<p>Hi everyone! </p>
<p>To begin, a little about myself: I'm currently a sophomore, attend a small, very competitive private school (we send about 7-15 kids out of 100 or so to Ivies/MIT/Stanford each year), and have both a talent and passion for the humanities. I'm posting in the Dartmouth forum because it's my number 1 (by far), but Princeton, Williams, and Middlebury are all floating around in there somewhere.</p>
<p>So, I present to you my dilemma:
Next year, I will be studying abroad in France for two and a half months. It's not just some "I'll be romantic and prance around Paris for two months" kind of program -- I'll be the only American there, the classes will be conducted entirely in French, and I will be expected to keep up with my schoolwork (6 classes: English 11, U.S. History, French V, Latin V, Pre-Calculus BC, and German II, all at an AP level, though my school doesn't officially offer AP classes). </p>
<p>You might have noticed a glaring hole in my course load -- science. The headmaster of my school strongly discouraged me from taking Physics B, the class in which I would have enrolled had I not been slated to study abroad, since she figured it would be difficult to transfer the curriculum overseas. To be honest, it seemed great at the time. I don't particularly like physics; chemistry and biology are fine, even enjoyable with the right teacher, but physics -- no.</p>
<p>Then I discovered CC, which has become the new Facebook for me (but far more stressful). And I saw all these amazing people posting their 800s and 5s in chem/bio/physics (and still not getting in!!) and got a little freaked out. I won't be submitting any SAT IIs or APs in the sciences -- in fact, the only remotely STEM score I will be submitting is the Math 2, which I'll take at the end of next year (and who knows, I might not even submit that if the score is low). Part of that is due to the weakness of the chemistry curriculum at my school, and part is due to the fact that I'm not scheduled to take physics until senior year. </p>
<p>So anyway, should I go to my headmaster and convince her to let me take physics? I know I can handle the work, but I guess my question is: is it necessary?</p>
<p>(I should add, by the way, that my grades are solid, my SAT score will probably be in the 2100-2300 range, and I've already won a national history essay contest. I've also won several school- and national-level awards in Latin and French.)</p>
<p>Thanks guys! Sorry for the panic attack!</p>