<p>In this summer of my senior year. I forgot to tell my counselor that i wanted to AP physics. I really regret that. I really want to major in engineering but i think that by not takin AP physics, I will fall behind my degree plan as i go to college. is that correct?? Also in college is physics 1year or 2years, like in high school.</p>
<p>Tons of people don't take physics in highschool, so don't worry about falling behind.</p>
<p>Most engineers take 2 semesters of physics (mechanics then E&M), but some (EE for instance) take more.</p>
<p>It's good to take AP physics but you won't fall behind if you didn't. Most engineering degrees only require 1 year of physics. After that you'll learn more physics and math from your engineering classes.</p>
<p>i took AP Physics senior year, and honestly, i dont remember much...and im a freshman haha...i wouldnt sweat it, they'll probably cover different stuff anyways...almost all engineering degrees require 1 semester of mechanics physics (topics like gravity, acceleration, force, ect) and 1 semester of electricity & magnetism (topics like currents, electromagnetism, ect), and then from there the physics becomes more concentrated (more E&M for EEs and more mechanics for aero/mech/civil eng)....chem eng. generally stop after 2 semesters, and instead take more chem</p>
<p>Don't worry about the Physics -- I and a lot of other Engineers in my BME program took Physics in College. Infact, I came in with no AP credit relevant to the BME program or engineering and I'm pretty much on track with everyone else.</p>
<p>They pretty much just start from the top.</p>
<p>Seriously, don't worry about not having AP Credit upon entering your engineering program. All engineering curricula are designed to last at least 4 years, take advantage of that time! Don't be in a rush to graduate early. Also, don't fall into the trap of feeling inadequate because you don't have any AP credits. It is better to take physics in college than in high school. In college, the people teaching the course (professors and their T.A.s) are usually more competent than high school teachers, as they have studied the field for years and centered their post-graduate careers around the study of physics. Besides at many schools, if you receive AP credit for a particular course, you'd have to take another course from the same department in its place.</p>
<p>i am taking AP calculus though. its fairly easy.</p>
<p>?? dude, ur not gonna fall behind lol. i didnt take calc in high school, i didnt get any AP credit whatsoever and im in the college of engineering at my university. and im not behind! (im just not ahead) dont worry about not taking AP physics lol.</p>
<p>seriously...what do you think all those people that went to a highschool that didn't even offer AP (myself included) do? A hint: they don't care.</p>
<p>thanx for the info.</p>
<p>Actually...</p>
<p>If your major is something that is not physics-dependent (like computer science), you can take physics a semester or two after your curriculum states. An advantage of that is:</p>
<p>1) You would have done physics-type problems in your Calculus I & II courses.
2) You won't have to take Physics and Calculus at the same time, thus already having mastered the math first.</p>
<p>Before I was a math major, I was an EE major. I took Calculus freshman year, Electric Circuits and Differential Equations sophomore year and the Physics sequence junior year. I was ready for the Calculus in Electric Circuits. The Electric Circuits and Diff Eq courses prepared me to ace Physics II (Electromagnetics/Circuits) because you actually know how to solve circuits better than the Physics prof by then.</p>
<p>for the moment im not sure what to major in. But it'll be one of these: </p>
<p>Computer Science
Aerospace Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Computer Engineering</p>