<p>I had a really bad experience with one of my high school science teachers, who didn't teach well and coincidentally, recently got fired. The class basically ended up being a self-study. I've taken Biology, Chemistry, and Physcial Science in high school. I didn't take physics.</p>
<p>Despite this , I still want to say that I gave science a good and well consideration in college. However, I know science in college is taught differently than science in high school and want to know if its worth trying without bringing down my GPA too much. What are your experiences?</p>
<p>Do you like science? Does it sound interesting to you when people talk about it? Science classes aren’t for everyone, and the major science subjects (biology, chemistry, and physics) are very different from each other. Are you considering majoring in something that would use a particular science subject?</p>
<p>There are science classes for non-science majors, if you’re just interested in the subject, but if you’re really interested in exploring the topic or potentially majoring in it, you could take the introductory courses and see if you’re interested. Try to look up the professors or get advice from older students on which are the good ones to take. Your school may have general education requirements that require science courses and that way you could take a science class and still have it count for something, even if you don’t need it for your major.</p>
<p>Take a science class because you’re interested in it, not just because you want to tell people you tried it.</p>
<p>In any case you will have to take a science class or perhaps two. your choice will be science to understand the world around you or science to prepare for a science major typically a 2 course sequence.</p>
<p>Well i am biased on this subject because i am a biology major but i would recommend taking the 100 level bio, chem, geology, or physics class. My school has an option to take classes as a credit/no credit which does not affect the gpa. You will need to take a science class to fulfill ge requirements.</p>
<p>On a side note: Being a science major is very hard and requires a lot of time and dedication. Are you will to study for 30 hours a week? take multiple science classes at once? Give up weekends/ parties to study?
I would try the 100 levels out if you like it and do well then become a science major.</p>
<p>I had terrible experiences with science in high school- I can remember adamantly hating the subject and vowing never to willingly take another science class again. Fast forward a couple years, and I took a college level Geology class and loved it. I even ended up tacking on another major and becoming more passionate about it than I am about my original one! </p>
<p>Since you have to take a science class as a general ed class anyway, you should pick something that sounds interesting (or, the least boring) and try to enjoy it. It’s an entirely different ballgame in college, just wait and see.</p>
<p>Most colleges do offer some courses for non-science majors, give one of those a try. You can do something like geology or astronomy. My D1 took some kind of biology course where they studied things like the impact of white tailed deer in the area of the country where her college was located, and also collected insects. Which she might not have gravitated to before, but she actually really got into it. “Gotta go, mom, I just spotted an earwig and I have to capture it!”. She even taught her little sister about entomology the next summer, and the younger one did it as a hobby all the way through high school. So you can do a lot of things in science that aren’t hard core but are interesting. Most colleges have some kind of quantitative or science distribution requirements anyway – sometimes those types of science courses satisfy both of those requirements.</p>
<p>For personal interest, you could view the webcast lectures and read the textbook for this physics course, designed mainly for non-majors:</p>
<p>[Physics</a> for future Presidents](<a href=“http://physics.berkeley.edu/academics/Courses/physics10/teaching/Physics10/PffP.html]Physics”>http://physics.berkeley.edu/academics/Courses/physics10/teaching/Physics10/PffP.html)</p>
<p>Of course, if your college requires a science breadth course, you need to select such a course to take for real.</p>
<p>Introductory science classes can significantly lower your GPA. If you don’t want to take the risk there’s nothing stopping you from reading books about those subjects in your own time or sneaking into those classes’ lectures (no one will notice if it’s in a large lecture hall with hundreds of students, and there won’t be a fire hazard since chances are several students will skip class unless it’s an exam date or the first day of class). Plus the science classes for non-majors oftentimes cover more interesting topics as well as those that are more directly relevant to society.</p>