<p>if i'm not going to major in engineering or premed, do i really need to take physics AP? </p>
<p>my school offers regular physics, and to fulfill my science requirements, i can just take that. </p>
<p>I actually enjoy the conceptual areas of physics, but i'm weak at doing calculations. I think i would prefer a much slower class to really dig deep into the material.</p>
<p>However, it is going to be my senior year, and i've basically taken the hardest classes i could last year, and all my classes next years are aps/honors, and i'm wondering if juts taking physics regular will make my schedule look weak.</p>
<p>thanks!</p>
<p>This probably isn’t the best place to post this, but here’s my 2-cents anyway. If the rest of your transcripts show that you took APs and honors, colleges are going to wonder why you copped out on this one class. It’s not a big deal, but I wouldn’t try to give them a reason to doubt you at all. If you took AP/honors math, the calculations shouldn’t be too hard to get.</p>
<p>If you’re not going to major in science, then taking AP Physics won’t help you when you get to college. That said, colleges like to see you challenging yourself, so taking AP Physics would look good on your transcript. But your post makes it sound like you’re bad at math, so if you took the class and did poorly, it could hurt more than it helps.</p>
<p>Did you take another AP science? If so, then you don’t need to take Physics AP, since you may get credit for the other class. If not, then taking the Physics class could possibly take care of your science requirement.</p>