation I have about how much emphasis some schools put on the regents. So, It’s true, if you want a SUNY school you’ll need to retake in August. If you are going private or out of state it won’t matter. Your 94% is all that will count.
it’s not offered in August http://www.p12.nysed.gov/assessment/schedules/2018/504hs-aug2018.pdf
I’ve spent the past few minutes checking-- I can’t find a SUNY that requires the Physics Regents. (And, if not SUNY, I can’t imagine who else would care.)
From Stony Brook’s site: https://www.stonybrook.edu/undergraduate-admissions/apply/freshman/
“High school diploma or equivalent (Regents diploma preferred for NY residents)
Strong high school academic program that includes:
4 units of English
4 units of social studies
3 units of mathematics (4 units required for engineering and applied sciences)
3 units of science (4 units required for engineering and applied sciences)
2 or 3 units of a foreign language …”
From SUNY Geneseo: https://www.geneseo.edu/admissions/information-freshmen
"Freshman Selection Criteria
Admission decisions are based primarily on your high school academic record and the results of college entrance examinations. For 2018 applicants, Geneseo will accept both the new SAT and the old SAT. We will compare your scores using concordance tables to determine your highest scores on either the new SAT or the old SAT. Strong academic programs (especially those that include honors-level courses and AP or IB courses) are preferred.
We take a holistic approach to the review process. Therefore, we look very closely at your supplemental information as well, so be sure to submit your essay, co-curricular resume and letter(s) of recommendation. This combination of information - academic as well as information about who you are outside the classroom - enables us to most accurately determine who to make offers to out of a very competitive applicant pool."
I can’t find any mention at all at Binghamton
My son was homeschooled all through high school. He never took a Regents exam, but was still accepted to several SUNYs. I think the SAT/ACT scores, rigorous course load, GPA, essays, and recommendation letters were what mattered.
You can get an advanced Regents diploma without physics as the other 3 sciences are enough to qualify. The AR is not necessary either.
@bjkmom’s research shows that Stony Brook requires 4 units of science for engineering and applied sciences, but there is nothing about taking the Regents and you presumably have 4 years (earth science, bio, chem, physics?). My youngest son dropped physics because the common core math he was “taught” made it impossible for him to comprehend physics and he took marine science and APES instead, so he had 5 years of science. It’s possible to get the science in without the physics regents.
For another point - Stony Brook (as an example of a science intensive school) -doesn’t even offer a physics placement test.
If you are really concerned, you can take it again in January. I doubt it will make any difference in your college apps but it would show up on your final transcripts.
Good luck and enjoy your summer.
Thank you soo much for putting me at ease.
But will I effect Cuny applications, if I do take physics in college I will go through the general ed class because of my regent score, but will my score have an impact on whether Cuny’s will accept me?
https://sps.cuny.edu/admissions/undergraduate-admission/admissions-requirements
http://www.cuny.edu/admissions/undergraduate/prepare/high-school-students.html
Nowhere do I see any mention of a Physics Regents.
@bjkmom thanks for all your help
You’re so welcome.
I was checking and rechecking Power school, waiting for my daughter’s Geometry and Earth Science Regents results. (They finally came up, and she got through both. 
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I would not be so quick to poo-poo the Physics regents or to say that no one is concerned about it.
While failing the physics regents will probably not be a barrier into getting accepted at CUNY/SUNY, it can be a barrier as far as getting accepted into a *specific program * at CUNY/SUNY.
If Op is looking to go into the Macauley Honors Program at CUNY especially as a STEM major, yes, they are going to care about the Physics regents, As CUNY is trying to become more holistic in its admissions process, if Op is looking to go into the Honors program at City College or a more competitive major, yes, they going to look at the regents. Even at the privates, the more selective the school, the more the physics regents is going to matter. Don’t ever think that schools are not looking at regents grades, they are. I have had kids who were rejected from SAT optional schools because of regents grades (it’s on the transcript so it is fair game).
Every state has state exams, remember the Regents is just the name of high school state exams in NY. Right or wrong, NYS probably has tougher standards to graduate high school than many other states, where you only have to meet the state standard in ELA and Math.
The physics regents like all other Regent exams will be on your transcript.
The Physics regents pass rate is also used as a metric of college readiness as to the strength of your high school.
I agree with @empirepineapple, that the exam is an equalizer. While your class room grade is extremely important as it shows what you do day in/day out as you walk in the building, the regents shows how you performed against your peers in the state when it comes to the content.
Even at CUNY, there is a box that states, what type of diploma are you graduating with. Even at SUNY, you are reporting regents scores.
Currently are you in a position to get an advanced regents with Mastery in science (achieving at least an 85 in 3 science regents)? If yes, then you are good and I would still advise retaking for a passing grade.
Are you on track to get an advanced regents diploma with honors that includes Mastery in Mathematics and Science, which the highest level diploma that you can get in NYS?
The pool is wide and the pool is deep and there will be plenty of kids in the pool who have passed the physics regents.
Perhaps consider taking the SAT physics subject test at the end of summer as a way to demonstrate your mastery of physics in addition to retaking the regents exam in January.