<p>I noticed on the caltech website they says they want 1 year of physics? How stringent is that requirement? is it possible to get by without meeting it? somewhere along the way in high school i decided to focus more on chemistry, so now i am in the process of taking my 2nd year of chem, and i did not have enough time for physics in my schedule. Should i even bother applying (im thinking of trying for EA)
Thanks in advance</p>
<p>It would probably be best to post this on the Caltech</a> board... there are several current Caltech students who post on that board, including Ben Golub, who has been (and I believe still is) a student member of Caltech's admissions comittee.</p>
<p>Do they say "want/recommended" or "require"? If it says require then it looks like you have to have it.</p>
<p>IIRC, caltech REQUIRES physics. they also say you should not apply EA if you haven't finished calc (probably BC) and physics by the beginning of senior year.</p>
<p>btw, you have 2 yrs chem (like many people), 1yr bio I'm assuming, where did you waste a year?</p>
<p>if you want to be able to apply to caltech at all, take phys at a community college.</p>