<p>I am a HS senior, and due to scheduling conflicts im probably not going to be able to take Physics at all in highschool. Will this hurt me in college, especially when taking Pre-Med. I have heard that colleges use Physics and a class to weed out kids who cant take the pressures of pre-med out of their pre-med curriculum. Will not taking physics hurt me, or will i be fine taking it in College for the first time?</p>
<p>You can try self-studying AP Physics, it may be hard, but you should be able to get a 3. That’s an alternative. But it’s not too big of a deal if you don’t either, I don’t think it’ll hurt you.</p>
<p>Will it hurt you – probably not if your Math foundation and basic science conceptual skills are strong to begin. Will you have to work a little harder when you take Physics – probably, but it’s not going to be insurmountable by any means. </p>
<p>Make a B in physics as an undergraduate with a good portfolio otherwise and you’ll most likely be perfectly OK unless it’s Harvard Med or bust and I’m quite sure a few of the Harvard med students had a B in Physics. If you have to struggle to barely make a C then you’re going to have to compensate elsewhere to show your ability, but I can just about guarantee that can done as well (though digging large holes is never a good thing I can promise you it’s been done by more than a few people at very good schools). </p>
<p>The whole ‘Weed Out’ course is somewhat of a misnomer in that all Physics programs aren’t equivalent, all Med Schools have a different admission profile, and while Physics can be a difficult course it really has so little to do with success at the next level as to be nearly meaningless in predicting success it just doesn’t make a lot of sense to use that as your Grindstone. If you struggle in Physics and many of the rest of your science courses then you are trouble anyway.</p>