<p>Hi, Shrinkrap,</p>
<p>I am a sophomore so I know you are more knowledgeable than I am (especially when it comes to life experience).</p>
<p>I didn’t go to any one of those top CC universities. To be fair, everyone comes from different background. Literally, we meet different people every day and we encounter different situations every day. If your son is interested in becoming a physics major, find out why. You don’t have take honors class. A good school will be fair with how to distribute the resource. I attended a good high school, and my friends from non-honors classes had the same teacher. I have read and written a paper about the rich and poor in some districts, and how this gap affects the quality of education. I wouldn’t ask what is so different in your community, though.</p>
<p>Whether the community is rich or poor, I think your son is a fortunate kid. He has a father that really cares about his education, and wants him to succeed.
Really, find out why he wants to major in physics. There are a lot that your son can do right now, to find out his interest. I am glad that he is taking his first AP.</p>
<p>The reference I got was written in Chinese. I promise I will translate the core later, and I will PM you later (maybe tonight, or tomorrow). I think you will agree with me afterward.
(or maybe I can find it in English, since the title said EQ and SAT) ^^</p>
<p>What I said about scores, as in you have personally experienced, only reflect how well the person was prepared for the exam. If I were to give a very different problem to 1000 students who got 800/800, I would bet at least one person would not have the right answer, because all he did was sucking up the review book. There is a trace in every exam. However, the subject test is really like a classroom exam. So I think getting a score of at least 650 is really not that hard. Indeed there are reasons why people are not prepare well. One reason could be the resource. :)</p>