<p>Back at the end of last year when I was picking this year's classes, I really didn't want to do science, because there were so many other classes I wanted to take and I'd have to go without some of them if I did science. My guidance counselor said that'd be fine and that as long as I was still taking a full course load, it shouldn't affect me for college admissions.</p>
<p>Well, now I'm a senior, not taking physics, and most of the colleges I'm looking at say that they recommend taking 4 years of science and particularly want their students to have taking physics. So I'm thinking about taking physics at the local community college next semester. Unfortunately, that would be after I've applied to all of my colleges.</p>
<p>Would I be able to notify the colleges I'm applying to somehow that I'm taking physics next semester? And would that help/hurt my admissions chances at all? Would they still see it as me taking only 3 years of high school science?</p>
<p>I can’t speak for the colleges, but my guess would the that “I plan to take physics at a community college next semester” wouldn’t count for anything more than an acknowledgement that it’s missing from your transcript. My advice would be to emphasize your strengths and your passions and not even mention physics.</p>
<p>If the college wants to know your full senior year schedule, then include the community college course. Of course, they will expect you to do reasonably well in the course.</p>
<p>Spdf: There is a legitimate reason for my not taking physics; it simply could not fit in my schedule. There have been other classes I haven’t been able to take due to lack of adequate room in my schedule as well. Taking it at a community college would be an acknowledgement that it’s missing from my transcript, yes, but would that be a bad thing? Wouldn’t saying, “Yes, I acknowledge that physics is missing from my schedule, and I’m making up for that by taking it after school on top of a full high-school course load,” be better than just ignoring it entirely?</p>