<p>Having emailed numerous colleges on the subject I can say with a fair degree of certainty that dropping physics for an alternate class is not a problem.</p>
<p>I am not taking any science this year--twas approved by all my prospective colleges.</p>
<p>A bit of advice, if you are still able to change course selection, have your D email or call all the schools she is interested in on the subject and ask their opinion, shows interest conveniently.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Imo, she can skip the Physics. Her pre-pro ballet dancing background, properly footnoted, will cover her curricular pattern, I think. While Physics is preferred, there's a common sense "does this total picture make sense" view of looking at an application.</p>
<p>Btw, if she wants a strong academic school with continued access to high-level ballet, I recommend she take a look at Smith and Barnard. </p>
<p>(signed) Father of Very Serious Ballet Student, now in college afterlife</p>
<p>I think you should keep in mind that colleges have general education requirements, which may require as many as 3-5 science courses.</p>
<p>At Pitt, we have to complete 3 Natural Science requirements.</p>
<p>But, there are courses such as Biology for Non-Majors and the like that fulfill these requirements.</p>
<p>All in all, I think that she could skip the physics, as long as she realizes that intro level college classes like Bio, Chem, and Physics are expontentially easier if you have had them in high school.</p>
<p>D is interested in possibility of genetics counseling, altho I think the chem requirements will kill it. No physics required (I checked), but chem, organic, biochem. No calculus- but of course stats is very important.</p>