<p>I'm a rising senior hoping to get into a six year medical degree program (most likely at UMKC). My stats are good in everything, but I did not take a physics course junior year. I can't take it next year either because my schedule is filled up, so my only option would be taking it online during the summer and school year, but that option is rapidly fading. If it helps at all, I had an extremely challenging schedule junior year and will have one senior year.
Junior:
AP Biology-A 5 on AP Test
AP Lang. and Comp-A 5 on AP Test
AP Calc AB-B Projected 4, possible 5 on AP Test
AP U.S History-A 5 on AP Test
AP Psychology-A 4 on AP Test (Yeah, I know that's weird)
Advanced Jazz Band-A
Lifeguarding and Scuba (Required PE)-A</p>
<p>Senior:
AP Chemistry
AP Statistics
AP European History
AP Government
AP Lit. and Comp.
Microbiology
Advanced Jazz Band.</p>
<p>ACT-34
SAT-2120 (M:650 R:750 W:720)
SAT II's-
Bio. 720
Lit. 780
U.S History. 750</p>
<p>Eagle Scout, Varsity Swimming, NHS, Hospital Volunteering, Medical Program at hospital upcoming year, GNHS, German Club, Church Involvement, Tutoring second graders in reading, and camp counselor. I also work as a lifeguard. </p>
<p>In your opinions, would it be necessary (or advised) to take physics online? Thanks for your help in advance.</p>
<p>Physics is very important.....but you have a pretty tough schedule so i don't think you neeeed to ...but just to let you know...AP gov. will be very easy because you it is basically reiterating everything from U.S. history</p>
<p>Since you are thinking pre med, it has been suggested you should take physics, you might want to call schools you are applying to and ask. if possible I would consider replacing stats with physics, especially if you have had math thru calculus.</p>
<p>My D was considering this as well and was advised against it.</p>
<p>You may even want to consider dropping goverment for Physics.</p>
<p>I have a similar question. I haven't taken physics as a science over my time at high school since the physics program at our school is known to be notoriously bad (students earning A's in the class get ~600 on SAT IIs). However I've taken enough sciences for all the schools I'm looking at. I had an opportunity to take physics last year, but decided to do AP environmental because a) our APES program is much stronger than our physics (got A in the class, and 5 on AP test) and b) as an AP class, I needed it to keep my class rank up. Hypothetically speaking, if I was looking into a school like Cornell CAS/CALS, how much of a detriment would it be to my application if I don't have "physics" taken as a class?</p>
<p>That was my problem too with keeping the class rank up. My options right now are regular physics (unweighted, with some slacking juniors) that will drag down my class rank, or honors physics, but honors won't fit in my schedule. I thought about replacing stats with physics, but my guidance counselor and most colleges say they definitely want four years of math, whether I finished Calculus or not.</p>
<p>You don't NEED physics (though it is absolutely awesome!!!! I love fizix).</p>
<p>Moving on, I would hate to take physics online as would be your most viable option. Some of the physics labs/projects are really cool. Hands-on physics is the way to go. I would suggest forgetting about it and just take it in college. Considering your already rigorous course schedule, I don't think it will make much of a difference.</p>
<p>If you still feel you should do this, take math at a local community college in the fall and take physics at your school (if possible). I really do not advise you take it online.</p>
<p>I know you think you should take microbiology for pre-med, but I think you would most benefit from taking physics. You don't need to take AP physics either, any physics background will help you tremendously. Physics can be pretty hard, and I have heard of loads of pre-med students failing physics, or saying that it was the hardest part of the MCAT. So the more experience you have in the subject, the better. I really wouldn't advise taking it online (see Optimization's post)... but if you must, then do it, it'll be better than nothing.</p>
<p>Do you really need to take stat for a math credit? Or are you just taking it b/c it will be an easy A? I can tell you now that physics will be much more beneficial to you than stat.</p>
<p>My school offers AP Physics B, but most people get a B in it. The only way to get an A is through cheating.</p>
<p>I'm trying to find an online class to because I would have to be at the community college from 5:30 to 10:00 at a local community college in Thursdays, if I were to take physics there.</p>
<p>My school doesn't offer an honors physics class, so I'm trying to find an online version. I heard UCCP's version isn't that good, but I think it may be my only option besides taking the 1st semester of AP physics b online(b/c people at school don't do well w/teacher).</p>
<p>I already have 3 years of science: Biology(didn't take the honors section), Honors Chem(no AP), and AP Biology.</p>
<p>Both CTY and EPGY have an online physics class. My son took Physics C through EPGY a couple of years ago - he got an A and two 5s on the AP exams. Kind of pricey though.</p>