<p>I agree with Kristine. I don’t think your daughter is in any danger of losing points on program rigor. It’s the grades that are the issue right now, along with other college admissions related activities that will take time and focus next year.</p>
<p>You can get the breakdown from the school guidance counselor as to what scores and grades the kids at your D’s school get for those courses. If it looks steep, adjust accordingly. For instance, at S’s school, the AP PhysicsB records showed that the grades were quite good and the AP scores were high. Not so the PhysicsC since some unfortunate kids took that course concurrent with Calc AB and found out that they weren’t so good at calc which can kill you in both courses. But your D has already had the necessary calc for that physics. Finally, the AP chem course was a killer at my son’s school. Not many A’s in that class, and not many 5’s on the test.</p>
<p>Thanks for the thoughts.
In my D’s school, AP Physics B grades is not high but most of them can get AP exam 5. My daughter feels it maybe stressful to take two AP Science Courses at the same time. However, taking Physics (her school does not offer Physics Honors) is not easy in her school. It is taught by the AP teacher. So she is thinking to take Physiology and AP Chem instead. But this will make me worry if it is good idea not taking Physics at all in high school. She wants to be a nursing major. But this maybe changed when she is in universities, right? Will not taking physics lose some opportunities in her future?</p>