<p>I have taken...
Physical Science Earth
Biology H
Chemistry H</p>
<p>This incoming year will be my senior year... Chem AP and Anatomy H
Is Physics important?
Will I have a hard time in college if I don't take Physics in high school?
What if I decide to take Physics in college but not in high school, am I gonna have a hard time understanding all the lessons?</p>
<p>Since you’re taking AP Chem, not taking physics probably won’t affect your application. However, if you do plan on taking physics in college, it may be good to have the background. It definitely made my intro class much easier.</p>
<p>The better colleges expect to see Physics somewhere on the transcript. Period.</p>
<p>^Not necessarily, especially if going into humanities. I met plenty of people who were taking physics for the first time their freshman year.</p>
<p>Good question. I had a tough time myself in choosing between AP Biology and Physics for my senior year. But I chose AP Bio…</p>
<p>I’m not saying it’s completely necessary, but let me tell you a little anecdote:</p>
<p>In class one day during Chemistry, someone asked about colleges and about college interviews and if they were important or not (because our chemistry teacher went to Penn and apparently used to be one of the alumni that conducted the interviews for Penn). Well, my chemistry teacher also teaches physics, but that’s besides the point. Anyway, she said that when she would ask people about the classes they took in school, she would look to see if they had Bio, Chem, and Physics by/during their senior year. She said if not, she would ask why, and there would have to be a good reason for it. </p>
<p>Now the point is this: Physics is considered one of the primary parts of science, and not having a physics class on your transcript may lead someone to wonder why you avoided taking a “core” class. If you have a good excuse (and one that isn’t because “it didn’t look fun”) then you might be off the hook. But in any case, taking Physics or not won’t be taken too deeply into consideration I would think, especially if you aren’t going to go into a field related to it. The only downside is that you wouldn’t get the same knowledge as those who took physics, and so it may be hard if you have to take it in college with no background.</p>
<p>My personal opinion? It shouldn’t matter much or at all, since you are taking 4 years of science as it is.</p>
<p>^Which is why it sucks that my school could no longer afford to let students take Biology their freshman year. Instead, we learned (Accelerated) Physical Science, which is useless compared to the specific science courses.</p>
<p>I don’t mean to invade someone else’s thread, but I have the same question. I’m not taking a science next year, but that may change due to responses on this thread. My schools only offers conceptual and AP Physics, so if I were to change Speech and Debate II for it, I would have to go with the AP one. If I have scheduling conflicts, do you recommend I take the class online? Is that even possible without the lab portion? Do you think I should sacrifice my 2 electives (speech II and adv. graphic design) just so I can fit that extra core class in? Thanks!</p>
<p>Bump 10char haha</p>
<p>Nope. But schools like CalTech require students to have taken one year of physics. (:</p>
<p>From what I’ve read, the tippy top schools look for the trio of sciences(biology, chemistry, physics).</p>
<p>To another galaxy:
If I were you, I wouldn’t take Physics AP since I have heard that it’s pretty difficult, unless you are confident. And I wouldn’t take the online class, because I feel like science and math aren’t the courses you can understand or learn it thoroughly by online.
I would sacrifice one of my elective.</p>
<p>I also have a scheduling problem, since I already have 2 sciences, my counselor probably wouldn’t let me take another one. I might have to drop my Spanish 3 H to take Physics. I don’t know yet. If not, I am still debating on dropping Anatomy H and taking Physics.</p>
<p>If you are going into Science/Engineering/Computers/Math field, or vaguely anything like it, then yes, Physics will be necessary for looking good (not having it doesn’t necessarily mean you’re eliminated).</p>
<p>If you’re going into Law/History/English/Philosophy/Linguistics/Humanities, then just simply say, ‘It was not of a paramount interest to me.’ </p>
<p>Taking AP Chem is a good sign that you’re devoted to Science, but having to sit in a 101 or entry-level Physics while you want to make that into a profession may tweak things.</p>