<p>Sorry, I couldn't find the right place to post this.</p>
<p>So recently I've been given the opportunity to take Physics online. I'm a junior who hasn't taken Physics yet and highly regrets it. But the online course has already begun, therefore I would have to work twice as hard and catch up.</p>
<p>The reason I want to do this is because the school I want to go to requires at least one year of Physics.</p>
<p>Would I be better off just concentrating on my SATs and taking Physics next year?</p>
<p>Would colleges count this under their required courses even though I haven't received the credit yet?</p>
<p>Unless you are applying to an engineering school, most colleges and universities don’t ‘require’ physics - it’s just highly recommended before you graduate, which means senior year is soon enough.</p>
<p>Assuming you are taking a rigorous schedule already, and have a full load of ECs, just focus on getting good grades this year and learning more about the colleges to which you want to apply.</p>
<p>You can absolutely take physics next year (you will be sending your mid-year senior transcript to schools too so they will see it)…especially because the class has already started and physics is definitely not an easy course to learn without a teacher/in-person help. Junior year has plenty of stress and confusion with normal school plus SATs and just figuring out WHERE you even want to go. At least at my school, most people take physics senior year.</p>
<p>I want to go to the school of computer science at CMU…
What exactly is your definition of a “rigorous” schedule? I feel like my schedule lacks. The only EC I have is that i volunteer at the hospital.</p>
<p>Rigorous means that if your school offers AP or Honors classes in subjects that are important to your future goals, you take those. (If your school doesn’t offer these, it doesn’t hurt you - you are evaluated based on what your school offers.) It could mean taking a class at the community college or an on-line course if it further your interests however. </p>
<p>ECs include hobbies, jobs and internships, engagement with your house of worship, as well as caring for dependent family members. Or self-studying something and achieving some level of competence at it. If hospital volunteering is your only EC, what leads you to think computer science (and CMU) would be of interest to you? That has to be coming from somewhere…</p>
<p>Am I misunderstanding something about most college Physics Departments?</p>
<p>My impression is that Physics majors and other science majors begin their Physics requirements AT COLLEGE and that the only pre-requirement for intro college physics courses is typically Calculus and Chem 1. Moreover, I have read opinions that it is often a mistake for high schoolers who have taken honors Physics or AP Physics to forgo the introductory Calculus-based Physics courses at college.</p>