Should I drop AP Physics or AP English Lang

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>hey guys. I got my schedule today. The school messed some things up, but most of it will be easy to fix. One problem i have though, is that they put me into AP Physics, instead of regular physics. Apparently, anyone that's taking Calc, such as myself, was put into physics. My problem is, i wanted to limit myself to 3 APs (Im taking AP Calc, AP US, and either physics or lang). Im going to college to study to be an engineer, so it'd probably be more wise to take physics. I have no idea how the AP Physics program is at my school though, and the AP Lang program is well respected. The AP Physics teacher is going to be new this year. These are the schedules i'd have with the picks</p>

<p>Schedule 1:
MUN H
AP Calc AB
AP Physics
AP USH
Spanish III
English III H</p>

<p>Schedule 2:
MUN H
AP Calc AB
AP USH
AP English Lang
Spanish III
Physics CP</p>

<p>Thanks guys!!!!</p>

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<p>Bump? :(…</p>

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<p>Keep physics, drop lang.</p>

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<p>Keep lang drop physics to cp</p>

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<p>Since you want to be an engineer physics will probably be more usually, but since the teacher is new at AP they will probably do a bad job preparing you for the test (it’s a hard adjustment). Keep Lang you’ll probably get more out of it. Are you a junior?</p>

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<p>For an engineer major, do physics.</p>

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<p>Dude, we’re talking science vs english…you want to be an engineer. Don’t be an idiot.</p>

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<p>Don’t drop either. It’s best for colleges if you show that you’re challenging yourself with a tough course load.</p>

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<p>Thank you to EVERYONE for input. And yes, im a junior</p>

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<p>Also sometimes new teachers aren’t always bad. I trust my old biology teacher is doing a great job with teaching AP bio for the first time. Sometimes they have a lot of experience. AP lang is supposedly an incredible course to prepare you for college, but you’d still be neglecting the physics, which seems to me like it’s more important</p>

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<p>Since you’re a junior you can take AP Physics next year after you have your regular physics give you some basics to use and the teacher will be able to better teach the class (if they are good and learn from mistakes).
OP is taking physics either way it’s just regular vs. AP, and Engineers need to know how to write in order to be able to do anything. They write a ton of reports on research, findings, etc. An understanding of English is always good :P</p>

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<p>AP Physics is extremely fun, do not drop it ever. :)</p>

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<p>As a professor of physics at Illinois Tech (IIT), I review a lot undergraduate applications for science and engineering each year. I like to see students challenging themselves with AP courses, even if they don’t take the test or end up taking the course again in college. The experience of learning the calculus-based version of physics it excellent experience.</p>