Requirement: One Year of Physics for MIT- on the transcript?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>Please, I am :confused: and could use your help!</p>

<p>Here is the situation: Due to scheduling conflicts I cannot take
the Physics Honors or AP Physics course at my high school.</p>

<p>I am going to self study :eek: and take AP Phy C Mechanics but will not
be able to do any labs (Yes, I would have done Calc BC).</p>

<p>(I would have 3+ years of Lab in Chemistry and Biology but none
in Physics ...)</p>

<p>Question: Would MIT admissions officers take an AP 4/5 in Physics C Mech.
as an equivalent level to one year of taking Physics or are they looking to
see "Physics" specifically in the transcript? </p>

<p>(.... I am aware MIT gives credit for Physics AP only if
C Mech and C Elec & Mag. are both done- that is not what this
question is about)</p>

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<p>You're not actually required to take a year of physics before coming to MIT.</p>

<p>They do like to see that you've acquired some physics knowledge somewhere along the line (lord knows it sucks to take MIT physics classes with no high school preparation), and your self-study would be totally fine for that.</p>

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<p>Write "AP Physics Self Study" on your self-reported coursework and then make sure to report the AP test score. That's how others in your situation generally do it.</p>

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<p>Thank You benjones and molliebatmit for your helpful
replies (and after midnight too!) :) Thank You :D</p>

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<p>If you can afford it you can take AP Physics - Mechanics through EPGY - I don't know how they handle the labs. <a href="http://epgy.stanford.edu/courses/physics/P051/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://epgy.stanford.edu/courses/physics/P051/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Thank you for the post.</p>

<p>Yes! I am a big fan of :cool: EPGY and plan to do both P051 and P053 if possible
and the physical experimentation part is apparently done virtually per
EPGY 's research paper about the coursework</p>

<p>It would still be classified as "Self Study" for me since my school
does not allow credit for EPGY at this point.</p>