Need Advice about Courses in High School

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>So I'm having trouble deciding what I should take in high school. </p>

<p>I really like Biology and Chemistry so I definitely want to take AP Bio and Chem. However, in my high school, I had to take honors bio and chem in freshman and sophomore year. I'm taking AP chem in my junior year and AP Bio in my senior year. BUT the problem is, my school says that I have to take physics before I graduate and it would probably be better that I take a physics class before college. However, I'm not very interested in physics, but I am definitely going to focus on science in college. I'm trying to decide how I should fulfill this requirement. My school, for some reason, has only AP physics B or regular physics (no honors). So I can either:</p>

<p>A)Take regular physics junior year along with AP Chemistry and not have the study hall that I was hoping to use to balance my extremely busy schedule (My junior year is going to be HECTIC already without another course). Study on my own and take AP Physics C test.
B) Same plan as A except take physics with AP Bio in senior year and self-study for AP test. (Senior year might still be hectic with all the apps and stuff...plus it's after the summer before senior year when I was hoping to apply to research camps and stuff. Also I won't get to take the senior project class)
C) Take AP Physics C on Stanford EPGY online or at the local community college during junior or senior year. (Might be too much work)
D) Not take AP Gov senior year and take AP Physics B along with AP Bio in Senior year</p>

<p>To simplify that even further:</p>

<p>Junior year or Senior year? (With AP Chem or AP Bio?)
Online, at community college, or in school+self-study?
AP Physics or Regular?
AP Physics C or B?</p>

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<p>I personally would do D.</p>

<p>Comments:

  • Study halls (and sleep) are overrated.
  • Taking non-honors physics would be meh.
  • I personally wouldn’t care for the inconvenience of an online or community college course.
  • Did I mention I like D? The only disadvantage I see is that C > B but whatever, not that big of a deal since your school doesn’t offer C.</p>
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<p>Jus take regular</p>

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<p>C/D > A/B for college apps, but not necessarily for health/sleep/sanity. D is a decent option if you don’t want to deal with taking another class alongside your schoolwork. For research camps, it would work better to take AP Physics in junior year, but otherwise it doesn’t matter which year you take it in.</p>

<p>Whatever you do, don’t take regular physics if you’re aiming at top colleges; they want to see rigor in your schedule, and regular physics does not cut it if you’re science-oriented and an AP course is offered at your school.</p>