Need Advice in Choosing a Physics Course for Senior Year

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Hello everyone!</p>

<p>I need help in deciding which physics course to take next year. My two options are AP Physics B and AP Physics C. A lot more details can be found below!</p>

<p>I am a current high school junior who is looking into majoring in biomedical engineering, and I feel as if I made a mistake in taking Pre-AP Physics instead of AP Physics B this year.</p>

<p>In the next couple of weeks or so, I will be filling out my course selections sheet for my senior year, and I have the choice of taking either AP Physics B or AP Physics C. To make this more organized, I am going to list the reasons I have for taking AP Physics B and the reasons I have for taking AP Physics C.</p>

<p>AP Physics B -</p>

<p>I will definitely be able to handle it since I have taken Pre-AP Physics and AP Calculus BC this year. (I am also making middle to high A's in both classes.) I will be taking Anatomy & Physiology (an honors course), AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP English 4, and AP Environmental Science next year, so taking AP Physics B would make for a lighter work load than AP Physics C. I also talked to my parents briefly about my physics course selection for next year, and they told me to do AP Physics B because "jumping a level" would cause me to miss out on some important information. Also, they think that biomedical engineering does not really depend as much on physics as, for example, electrical engineering.</p>

<p>AP Physics C -</p>

<p>I will most likely be able to make at least a 90 in the course since I have already taken AP Calculus BC and I always make A's. Also, I feel as if AP Physics C would better prepare me for biomedical engineering and college in general. I am leaning toward AP Physics C right now because I am hesitant to take my parents' advice now after they advised me to take Pre-AP Physics this year.</p>

<p>Whew, that was a really long post. If you made it down to here, thank you for reading everything! (:</p>

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<p>Take Physics C.</p>

<p>Physics B is basically high school physics (or this pre-AP whatever that you took already) on steroids. You will learn some new concepts and solve some more complex problems but it will be mostly the same material you learned already.</p>

<p>Physics C will be like the physics you take in college and is way different.</p>

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<p>You won’t be missing anything important that isn’t covered in Physics C. If you’re taking both mech and E&M you’ll learn everything you need to learn.</p>

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<p>There’s a lot of physics in any engineering major, including BME. Physics C is basically an introduction to physics with calculus and is very important for any engineering major.</p>

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<p>I skipped what your school calls pre-AP physics and went straight to B. Everyone in my class who took pre-AP says that B is exactly the same with nothing more than a few derivatives and integrals thrown in. If I were you I’d go with C.</p>