<p>So I found out that it's not a requirement to take physics in my school in order to graduate, the guidance counselors just really push it. So on that note, I have a really stressful schedule next year already and having physics will add 10x the pain. So if I still take 4 years of science (AP Bio next year instead) how badly will that affect me? Do colleges look down upon not taking physics? Do a lot of colleges require that you take physics in high school?</p>
<p>Please help, as my course requests are due tomorrow.</p>
<p>well i wanna go to Duke, Dartmouth, Stanford or Vanderbilt. haha.</p>
<p>and yah, i will have taken AP Bio, AP Enviro, Chem Honors, and Bio Honors by senior year if I don’t take Physics. So it’s still 4 years of science, i’m not intersted in becoming anything having to do with science as a major or career.</p>
<p>If you don’t plan on going in to the sciences, you will be fine. As long as you exhibit four years of challenging science courses, not taking Physics will not put you at any servere disadvantage. However, learning Physics can certainly be advantageous to round out your science curiculum.</p>
<p>thanks for the assurance guys. my teachers keep telling me that if i plan on going to a ood 4 year college, then it would be best for me to take physics.</p>
<p>so it really doesn’t make that big of a difference as far as admissions go as to whether or not i take physics?</p>
<p>and also, is it a requirement to have taken a physics class at any colleges such as Duke, Dartmouth, Vandy or Stanford?</p>
<p>i was in the same situation last year, i didn’t know whether or not to take physics. i’m not in AP, but i read on the william and mary website that they like to see their applicants take physics and four years of the same foreign language. i dont know about your schools, but i doubt they will reject you just because you didn’t take physics.</p>
<p>okay thanks. if anyone can possibly find a link about suggested classes for those 4 college, that would be really helpful because i’ve looked and can’t seem to find it.</p>
<p>to all of you saying you love physics, you probably love math and science. I’m more of a humanities person, as I loathe both math and science so physics clearly isn’t my thing.</p>
<p>Lindsay, historically speaking I’m also more of a humanities person (I hated chem), but I’m really enjoying physics. It’s tied for my favorite class right now, and it’s refreshing to have a math based science class. I think it’s a good idea to take physics because it helps you understand a lot of the foundations of science, and the math makes it easy to see where the concepts come from. </p>
<p>Now, obviously, if you really don’t want to take it, don’t. I, however, have found it to be great.</p>
<p>to the op: please check with your prospective schools as to which ones expect a student to complete the science sequence with physics…not sure CC is the place to answer the question…unless the other posters contacted the schools in question…</p>
<p>this may not be a matter of what others “think”, but rather what is a given expectation.</p>
<p>I myself has a similar question. I’m debating on whether to take Ap Chemistry of Physics next year with Human Anatomy also as a elective. Though sometimes I wonder if I should debate on whether to take Human Anatomy or Physics, with Chemistry as my main science. I plan to study pre-medicine in college.</p>
<p>Even if you do plan on going into the science field, it’s fine if you don’t take physics.</p>
<p>I have 13-14 science credits (lol internship) and not one of them is physics, and I applied into the astrophysics department (and got a likely letter/acceptance - this is at Rice)</p>