<p>I will be a senior in the fall, and I was wondering how much colleges emphasize having all reccomended units, as opposed to just the required ones, being that I am borderline on many of the colleges that I will be applying to...</p>
<p>My problem lies in my science courses. I took Physical Science my freshman year, Biology my soph year, there was no science offered my junior year (TINY school) and I will be taking Physics my senior year.</p>
<p>So my question is, how important is it for my to get a Chemistry credit, and can I do so by going to class at a community college after school in the fall? Also, does Physical Science count as one of my science credits?</p>
<p>I think most colleges look at the context of the high school that you came from even if your high school wasn't the greatest in terms of offering classes.</p>
<p>Ryno, if you have challenged yourself to the extent you are able at the school you attend, that is as much as you can do. Yes, if you can augment your H.S. classes with community college courses, especially for classes not offered at your H.S., that would benefit you.</p>
<p>During the application process, when your H.S. guidance counselor submits your transcript information and recommendation, s/he may also provide a high school profile to the college as a standard practice. The school profile is a summary of the high school, including information on school description, academic program (i.e., Honors and AP courses offered, extracurricular programs, and graduation requirements). It may also include a summary of the school's student body, demographics, average GPA, AP test information and mean SAT test scores. This information will be factored into your app evaluation.</p>
<p>if you are looking into a science, engineering, math type major, it is pretty important you take chem in highschool (so long as your school offers it). if your school doesnt, try studying and taking the chem satII in december (if you get 650+ that should count as taking the class). but what norcaldad says is true and colleges make exceptions if your school offers no aps, or few classes in a field, few ECs, etc. but i think it also depends where your applying.</p>
<p>it is accredited in Utah, fairly cheap, decent curriculum and not too hard to take on your own. It would give you a year of credit in Chem without increasing your workload too much (it is not AP or a college class). </p>
<p>if you click log in as a guest, then select the course -- you can actually read through the syllabus and assignments.</p>
<p>How important is it that I have 3-4 years of a foreign lanuage? I have 2 right now, but I am intending on majoring in a math/science field, so the bulk of my transcript is in those types of courses...</p>
<p>I am looking at schools like Brown, NYU, Columbia, Harvard...</p>